Doctoral fellowships available « Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Space »

IAS member Astrid Fellner from the University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany announces that as part of an International Graduate School on « Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Space » there will be ten doctoral fellowships available. She is seeking candidates who would do a dissertation directed by her. The deadline for applications is December 31, 2012. The doctoral program will start April 1, 2013.

On Nov. 9, the German Research Foundation (DFG) decided to fund the International Research Training Group (IRTG) “Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Space,”  a joint interdisciplinary doctoral education program of the University of Trier, Saarland University and the Université de Montréal (starting April 1, 2013). The speakers of this IRTG are Prof. Dr. Ursula Lehmkuhl (Trier), Prof. Laurence McFalls (Montréal) and Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink (Saarland U).

The IRTG invites applications of highly qualified applicants from diverse fields, including history, political science, literature (Francophone and Anglophone Canadian literature), linguistics, intercultural communication and media studies, philosophy, sociology/cultural anthropology, gender studies and human geography. Principal Researchers Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kloos (Trier) and Prof. Dr. Astrid M. Fellner (Saarland U) represent Anglophone Canadian/North American literatures and cultures in this IRGT.

Please note that there are ten 50%-positions available within this IRTG. The deadline for application is December 31, 2012.

For more information, see: http://www.diversity.uni-trier.de/

Should you have further questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Astrid Fellner at fellner@mx.uni-saarland.de