I must admit the theme seems a bit out there but they are actively looking for Cultural Studies or STS candidates.
S ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2010/3/7 Subject: Freie Uni Berlin - 2-year PhD funding, 'astroculture and extraterrestrial life' To: Stefan Lutschinger <[email protected]> The DFG-funded Emmy Noether junior research group "The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the 20th Century" invites applications for a two-year PhD position. Salary according to BAT IIa/2. Candidates should have completed their post-graduate studies in History or Cultural Studies with a specialization in History of Science, History of Technology, Cultural History or Art History by the time the appointment begins. Applicants should be fluent in English. The ability to work in German would be an asset. Applicants without any knowledge of German are expected, if appointed, to acquire within one year a sufficient level of proficiency. The successful candidate will be expected to conceptualize and compose a dissertation that is related to the research field of the group. Furthermore, she/he will be actively engaged in all activities relevant to the research group including the organization and realization of workshops and conferences as well as the participation in its operation and activities. Applicants are asked to outline a proposed dissertation project related to the History of European Astroculture in the twentieth century that they wish to realize as members of this junior research group at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a recent curriculum vitae, a list of publications (if any), copies of all relevant academic certificates and transcripts, a research proposal of no more than 3000 words, and names and contact information for two academic references. Applications (marked 02-FMI-2010-Geppert) should be addressed to Dr. Alexander C.T. Geppert Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut Freie Universität Berlin Koserstrasse 20 D-14195 Berlin Germany. Application deadline is 22 March 2010. Electronic submissions will not be considered. The search will remain open until the position is filled. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. If equally qualified, persons with severe disabilities will be preferred. Unfortunately, travel expenses cannot be reimbursed. Since application files will not be returned to applicants, original documents must not be included. Queries about the position should be directed to Dr. Alexander Geppert, head of the junior research group, at [email protected]. Prospective applicants are invited to consult www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/astrofuturism for further information. Contact Info: Dr. Alexander C.T. Geppert Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut Freie Universität Berlin Koserstrasse 20 D-14195 Berlin Germany [email protected] Website: http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/astrofuturismus/ausschreibungen/index<http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/astrofuturismus/ausschreibungen/index .html>.html<http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/astrofuturismus/ausschreibungen/index .html> ------ End of Forwarded Message -- http://www.classwargames.net 'I am a proletarian free of prejudice. I ask you to excuse me for my rudeness and form of exposition, for I have been writing not in a study with unlimited free time but in the field on a cart, when I could take myself away from the fieldwork.' A. Zemskov 1917
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