- Freie Universitt Berlin is seeking to employ a head of a research group (postdoctoral research fellow) for the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS).
- Development of a transregional research group related to the core agenda of SCRIPTS
- Supervision of 2 doctoral students as part of the research group
- Participation in the Theory Network of SCRIPTS; liaising between historical projects
- within the Cluster of Excellence, and the Theory Network
- Dissemination of research results through publications, workshops and conferences
- Teaching is possible, but there is no teaching requirement.
- Very good knowledge of theories and methods of transregional/transnational history and global history
- Very good knowledge of the theme of SCRIPTS, including the emergence of the liberal script and its historical contestations
- Very good English language skills
- Language skills relevant for own project.
Applicants are invited to develop a project that deals with some of these questions, both empirically and theoretically. The project should address some of the issues mentioned above, but is not expected to deal with all of them. Applicants should develop a sketch for the research project as a whole (consisting of 1 postdoc position and 2 predoc positions), with a focus on the applicants own project, and brief remarks on potential PhD projects. The project as a whole should include comparative, transnational, or global perspectives; it should not be limited to one world region and should ideally include the world beyond the North Atlantic.
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