Postdoctoral Fellowships at Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Germany (Paid Opportunity)

15 October 2018

Mainz, Germany

(Paid Opportunity)

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IEG Fellowships for Postdocs

The The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards postdoctoral fellowships to young academics from Germany and abroad who have completed their doctoral dissertations and are pursuing a new research project.

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This fellowship is intended to help you develop your own research project in close collaboration with scholars working at the IEG. Your contribution consists 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.

The IEG funds research projects on European history from the early modern period until 1989/90. We are particularly interested in projects
• with a comparative or cross-border approach,
• on European history in its relation to the wider world, or
• on topics of intellectual and religious history.

Note: Fellowships begin in April 2019 or later.

Opportunity Focus Areas:

• History:
• European history
• History of religion
• Historical theology
• Other historical disciplines

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English and Deutsch

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ALL WORLD COUNTRIES.

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From 6 to 12 Months.

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• Applicants should have been awarded their doctorate no more than three years before the beginning of the proposed fellowship (non-academic activities are not relevant to the application).The final examination or defence of the dissertation must have been successfully completed by the application deadline.
• It is not possible to avail of funding for the final phase of doctoral research and continuing into a subsequent postdoctoral project.
•  Fellows are not permitted to pursue or avail of any other form of employment or funding for the duration of the fellowship.
• During the fellowship you are required to reside at the Institute in Mainz. You actively participate in the IEG’s research community and the weekly colloquia.
• We expect you to present your work at least once during your fellowship.
• We expect proficiency in English and a sufficient command of German to participate in discussions at the Institute.

Note: For more information, download the application call from Here

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(Paid Opportunity)

1. Fellowship rates (from 01/01/2015)

• The IEG Fellowships are jointly funded by the federal and state governments. The fellowships are exclusively for the purpose of pursuing the research project detailed in the application at the IEG  while living and working for 6–12 months at the Institute in Mainz.
• The monthly stipend is € 1,800.

2. Family allowance

• Fellowship holders whose partners accompany them to Mainz and do not have income of more than 450 euros per month may receive a family allowance. Please indicate in your application whether your partner accompanies you to Mainz.Fellows who come to Mainz accompanied by their underage children can apply for a child allowance.

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First Step: 

• Please download the application form Here 

Second Step:

• Upload attachments in the following order:

1. Completed application form
2. curriculum vitae; list of publications (if available)
3. brief description of the proposed project with a detailed working plan and schedule for the in-tended stay at the Institute (5 pages/ 15,000 characters excluding spaces)
4. digital copy of dissertation
5. copies of university transcript and proofs of language competence

Third Step:

• Applications should be submitted by email to: [email protected]

Note:

•  Please combine all of your application documents into a single PDF except for the application form and include a word count at the end of your project description.
• Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the referees. You may write in either English or German; we recommend that you use the language in which you are most proficient.

-Reference

• The primary academic advisor emails an up-to-date reference directly to the IEG by the application deadline to: [email protected] 
  The reference should discuss (please avoid a general letter of recommendation):
  – the applicant’s academic qualifications
  – topic, goal and current state of the proposed research project
  – a synopsis of work to be done in Mainz along with possible time and work schedules
• Specialist evaluations should contain information on the question, method, results and representation of your research project, and they should also give an evaluation with regard to the current state of research on the topic.
  Additionally you need a potential second referee, who will be contacted directly by the IEG. We recommend that you inform the potnetial second referee about your application and a potential letter of reference in advance.

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