Research Fellowships for PhD-students

The Institute of European History (IEG) awards 10 fellowships for international PhD-students for a research stay in Mainz from January 2010.

The IEG promotes research on the historical foundations of Europe - comparative or transnational resp. transcultural projects dealing with European communication and transfer processes, as well as projects on concepts and perceptions of »Europe« and »Europeanness« in the period since c. 1450. The intellectual, religious and philosophical dimensions of European history are covered as well.

The proposed projects should require a research stay in Mainz for at least 6 months. Funding is € 1.000/month. A health insurance subsidy as well as a family subsidy (if applied for in advance) are granted as well.

At the IEG fellows can pursue their individual research projects in a tranquil yet inspiring atmosphere. According to their special fields and interests, they are invited to collaborate with the Institute’s research units (see http://www.ieg-mainz.de/forschungsbereiche).

Research fellows live and work at the Institute in Mainz. They may occasionally consult archives, libraries, and specialists or attend conferences outside Mainz as well. The Institute’s library (220 000 holdings, more than 500 current periodicals) is available to them for their research.

The linguae academicae at the IEG are German and English; fellows must have a passive command of both and an active command of at least one of the two languages so as to participate in the discussions at the Institute.

Applications are invited from doctoral candidates of any national background. Applicants must have a first degree in history or theology. They should not be older than 32 years and should not have pursued their PhD-work for more than three years when taking up the fellowship, but well-founded exceptions are possible. PhDs-theses are being supervised and completed at the fellows' home universities.

Applications must be posted by August 22nd, 2009.

Please send your application via e-mail to:
Institut für Europäische Geschichte
Die Direktoren Prof. Dr. Irene Dingel und Prof. Dr. Heinz Duchhardt
Betreff: Stipendienbewerbung
ieg3@ieg-mainz.de

Please attach (as one file) the application form (download: http://www.ieg-mainz.de/stipendienprogramm/) including
- a curriculum vitae
- a list of publications (if available)
- a brief description of the proposed research topic with a detailled working plan and schedule for the intended stay at the Institute (5–6 pages, up to 1.500 words)
- the name and contact details of an external academic expert not affiliated to the applicant's institution, who may be contacted by the IEG

In addition, please direct copies of university transcripts and two expertises on the proposed research project by two senior academic scholars (in closed envelope or to be sent directly by the referee to the IEG) prior to the appliction deadline via air mail to

Institut für Europaeische Geschichte
Referat Stipendien
Alte Universitaetsstrasse 19
55116 Mainz
Germany

Contact: Ulrike Moritz, Referat Stipendien (ieg3@ieg-mainz.de, 0049-6131-3939365).

Further information: http://www.ieg-mainz.de/stipendienprogramm