STEP - Science and Technology in the European Periphery

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, 01.10.2011-31.07.2012
Bewerbungsschluss: 15.11.2010

Call for Applications

The International Research Center for "Work and Human Life Cycle in
Global History" at the Humboldt University Berlin and funded by the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) invites scholars to
apply for 10 International Research Fellowships (5 stipends for senior
scholars and 5 stipends for postdoctoral candidates) for the 2011-2012
academic year as well as for future academic years.
Applications are due in Berlin on November 15, 2010.

Candidates:
We welcome candidates especially from the disciplines of history,
anthropology, law, sociology, political science, and area studies.

Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level or senior scholars.
Postdoctoral candidates should have received their doctorate within the
last five years. Proposed projects should employ a historical and
transregional perspective.
The project should focus not only on work/labor, but on life course as
well. Possible topic areas are, among others, the household, loss of
work, and free and unfree work.
We welcome proposals with an emphasis placed both on European and
non-European regions and especially those that look at the entanglements
between different regions.
In any case, global history has to be taken into consideration. The
fellowships begin on October 1, 2011 and end on July 31, 2012. Shorter
fellowship terms will be possible.

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend, which can be individually
negotiated. They are obliged to work at the International Research
Center in Berlin.
A fully equipped office will be provided as well as organizational help
for visa, housing, etc. We encourage fellows to introduce their work to
wider audiences in the scientific community in Berlin.

Application procedure: To apply, please send the following documents
exclusively by e-mail as an MS-Word document or PDF File in English or
French:

1. A curriculum vitae
2. A project description no longer than 5 pages
3. A statement of up to 1,000 words about current research relevant to
the program's theme
3. Postdocs only: The names and addresses (incl. e-mail) of two referees

Application deadline: November 15, 2010

Please send your application to:
Professor Dr. Andreas Eckert
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
IKG Arbeit und Lebenslauf in globalgeschichtlicher Perspektive
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany

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Felicitas Hentschke

IGK Arbeit und Lebenslauf in globalgeschichtlicher Perspektive
Humboldt-Universität, 10099 Berlin
+49 30 / 2093-70206
+49 30 / 2093-70210
rework@asa.hu-berlin.de

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