MPI for Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity: 3 PhD positions 931 views

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity invites applications for Doctoral Fellowships within the research project “Unfinished Business: The Politico-Religious Lives of (Missing) Human Remains in Vietnam and China and their Diasporas in Europe”.

About the research project:

• This research project is in collaboration between the Department of Religious Diversity of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen and the Centre for Thanatology of the Radboud University, Nijmegen.
• The full time research positions are together funded by the Max Planck Institute (3 years) and Radboud University (1 year).
• Selected candidates will conduct their PhD projects under the supervision of Dr. Tam T. T. Ngo and Professor Eric Venbrux at the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Number of positions: up to 3 PhD research positions

Research focus: Dealing with the Dead among Vietnamese and Chinese.

Duration: initially for 18 months; may be extended by 2.5 years

Requirements

• Applicant must hold Master‘s degree in Religious Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, History or related field in Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Applicant must have a strong background in qualitative research methods, with proven field research experience (ethnography, in-depth interviews and/or oral history).
• Applicant must possess linguistic competence in the research languages.

Applications:

• Submit application electronically to bewerbung_ngo@mmg.mpg.de.
• Applications must include:
• Cover letter (outlining research trajectory and interest in the position)
• CV and a list of publications;
• Summary of the proposed research (up to 1000 words);
• Writing sample (published article of full thesis chapter)
• Names and contact details of two potential referees.