The Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities of Goethe University Frankfurt, is seeking to appoint up to three post-doctoral fellows in the humanities or social sciences for the academic year 2023/2024.
Candidates should contribute with their individual research to the research focus Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Atlantic World and to its outreach platform, the John McCloy Transatlantic Forum. Democratic Vistas looks at democracy from a genuinely interdisciplinary perspective. It understands democracy not only as a form of government, but also as a form of life. Corresponding to this expansive conception of democracy, Democratic Vistas creates a space for dialogue for researchers from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and it seeks for its cohort of fellows to reflect this disciplinary diversity. Geographically, the programme focuses on the ‘Atlantic World’ in a broad sense. Both classical transatlantic relations and the Atlantic World in its North-South dimension fall under its purview.
The fellows will be part of the Democratic Vistas academic community, a network of some 25 scholars from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences at Goethe University, as well as of the community of fellows at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften.
Goethe University offer a grant of 2400 €/month. The grant is tax-free in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 no. 44 EStG (German Income Tax Act). Additional benefits include a return trip (to a max. of 2000 €) from the fellows’ home / residence town to Frankfurt; a family allowance when appropriate; a mission allowance of up to 2000 €/year; an office at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt); a daily (Mo – Fr) lunch at the Forschungskolleg; academic and general support by the staff of the Forschungskolleg. Apartments in the guesthouse of the Kolleg are available for rent at the fellow’s own cost.
Fellows are expected to work on their projects and to take part in the academic events organised by the Forschungskolleg or by members of the Democratic Vistas community at Goethe University; participation in the research colloquium of the Kolleg is compulsory. Fellows will be asked to contribute to one or two outreach activities during their research stay (e.g. workshops with advanced high school students).
Candidates should have completed a doctorate in one of the disciplines represented in the Democratic Vistas group and should have proven potential to conduct and publish research at an international level.
