3 PhD Grants for our Siberian Studies Centre (MPI for Social Anthropology)

3 PhD Grants for our Siberian Studies Centre (MPI for Social Anthropology)

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Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung
Ort
Halle (Saale)
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
15.03.2014 - 14.03.2016
Bewerbungsschluss
30.11.2013
Von
Robert Gille

The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is one of the world’s leading centres for research in social anthropology. Common to all research projects at the Max Planck Institute is the comparative analysis of social change; it is primarily in this domain that its researchers contribute to anthropological theory, though many programmes also have applied significance and political topicality.

The Siberian Studies Centre plans to recruit

three PhD students

to commence their work at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology on (or shortly after) 15 March 2014.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
We expect PhD students to complete twelve months of fieldwork in the Russian Federation as part of their studies.

Your Profile
Applicants will be co-supervised by Dr Joachim Otto Habeck, coordinator of the Siberian Studies Centre, and one of the three directors of the Institute (or a research group leader). Applicants are encouraged to submit research proposals pertinent to the region of study – Siberia, the Far East of Russia, and the Far North of Russia (including its European part) – and a clear thematic focus of relevance for one of the three departments of the Institute. These are:

- Department ‘Law & Anthropology’ headed by Prof. Marie-Claire Foblets;
The Department of Law and Anthropology has a particular interest in research focusing on how people in contemporary societies combine several normative orders. The latter vary with the histories of the
societies/communities and the degree to which they participate in globalisation today. Siberia can serve as an excellent test case. The research should be empirical in nature, and involve – subject to their relevance – kinship relations, dispute settlement mechanisms, property and land issues, the role of human rights, the impact of religion.
http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/research/d3

- Department ‘Resilience and Transformation in Eurasia’ headed by Prof. Chris Hann.
The Department ‘Resilience and Transformation in Eurasia’ engages with general questions of post-socialist transformation and economic anthropology (Chris Hann), historical anthropology (Dittmar Schorkowitz) and cultural heritage (Christoph Brumann).
http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/research/d2

- Department ‘Integration and Conflict’ headed by Prof. Günther Schlee;
Integration and conflict are central points of reference for the analysis of human collectivities. The construction, meaning, and communication of identity offer an important field of research within this frame of reference. The analysis of descriptions of the self and others in processes of peaceful and violent interaction and, in particular, the development of identities in confrontation with other groups, are at the centre of the Department’s research programme. Description and analysis of conflict mechanisms also play an important role here.
http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/research/d1

Our Offer
The positions are generally awarded for two years, with the possibility for two six-month extensions. The curriculum will take place in Halle/Saale and the group will work together also in Halle/Saale.

The Max Planck Society strives to employ more persons with disabilities and explicitly encourages
applications. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society is committed to raising the proportion of women in underrepresented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications by women.

Contact
Applications should include the standard documentation and a project proposal referring to the research agenda of one of the Institute’s departments, as laid out above.
Standard documentation includes:

- cover letter (one or two pages);
- a CV including a list of publications;
- project proposal (max. three pages);
- a photocopy of the highest academic degree certificate;
- and names of two or three referees, who may be contacted for confidential letters of reference.

Final selection will be made following interviews in January (9th-10th) 2014.

Please submit your application electronically by November 30th 2013 following the link for vacancies on our homepage.

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Personnel Administration
Robert Gille
gille@eth.mpg.de

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr. Joachim Otto Habeck (habeck@eth.mpg.de). Potential applicants are encouraged to consult the research agendas of the Institute’s three departments and to state the thematic closeness to one of them in their application.
We look forward to receiving your completed online application under http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/de/vacancies/vacancies_external.html?url=/Vacancies/202/Application/New/2%3Flang=eng.

Further information on the research agenda of the Max Planck Institute is available
on our website: http://www.eth.mpg.de

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