Seven PhD candidates (m,f,x), 29,8725 hours per week, TVL E13, until 09/30/2029
The interdisciplinary research training group GRK 2833 solicits doctoral dissertations for research on East Asian projections and conceptions of the future: how they emerged, on what premises they were based, and how they have been and continue to be applied to the paradigmatic fields of (1) language, religion, and ideology, (2) self and society, (3) resources and technology, and (4) sovereignty and governance.
The temporal focus is on the modern and contemporary periods. The relevant fields of research are
- Area studies: Sinology/Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies
- and/or further disciplines with a strong focus on East Asia, such as Social Sciences (Political Science, Economics, Sociology), History, Religious Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies.
extent: part-time
duration: temporary, until 30.09.2029
beginning: 01.10.2025
application deadline: 31.01.2025
Your tasks:
- Conducting doctoral research, including fieldwork in East Asia
- Submitting a doctoral thesis after max. four years.
- Active participation in the structured, English-language doctoral curriculum of the research training group GRK 2833.
- Active participation in the outreach activities of the research training group.
Your profile:
- You hold an above-average Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in a discipline relevant to the chosen project.
- You command the ability to formulate an original research question independently and to plan a research design to answer the question.
- You are highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary research environment
- You have excellent written and oral skills in English and a high command of at least one East Asian language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, classical and/or modern).
- You are willing to conduct academic research also in a non-European context.
- You have a strong interest and an initial idea for a doctoral project in the research programme East Asian Futures, relating to one or several of the four subthemes.
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