- Start: asap
- part-time 65 percent
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term
The project "Analogies between Comparisons as Mechanisms of 'Departicularization'? On the Construction of Resonances between Colonial and Metropolitan Formations of Comparisons in National 'Founding Debates' in the German Empire (1871–1918)" of the SFB 1288 "Practices of Comparing - Ordering and Changing the World" is inviting applications for a research position investigating the discursive construction of analogies between the German "Kulturkampf" in the metropole and the religious context in the colonies of the German colonial empire.
The successful candidate will be responsible for investigating how social-scientific as well as missionary communities of practice in the German Empire constructed analogies and parallels between two sets of comparisons: the comparison between Protestantism and Catholicism in the German metropole and the comparison between European Christendom and indigenous religions in the colonies, especially Islam. The focus lies on the ways in which Catholicism was delegitimized and "othered" by implicitly or explicitly painting it as similar to the religion of the colonial "other", and how a view of modern religion characteristic of "Kulturprotestantismus" gained legitimacy and universal validity in the process.
Your Tasks
Research tasks include:
- systematic review of the literature on the German Kulturkampf
- reviewing and analyzing the social-scientific and missionary observations of the religious context in the German colonies, including archival research
- presenting the findings in a monography
- participating in the collaborative research activities of the F07 project team as well as in the broader activities and discussions within the SFB
- collaborating in the organization of workshops and conferences
Employment is conducive to academic qualification.
Your Profile
We expect
- scientific university degree (Master, Diploma or equivalent), preferably in the field of history, sociology or related fields
- excellent English skills (written and spoken)
- excellent German skills (written and spoken)
- strong organizational and communication skills and the ability to work in a team
Preferred experience and skills
- archival research experience
- expertise in the literature of postcolonial studies and global history
We offer
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term (limited until 31.12.2024)
- part-time 65 percent
- internal and external training opportunities
- wide range of health, consulting and prevention service
- reconcilability of family and working life
- constant place of work (Bielefeld) without travel activities
- flexible working hours
- job ticket for regional public transport network
- supplementary company pension
- collegial working environment
- open and pleasant working atmosphere
- exciting, varied tasks
Application Procedure
We are looking forward to receiving your application. For full consideration, your application should be received via either email (a single PDF document is required) sent to bewerbung_sfb1288@uni-bielefeld.de or post (see postal address). Please mark your application with the identification code: Wiss22212. Please note that the possibility of privacy breaches and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be excluded when communicating via unencrypted e-mail.