Interdisciplinary DFG Research Project „North African representations of Antiquity as forms of late antique and postcolonial knowledge production”
PhD position TVL 13 (75%) by first of November 2016 (maximum grant period three years) at the Department of Romance Studies - University of Mannheim.
The planned PhD-study will be part of an interdisciplinary project, which comprises two different perspectives on North Africa. First, a classical philological study of late antique Latin texts (at the University of Cologne), and second, a modern philological and cultural theory perspective on North-African texts in French. Starting from the question of memory and re-appropriation in cultural discourses of each epoch, the research project will elucidate the special function of these representations (for instance of the personality of Saint Augustine) in their respective era, in late antique North Africa at one hand and in contemporary societies of the Maghreb on the other. The study concerned here aims at conducting a philological analysis of a modern corpus, but will involve as well an in-depth study of the discursive strategies of the North African reception of Antiquity in an attempt to understand its historical and cultural impact on the author’s present environment and society. The doctoral candidate will graduate at the Faculty of Philosophy in the field of Romance Studies.
Application requirements:
A Master in Romance Studies including an excellent expertise in literature, especially in French and Francophone Literature. Expertise in other disciplines such as Comparative Literature and Classical philology are welcome but not a precondition. Knowledge of Latin (e.g. Latinum) will be an advantage. The application requires the following documents: detailed curriculum vitae with specific information about your scholarly interests, a letter of motivation (a letter of reference is welcome if written by a university teacher providing information about the candidate’s scholarly potential; it can be sent directly), the transcript of records and a certified copy of the diploma. We expect furthermore an intrinsic commitment with the research project, the wish to cooperate and to communicate and to enlarge continually the own point of view.
The University of Mannheim wishes to increase the proportion of its female staff together with the compatibility of family and career and encourages women as well as candidates who have children to apply. Severely handicapped applicants with similar qualifications are given preference.
Please send your application by the date of August 28th 2016 (post mark) to:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Gronemann
Romanisches Seminar
Universität Mannheim
L 15, 1-6
D-68161 Mannheim
Germany
You can also apply via e-mail to Mrs. Birgit Olk: olk@phil.uni-mannheim.de (only one document in PDF-format)
Please be aware that breach of confidentiality and unauthorized access by a third party cannot be excluded for a communication without encryption.
After the application procedure, applications sent via standard mail will only be sent back if a postpaid envelope is included; otherwise they will be destroyed according to statutory provisions of data privacy law; electronic applications will be deleted.
The selection interviews are expected to take place at the University of Mannheim by the end of august. Please note, that all costs which arise in connection with the application or the interviews cannot be reimbursed.