The International
Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus
Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, invites international
applications for Ph.D. and postdoc fellowships. Due to generous support from
the German Research Foundation (DFG), the GCSC can offer in 2007
up to 12 Ph.D. fellowships and
1 postdoctoral fellowship.
Ph.D.
candidates seeking an excellent research environment will find ideal conditions
and maximum support at the GCSC, which was awarded the status of a ‘DFG -
Graduate School of
Germany's
Excellence Initiative’ in 2006. The Ph.D. fellowships include a monthly
stipend of approximately 1.000 Euros and are offered for one year with the possibility of two
extensions, each of a year. The postdoctoral fellowship, with a monthly stipend
of about 1.500 Euros, is limited to two years. All fellowships start on October
15th.
Acceptance
of a fellowship requires participation in the study programme and the
wide-ranging events offered by the GCSC, as well as active involvement in the
relevant GCSC graduate research group. Ph.D. fellowship holders must be
registered as Ph.D. students at
Justus
Liebig
University, and all
fellowship holders are expected to take up residence in or near
Giessen.
Ph.D. supervisors from among the GCSC faculty may be chosen by the applicants
before or after their admission. There are no tuition fees for doctoral
students at JLU, except for an enrolment fee of approximately €200 per
semester.
The
GCSC encourages applicants who have graduated with excellent marks from their
home universities in one of the GCSC’s academic subjects* or in cultural
studies. Candidates for the post-doctoral fellowship should have an excellent
Ph.D. in one of the GCSC’s academic subjects* or in cultural studies. The
proposed research project should fit into one of the GCSC’s research areas*.
Candidates must have fluency in either English or German.
To
apply, please complete and submit our online application form (via email) and
send the following materials by post to the address indicated below:
- a short CV
- copies of
all degree certificates
- a research proposal of no more
than 10 pages for PhD applicants, no more than 20 pages for post-doctoral candidates.
All proposals should include a brief abstract summing up your aims and
methods, sketch the guiding questions of your project while embedding them
in the current academic debate, and show that the dissertation will make
an original and important contribution to the field. The proposal should
also clearly indicate how the project connects with the GCSC research
profile and outline the source materials that will be used
- a realistic time-plan for the
completion of your project
- two
references from university teachers
- a copy of the degree/master’s
thesis (Ph.D. candidates) or the Ph.D. thesis and further publications
(Postdoc)
- two additional copies of the
entire application (with exception of the degree thesis or Ph.D. thesis)
Applications
must be received by June 1st, 2007, and should be sent
directly to:
Director
of Graduate Studies
Prof. Dr.
Ansgar Nünning
International
Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture
Justus Liebig
Universität
Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Str.
10A
35394
Giessen
Germany
.
The
selection of candidates will be determined by the academic qualification of the
candidates as well as by the quality of the research proposal and suitability
of the project to the GCSC research programme. Short-listed candidates will be
invited to a 30-minute interview, which will be scheduled for early/mid-July
(telephone interviews can be arranged for candidates from overseas).
For
further information, please visit our website or contact us at gcsc@uni-giessen.de. On May 10th, the GCSC
will host an information day at which potential applicants will be given the
opportunity meet staff and students involved in the programme and to learn more
about the academic vision and aims of the Centre, the wide range of
interdisciplinary courses, colloquia, conferences, and research support on
offer, as well as the international networks and publishing opportunities
available to our members.
Contact:
phone: +49 (0)641
99-30041
fax: +49 (0)641 99-30049
email: gcsc@uni-giessen
.de
