Funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), the interdisciplinary Training Group "Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality and Post-Imperial Orders" will focus on imperial temporalities and their representation, reflection, resonance, and manipulation in periods of accelerated imperial change and in postimperial contexts. The RTG will focus on three main lines of research: temporalities involved in a) the transformation of imperial space, b) imperial economies, and c) imperial institutions and normative structures.

We are looking for postgraduates with a background in the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, Eastern European and East Asian History as well as Sociology, Political Science, Literary/Cultural/Media Studies.

The six positions are temporary, limited to a term of 36 months.