Open Positions

13

Time Span

01 Jun 2025 for 3 years

Application Deadline

29 Nov 2024

Financing

yes

Areas of study

Political Science, Sociology, Social Science, Cultural Studies, General Literary Studies, Linguistics, General Linguistic Science, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropogeography, Jurisprudence, Legal, Religious Studies, Theology, Ethnology, Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Ethics, Logics, Philosophy, Romance Studies, History, Early Modern History, Modern History, Economic History, Social History, Comparative Literary Studies, Comparative Linguistics

Description

At the University of Bremen, the Research Training Group RTG 2686 funded by the German Research Foundation “Contradiction Studies—Constellations, Heuristics and Concepts of the Contradictory“

is offering 13 positions as

Research Fellows, Doctoral Candidates (f/m/d)
(Salary 13 TV-L / 75% part time)

to be filled as of June 1, 2025 for a fixed term of 3 years—subject to project or funding approval. 

Reference number: A285-24
Application deadline: 29 Nov. 2024 (23:59 UTC+1 / CET)

The Research Training Group “Contradiction Studies” examines the ways in which individuals, groups, institutions, and states navigate the concept of contradiction, particularly in relation to the prevalent demand for consistency (freedom from contradiction). It aims to develop novel forms and procedures for addressing the inherent contradictions of living together.

The interdisciplinary research training group brings together empirical cultural studies, social and cultural anthropology, interdisciplinary linguistics, literary studies (Romance studies, North American and postcolonial literatures, German medieval and early modern studies), law, human geography, political science, Eastern European history, philosophy, and religious studies.

Main tasks:

• Writing a dissertation in the thematic context of the program 
• Participation in the modularized doctoral program 
• Active participation in the central research colloquium at the RTG

Requirements:

• Above-average academic degree (Master's degree/university diploma) in one of the research areas involved in the RTG 
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary work
• Submission of a high-quality exposé of the doctoral project
• High communicative and social skills 
• English and/or German language skills at level B2 or higher 

Submit your application (in German or English), quoting the reference number by email (one PDF file) to: grk2686application at uni-bremen.de or by mail to

University of Bremen
DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies
Dr. Christian Bär
Grazer Straße 2
28359 BREMEN / GERMANY

Please refer to the more detailed and binding version of this call and see information about the required documents listed there at: https://contradictionstudies.uni-bremen.de/en/application.