International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture, Giessen University, Germany
Giessen University's International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), funded by the German federal government’s Excellence Initiative, offers 9 scholarships for a three-year structured PhD-programme in the study of culture and 1 postdoctoroal scholarship.
Deadline : 01 March 2009
Scholarships
PhD scholarships include a monthly stipend of approximately €1000 and are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of a year. The postdoctoral scholarship, with a monthly stipend of about €1500, is limited to two years. All scholarships start on 1st October, 2009.
Acceptance of a scholarship requires participation in the study programme and the wide-ranging events offered by the GCSC, as well as active involvement in at least one GCSC graduate research group. PhD scholarship holders must register as PhD students at Justus Liebig University. There are no tuition fees for doctoral students at JLU, except for an enrolment fee of approximately €200 per semester. All scholarship holders are expected to take up residency in or near Giessen.
Eligibility
The GCSC encourages applications from graduate students who have or expect to obtain a first or upper second class honours M.A. degree (or equivalent) in one of the GCSC’s academic subjects or in the arts/humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences. Candidates applying for a post-doctoral scholarship should hold a PhD in the arts/humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences, have an excellent academic record, and pursue a research project relevant to the GCSC’s research areas. Fluency in either English or German is required.
Application Procedure and Deadline
The main selection criteria are the candidates’ academic qualification, the academic quality of the research proposal and the suitability of the project for the GCSC’s research programme. Short-listed candidates will be invited to a 30-minute interview; telephone interviews can be arranged for candidates from overseas.
The application deadline is 1st March, 2009 (date of receipt). All applications (including an application form and further documents as stated on the GCSC-website) have to be submitted online.
Further Information/Contact Details
- If you have any questions concerning application,
- please contact: gcsc-application@uni-giessen.de
- On 2nd February 2009, the GCSC will host an Information Day at the Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Alter Steinbacher Weg 38, 35394 Gießen. The Information Day gives potential applicants the opportunity to meet the staff and students involved in the doctoral programme. You will also have the chance to obtain more information on the research areas and academic objectives of the GCSC, the wide range of interdisciplinary courses, colloquia, and conferences, the research support on offer, our international networks and partner institutions, as well as on publishing and funding opportunities available to GCSC-members.
- The details of online application procedure are available on the following link:
- http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/wps/pgn/home/GCSC_eng/notes_application_process/
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