administrator Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 With more than 21,000 students, the University of Regensburg is an innovative and interdisciplinary campus university with diverse research activities and a wide range of courses for young people from Germany and abroad. In the Historical Institute, Chair for Early Modern History, there is a vacancy as Research Associate part-time (65 %, 26,07 hours per week) for a limited period of 3 years. Remuneration is based on TV-L pay group 13. Your task • to contribute to the research project "Entangled Objects? The Material Culture of Diplomacy in Transcultural Negotiation Processes in the 18th Century " funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) • to work in subproject 1:"The Material Culture in Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy (1716-1776)". • From a transcultural perspective, you will study the variable forms, functions and political-legal semantics of material artefacts that were used in Habsburg-Ottoman diplomacy, including their effects on success and failure in diplomatic negotiation processes. • to prepare a monographic study on the topic of your subproject and to present research results in the context of scientific conferences and workshops in Germany and abroad. Our requirements • above-average university degree in History, Ottoman Studies, Turkology, Oriental Studies or related sciences • interest in theory-based and interdisciplinary scientific work, especially in the approach of material culture as well as diplomatic history and cultural transfer • reading skills in German and classical Ottoman, and possibly also first research experiences in Turkish archives or libraries are particularly desirable • ability to work independently as well as team-oriented, readiness to research stays in European countries as well as in Turkey We offer you • to participate in a challenging and promising research project that will be intensively supervised and guided by the project leaders • an introduction to scientific methods and theories of material cultural research and the history of early modern diplomacy • the opportunity for a doctorate The University of Regensburg is particularly committed to reconcile families and careers (for more information, see http://www.uni-regensburg.de/chancengleichheit). If the qualifications are essentially the same, severely handicapped applicants will be preferred. Please point out that there is a severe disability already in the application. Please note that we cannot cover the costs of a possible job interview. If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact Prof. Dr. Harriet Rudolph harriet.rudolph@ur.de. We look forward to your application with a scientific CV, certificates, if applicable a publication list and information on relevant knowledge and abilities, please send them by 15.11.2018 in electronic form to the following address: Sekretariat.Fruehneuzeit@ur.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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