1 research position for an international Postdoc (salary: TV-L 13)
to undertake research in Mainz from August 2012 (for a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 months). The research fellow will work on his or her own project as part of the junior research group "Transfer and Transformation of Missionaries' Images of Europe in Contact with the Other 1700–1970", funded by the Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) within its research programme "Europe seen from the outside". The junior research group at the IEG is examining the development of the concepts of European values and images of Europe held by English and German speaking Protestant missionaries and the way that these were modified by the experience of life and work in non-European cultures. We invite applications from postdocs working in this area or on other countries or Catholic missionaries.
The postdoc will work at the Institute in Mainz and may also live there. He or she will be participating in the research group's regular discussions and workshops and in its international and interdisciplinary cooperation. He or she is also invited to take part in the activities of the Graduiertenkolleg "The Christian Churches and the Challenge of ‘Europe’".
The Institute's library (220 000 holdings, more than 500 current periodicals) is available to the fellows for their research as are all other libraries in Mainz. They may also consult archives, libraries, and specialists and attend conferences outside Mainz.
Requirements
- a degree in a historical discipline (e.g. history, cultural anthropology, church history)
- completed PhD
- fluency in either English or German, basic knowledge of the other language, willingness to learn the language
- willingness to participate in the junior research group's activities
Please send your application prior to February 29th, 2012, via e-mail to: Institut fuer Europaeische Geschichte - Subject: "Europe seen from the outside" - seibel@ieg-mainz.de.
Please attach in one file (PDF)
- a curriculum vitae
- a list of publications
- an outline of the proposed research topic including working plan for the time at the Institute
In addition, applicants should post hardcopies of all university transcripts, one copy of the applicant's PhD-thesis (on CD-ROM or published version), and referees' reports on the proposed research project by two senior academic scholars via air mail to:
Institut fuer Europaeische Geschichte / Verwaltung
subject: "Europe seen from the outside"
Alte Universitaetsstrasse 19
55116 Mainz / Germany.
Contact: Dr. Judith Becker (becker@ieg-mainz.de,
0049-6131-2116963)