The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen invites applications for post-doctoral fellowships for the duration of 6 months from 1st of April 2023 until 30th of September 2023.
The KWI is an interdisciplinary research institute for the humanities and social sciences in the tradition of institutes for advanced study. Located in the Ruhr Area, the KWI offers a space for independent and innovative research in the humanities and various opportunities to engage and include the public. Currently, research at the KWI focusses on the following areas: literary and cultural sociology, cultural science studies, science communication and public humanities. Further projects are concerned with cultures of communication and political participation. It is one of the main goals of the KWI to find new ways of linking research questions, concepts, methods and theories of philology, cultural studies and the social sciences. We are dedicated to pursuing our interdisciplinary agenda through international collaboration. An important contribution to our scholarly and political work comes from the Academy in Exile, offering research space to colleagues whose academic freedom is threatened.
KWI International Fellowships are 6-month-scholarships at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen, which address excellent international researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences with a completed PhD plus up to 6 years of post-doctoral experience. The fellowships can be offered to applicants in all disciplines represented in the current KWI research agenda. Researchers of German nationality are eligible to apply if currently employed at an international institute.
The KWI fellowship program addresses excellent researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences. Researchers of German nationality are eligible to apply if currently employed at an international institute.
The fellowship should be dedicated to research linked to the programmatic agenda of the KWI. We expect the fellows to be present at least 4 days a week. Fellows are requested to actively take part in lectures, conferences, reading groups and other academic events at the KWI. Moreover, we expect the fellow to contribute to the KWI Blog. We also encourage fellows to organize a workshop during their fellowship.
Fellows will receive a fellowship contract (not a full-employment contract) and a monthly allowance meant to cover rent, insurances and living expenses. Travel expenses for arrival at the KWI and for departure after the fellowship can be partially reimbursed. The institute provides fellows with modern infrastructure, office space, technical support and offers a library service, event and research management as well as support in all administrative and communicative regards.
The Thyssen@KWI Fellowship, financed by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, is integrated into the fellowship programme and reaches out to excellent researchers of all nationalities with a completed PhD plus several years of post-doctoral experience.
International researchers are invited to apply as well as scholars of German nationality if they provide excellent international contacts and work experience. We are inviting research fellows with a completed PhD and several years of post-doctoral research expertise. The fellowship can be offered to applicants in all disciplines represented in the current KWI research agenda.
We expect the Thyssen@KWI Fellow to be present at the institute at least 4 days a week. The fellow is requested to actively take part in the ColloKWIum, lectures, conferences, reading groups and other academic events at KWI. Moreover, we expect the fellow to contribute to the KWI Blog. We also encourage fellows to organize a workshop during their fellowship.
Fellows will receive a fellowship contract (not a full-employment contract) and a monthly allowance meant to cover rent, insurances and living expenses. Travel expenses for arrival at the KWI and for departure after the fellowship can be partially reimbursed. The institute provides fellows with modern infrastructure, office space, technical support and offers a library service, event and research management as well as support in all administrative and communicative regards.