বিডিটুডেঃ PhD Scholarships in School of Literary Studies

Higher Study

PhD Scholarships in School of Literary Studies

20 October 2012, Saturday

Application Process

The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies has once again been successful in the German "Excellence Initiative". It has as its aim the supervision of exceptional dissertation projects in the field of Literary Studies, examining European, American, Arabic and Asian literary texts, within the doctoral degree programme “Literary Studies”. The projects should be well grounded in theory and should adopt a historical and / or an inter- or transcultural approach. The programme offers intensive and individual supervision of the thesis as well as coursework. Applicants must have a completed degree (M.A. or equivalent) with above-average grades in the humanities, preferably literary studies. German and English are the favoured working languages in the international doctoral programme.

Doctoral candidates take part in activities which support them in their research within their individual disciplines, at the same time placing this research in an interdisciplinary context. These activities include:

Research colloquia with renowned visiting academics
Seminars on methodology and literary theory
Courses and workshops in the field of transferable skills

The Graduate School will award

1. up to 10 scholarships for doctoral candidates per year. Scholarships are awarded for a maximum duration of three years

Please submit the following documents: the completed application form for scholarships for doctoral candidates (which can be found on the website), an outline of the dissertation project (8–10 pages); curriculum vitae; an outline of experience and list of qualifications relevant for the graduate programme (in German or English); a personal statement, giving the reasons for applying; certified copies of all degrees acquired; a sample of your academic work (e.g. a chapter of a Master’s thesis,15-20 pages); two letters of recommendation; language certificates proving your advanced knowledge of German and English.

2. up to 2 scholarships for postdoctoral researchers per year. Scholarships are awarded for a maximum duration of two years.

Please submit the following documents: the completed application form for scholarships for postdoctoral researchers (which can be found on the website), an outline of the research project (8–10 pages); curriculum vitae; an outline of experience and list of qualifications relevant for the research project (in German or English); a personal statement, giving the reasons for applying; certified copies of all degrees acquired; a sample of your academic work (e.g. a chapter of a Dissertation,15-20 pages); two letters of recommendation; language certificates proving your fluent knowledge of German and English.

Applications should be submitted by January 7th, 2013. The programme of study will begin in October 2013.

Please send your application to the following address:

Freie Universität Berlin

Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies

Dr. Susanne Phillipps

Habelschwerdter Allee 45

14195 Berlin

Germany

For Further Information: [email protected]

http://www.fsgs.fu-berlin.de/en/bewerbung

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