Participants can choose to write their doctoral theses in German or English.
Beginning of contract: 1 April 2025
Duration: Four years
15 November 2024
Within the framework of the DFG-supported Research Training Group 2845 "Family Matters – Figures of Allegiance and Release" at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU München), we are inviting applications for
five PhD Positions (TV-L E13, 65%, duration of three years)
to commence 1 April 2025.
The Research Training Group analyses the literary and media history of family from antiquity to the present. Against the backdrop of the current transformation of traditional family patterns, it aims at investigating modellings of family in literature and media throughout different genres, epochs, cultures, and languages. At the same time, it explores the specific contribution of literature to the constitution of the familial.
Participating disciplines are Comparative Literature; English, American and German Studies; Classics; Scandinavian, Romance and Slavic Studies; Film and Media Studies; and literary Gender Studies.
The languages of communication are German and English.
The research training group offers its members a research environment that stimulates original findings and promises excellent outcomes. Apart from working on their individual research projects, the candidates participate in an additional curriculum (mandatory and optional courses) and are given the opportunity to acquire key skills. International applications are welcome. The LMU München is an equal opportunity employer. The call for applications is explicitly aimed at people of all genders (m/f/d) and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. Disabled candidates with essentially equal qualifications will be given preference.
Additional support is offered by the GraduateCenter.
Course programme (linked version is in German)
You can find the same overview in English in the PDF file below.
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In general, all students must pay two fees due to the "Studentenwerk":
Basic fee of 85 EUR + additional fee for the "Deutschlandticket"
https://www.lmu.de/en/workspace-for-students/abc-study-guide/semester-ticket/index.html
Living costs (including accommodation and health insurance) in Munich range from 1,000 to 1,200 EUR per month.
Work contract
Additional: LMU Travel Grant, LMU Completion Grant
Application requirements:
German: minimum knowledge at B2 level of the European reference guidelines
English: minimum knowledge at B2 level of the European reference guidelines
15 November 2024
Application for the DFG Research Training Group 2845 "Family Matters – Figures of Allegiance and Release" via the application portal of the GraduateCenter (uni-muenchen.de). Further information: https://www.familymatters.uni-muenchen.de/bewerbung/index.html
The International Office helps visiting academics, PhD students, and post-docs who are travelling to Munich for a set period of time to find accommodation.
For further information, please visit the following link:
https://www.lmu.de/en/study/important-contacts/international-office/index.html
Rooms in shared flats are popular on the private market and reasonably priced at 400 to 600 EUR per month if located in central parts of Munich.
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