The Faculty of Humanities, Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts" at the University of Hamburg is looking to recruit doctoral research associates to pursue their dissertation project.

The Cluster offers the exciting opportunity to contribute to research on written artefacts in an international team of researchers from across forty disciplines in the humanities, the natural sciences and computer science. Within this highly inspiring and collaborative environment, you will pursue your own dissertation project as well as contribute to the Cluster’s research programme as a whole through your active engagement in its internal and wider research activities. The position includes the enrollment in the Cluster's graduate school and participation in research colloquia, lecture series and workshops.

The core responsibility of the research associate is to pursue their dissertation project that fits the overall comparative research profile of the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts”, and to contribute to the collaborative research activities of the Cluster. Research associates may also pursue further academic qualifications.

We welcome applications for projects with a clear focus on the study of written artefacts, particularly on one of the following topics:

• handwritten artefacts in the digital age
• written artefacts such as pottery, textiles, metal, bones
• written artefacts and provenance studies

Candidates should have a strong interest in cooperating beyond disciplinary boundaries, especially across the humanities, natural science and computer sciences.