Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: 3 PhD positions 1173 views

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology invites applications for 3 PhD positions for the DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group: ‘The Bureaucratization of Islam and its Socio-Legal Dimensions in Southeast Asia’

Eligibility:

• Applicants must demonstrate a strong commitment to teamwork, be open to critical feedback, and be willing to position their individual research within a shared meta-conceptual framework.
• Applicant is required have outstanding academic writing and communication skills in English.
• Applicants must possess intermediate or at least basic proficiency in the language(s) necessary to conduct fieldwork in their proposed field sites, as well as a strong commitment to systematically improving these language skills.
• Applicant must have evident knowledge of, and first-hand practical experience with qualitative research methods, particularly ethnographic methods, is desirable.
• Applicants from disciplines other than Anthropology are also encouraged to apply.
• Applicants must hold Master’s degree in Anthropology or other relevant disciplines (e.g. Area Studies, Islamic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, Media Studies).
• Applicants from Southeast Asia are encouraged to consider conducting research in a country in the region other than their country of origin.
• Qualifies and interested applicants must submit a research proposal addressing this conceptual framework.

Duration: 03 years.

Job location: Halle/Saale (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany), except when undertaking field research.

Application:

Applicants must send the following documentation:

• Apply online
• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research proposal (not more than 2500 words)
• Photocopies of university degrees
• TWO references with names and contact details

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