The aim of the EXC 2020 excellence cluster “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective” is to fundamentally rethink the conception of literature from a global perspective and has open postdoc position at Free University of Berlin.
Research areas:
- Competing Communities,
- Traveling Matters,
- Future Perfect,
- Literary Currencies,
- Building Digital Communities
Responsibilities:
- Independent processing of a self-designed research project within the framework of Research Area 4 “Literary Currencies” with the aim of writing a monograph
- Scientific coordination of the contributions of Research Area 4 to the Living Handbook of Temporal Communities in close cooperation with the Managing Editor and the Editorial Board
- substantial contribution to the further development of the concepts and methods of the cluster and to its international networking
- participation in the organization and implementation of interdisciplinary, international conferences and workshops
- Mentoring function for the doctoral students in the Research Area
- Supervision of international fellows in the Research Area
- Responsibility for the financial planning of the Research Area in cooperation with the management
Requirements:
- Applicant must hold completed academic university degree as well as a doctorate in a literary subject or a related discipline with literary qualifications
- Familiarity with the research area of the Research Area, including the subjects of literary evaluation, literary circulation, canon formation and questions of the literary business
- Experience in the field of scientific organization and coordination.
- Experience with interdisciplinary collaborative projects: integrative personality; international networking and familiarity with different scientific systems (international experience)
- knowledge of the conception, organization and implementation of various scientific discussion formats (workshops, meetings, larger conferences, possibly independently developed formats).
- Applicant must hold a very good doctorate
- Very good knowledge of German and English (one of the two languages at least at level C1 GER, the other at least at level B2 GER)
Applications:
Applications are to be sent electronically by email to Prof. Dr. Michael Gamper and Prof. Dr. Jutta Müller-Tamm: ra4@temporal-communities.de with following documents:
- CV
- Certificates
- List of publications
- Maximum 5-page synopsis of the planned book project in German or English.
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Organization | Free University of Berlin |
Country | Germany |
Fellowship Level | Postdoctoral |
Subject areas | Literature and Culture Studies |
Fellowship amount | Varies |
Eligibility | PhD degree |
Deadline | October 11, 2021 |
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