The Department of History at the University of Muenster, Germany, offers up a position as Doctoral researcher (Ph.D. candidate).
The position is part-time (0.5 fte), at a TV-L 13 salary, for two years with the possibility of extension for a third year.
The position is part of the junior research group Diversitas religionum. Thirteenth-century foundations of European discourses of religious diversity, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The task of the doctoral researchers in this group is to contribute to the study of twelfth- to fourteenth-century religious polemics in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Preparing their own dissertations, the candidates are expected to study an aspect of anti-heretical, anti-clerical, anti-mendicant, anti-Islamic or anti-Christian polemics and perceptions. The research should concern at least one of the following aspects:
- The relationship between intra-Christian and inter-religious conflicts and polemics,
- The transmission and adaptation of religious polemics between learned and unlearned audiences (including questions of media, e.g. oral transmission through preaching, images or manuscript tradition),
- Religious polemic concerning concepts of gender, sexuality and bodily purity, especially polemics debating masculinity.
The candidate is expected to have completed an MA degree or equivalent in Medieval history or another discipline of Medieval Studies, and to possess excellent command of Latin or another medieval language, as well as interest in interdisciplinary theoretical and methodical approaches. The candidate should have good communication skills and be able to present ongoing research to various (including non-specialist) audiences. The research group will engage in a regular work programme held at Muenster.
For more details and to apply, please visit: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/chancen/id=9622&type=stellen
