General call - PhD Grants

http://www.uni-kiel.de/landscapes/allgemein/jobs.shtml

Kiel offers a unique research environment at the interface between
Humanities and Natural and Social Sciences with the presence of a Graduate
School in the field of "Human Development in Landscapes" and two Excellence
Clusters: "Future Ocean" and "Inflammation at Interfaces", all three funded
by the German Excellence Initiative. The Graduate School "Human Development
in Landscapes" (www.uni-kiel.de/landscapes) at the Christian
Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, invites applications for:
 
30 Doctoral stipends for outstanding young researchers
 
Grants of 1200 Euro per month will be provided for two years with the option
of extension for a third year. Eligible candidates must hold an outstanding
university degree in a field relevant to the multidisciplinary theme of
"Human Development in Landscapes". The graduate programme is jointly offered
by scholars of Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Social and
Life Sciences. Excellent infrastructure at Kiel University allows the
realization of innovative research ideas. An interdisciplinary orientation
of PhD projects under the themes "Society and Reflection", "Social Space and
Landscape", "Mobility, Innovation and Change" is encouraged, and supervision
will be provided at an interfaculty level. Candidates are invited to submit
proposals for PhD research projects addressing one of the following:
 
€ The general themes of the Graduate School: "Society and Reflection",
³Social Space and Landscapes², "Mobility, Innovation and Change" (10 open
stipends). Please submit a proposal describing the research project (8 pages
maximum).  
€ Identities, boundaries, conflicts, and mobilities in past societies |
Past strategies of land-use management | Energy balances of past societies |
Islands: Identities, social space and landscape | Past settlement areas:
Population, environment, perception | Landscape change: Human vs. natural
processes (10 stipends). Please submit an outline of your intended research
project no longer than 4 pages.
 
€ Specific research topics (10 stipends)
-Cluster 1: "Society and Reflection": Landscape and space: A theoretical and
methodological approach | Mountain people in the Ancient Near East: The case
of the Zagros.  
-Cluster 2. "Social Space and Landscape": Impact of weather events on past
societies (historical approach) | Society and Environment: Quantifying the
archaeological record of past societies | Strategies of land-use management
in medieval and early modern society. 
-Cluster 3. "Mobility, Innovation, and Change": Cattle husbandry:
Quantitative reconstructions of impact and mobility in past societies |
Control mechanisms of settlement systems in Ancient Menorca | Cultural
exposure to plagues in Antiquity and Middle Ages.

Please submit an outline of your intended research project no longer than 4
pages.
Applications including a curriculum vitae, copies of credentials, two
letters of reference, and an outline of the proposed PhD research project in
English should be submitted before January 7th 2010 to the coordinator of
the Graduate School:
 
Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller
Institut für Ur-und Frühgeschichte
Christian­Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
D-24098 Kiel
 
application09gshdl.uni-kiel.de
 
Questions regarding this call for applications should be addressed to Dr.
Mara Weinelt, Scientific Coordinator, Graduate School "Human Development in
Landscapes": mweinelt(at)gshdl.uni-kiel.de