Deadline- 24 January 2013
Institute for Advanced Study Berlin offers seven postdoctoral fellowships which is designed to explore the law in new and innovative ways.
The program Rechtskulturen is directed by Susanne Baer (Bundesverfassungsgericht/ Humboldt-Universität), Christoph Möllers (Humboldt-Universität/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) and Alexandra Kemmerer (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), and is supported by an international group of scholars.
Eligibility–
- Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level and should have obtained their doctorate within the last five years before their application to the program.
- Candidates with various disciplinary backgrounds, such as the field of legal studies, sociology, political science, philosophy, history, anthropology, theology, and area studies, representing a broad range of diverse approaches to the law, including gender studies, comparative research, law & literature, critical legal studies, administrative sciences, transitional justice, postcolonial theory, and legal philosophy and theory. In particular, University encourage applicants with a firm disciplinary background in law to engage in reflexive and transdisciplinary research.
- University encourage and welcome applications from all regions of the world. Especially candidates from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to apply?
- Applicants can use web-based institute welcome
- Please upload then unto website the following documents in English, as separate PDF files-
- a curriculum vitae
- a project description stating what applicant will work on in Berlin if granted a fellowship
- bibliographical information of three pieces of your scholarly work and applicant’s favorite one of those as PDF file
- the names and contact details of two referees
- Project descriptions must not exceed 20,000 characters (including footnotes).
- Project descriptions must sufficiently set out the applicant’s argument and research questions as well as its relations to and implications for the program’s research frame.
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