The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards
Research fellowships for international postdocs
for a research stay in Mainz beginning in April 2018 or later.
Deadline: October 1, 2017.
Applicant profile
The IEG awards fellowships for international young researchers in history, theology and other historical subjects. The IEG promotes research on the historical foundations of Europe from the early modern period to 1989/90, particularly regarding their religious, political and social dimensions. Projects dealing with European communication and transfer processes as well as projects focusing on questions related to theology, church history and intellectual history are particularly welcome.
What we offer
Funding is € 1,800/month. Research fellows live and work for between 6 and 12 months at the Institute in Mainz and can pursue their individual research project (extension possible).
Aims
This fellowship is intended to help you develop your own research project in close collaboration with scholars working at the IEG. Your contribution consist in bringing your own interests to bear on the work of the IEG and its research programme »negotiating difference in Europe«. This includes the possibility of developing a perspective for further cooperation with the IEG. If for this purpose a promising application for third-party funding is submitted, an extension of the fellowship is possible.
Requirements
- Applicants must have completed their doctorate no more than three years before taking up the fellowship.
- Fellows are required to register officially as residents in Mainz and to take part in events at the Institute.
- Fellows are not permitted to undertake paid work while receiving the IEG fellowship.
- 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.
Please send your application via e-mail to: fellowship@ieg-mainz.de
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