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<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz eingerichtete Graduiertenkolleg 1876 „Frühe Konzepte von Mensch und Natur: Universalität, Spezifität,
Tradierung“ hat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">6 Promotionsstellen (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L 65%)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">zum <b>1. Oktober 2016</b> für zunächst zwei Jahre zu besetzen. Vorbehaltlich der Finanzierung durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft besteht die Möglichkeit, die Stellen um ein weiteres
Jahr zu verlängern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Das Graduiertenkolleg wird von den Fachdisziplinen Ägyptologie, Altorientalistik, Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Klassische Archäologie, Klassische Philologie (Gräzistik und Latinistik), Byzantinistik,
Germanistische Mediävistik und Medizingeschichte getragen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Das Forschungsprogramm des Graduiertenkollegs verfolgt das Ziel, Konzepte von Mensch und Natur im nordostafrikanischen, vorderasiatischen und europäischen Raum in einer Zeit von ca. 3200 v.
Chr. bis zum Mittelalter – ausgehend von textuellen, bildlichen und materiellen Quellen – exemplarisch zu erfassen und kulturimmanent wie auch transkulturell zu untersuchen. Dazu werden vier Forschungsschwerpunkte betrachtet:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(1) Weltentstehung und Urelemente;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(2) Naturphänomene, Naturgewalten und Naturkatastrophen;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(3) Flora, Fauna und Landschaft;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(4) Menschlicher Körper, Krankheit und Heilung.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Die Dissertationsthemen sind jeweils einem dieser Bereiche und einer Fachdisziplin zuzuordnen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">In dieser Ausschreibungsrunde suchen wir folgende Dissertationsvorhaben:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(a)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dissertationsvorhaben, die thematisch an bereits im Graduiertenkolleg laufende Dissertationsprojekte anknüpfen sowie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(b)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">individuelle Dissertationsvorhaben für einen der vier Forschungsschwerpunkte.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Detaillierte Informationen zum Forschungs- und Qualifizierungsprogramm, zu laufenden Dissertationsprojekten sowie zu den einzelnen Fachvertretern/Fachvertreterinnen sind auf der Homepage des
Graduiertenkollegs (<a href="http://www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de/">http://www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de/</a>) einzusehen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Einstellungsvoraussetzung und Qualifikationsmerkmale:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ein abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Master/Magister oder Äquivalent) mit überdurchschnittlicher Qualifikation in einer der oben genannten Disziplinen, mit dem die Anforderungen der Promotionsordnungen der
Fachbereiche 05 bzw. 07 der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz erfüllt werden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Was wir bieten:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ein strukturiertes Promotionsprogramm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Möglichkeit zum intensiven fachlichen und interdisziplinären Austausch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">intensive Betreuung durch zwei Professoren/Professorinnen unterschiedlicher Fachgebiete aus dem Trägerkreis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Mentoring-Programm mit internationalen Kooperationspartnern/Kooperationspartnerinnen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Praktikumsmöglichkeiten in kooperierenden Einrichtungen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Möglichkeit zur Finanzierung eines vierwöchigen Auslandsaufenthalts sowie der Reisekosten zu Vorträgen und Tagungen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">umfangreiches Angebot zum Erwerb von Schlüsselqualifikationen und Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">moderner Arbeitsplatz in einem angenehmen Arbeitsumfeld<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Möglichkeit zur Bewerbung um eine sechsmonatige Anschubfinanzierung von Nachfolgeprojekten nach erfolgreichem Abschluss der Promotion<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Was wir erwarten:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Arbeit an der Dissertation mit Fokussierung auf die Thematik des Graduiertenkollegs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">wissenschaftliche Weiterqualifikation im Rahmen eines strukturierten Promotionsprogramms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">engagierte Mitarbeit im Graduiertenkolleg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bereitschaft zum interdisziplinären Arbeiten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Präsenz in Mainz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">mit Abschluss der dreijährigen Förderung: Promotion an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Einzureichende Unterlagen:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bewerbungsformular (steht auf der Homepage zum Download zur Verfügung)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Motivationsschreiben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">tabellarischer Lebenslauf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Qualifizierungszeugnisse (<i>transcript of records</i>; einschließlich Abitur)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">dreiseitige Zusammenfassung der Abschlussarbeit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">pdf-Datei der Abschlussarbeit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">vierseitiges Exposé eines Dissertationsvorhabens (Abstract, Fragestellung, Zielsetzung, Forschungsstand, Methodik, Arbeits- und Zeitplan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">zwei Empfehlungsschreiben von Professoren/Professorinnen zur Bewertung und Einschätzung der bisherigen Studien-leistungen (bitte lassen Sie diese vor Bewerbungsschluss direkt an die Sprecherin senden)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">falls bereits vorhanden: Nachweise wissenschaftlicher Aktivitäten (Teilnahme an Tagungen, Publikationen etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Die Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz ist bestrebt, den Anteil der Frauen im wissenschaftlichen Bereich zu erhöhen und fordert daher Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen nachdrücklich auf, sich
zu bewerben. Schwerbehinderte werden bei entsprechender Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Weitere Informationen zum Bewerbungs- und Auswahlverfahren finden Sie auf der Homepage des Graduiertenkollegs. Bei inhaltlichen Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die betreffenden Fachvertreter/Fachvertreterinnen
des Graduiertenkollegs. Bei organisatorischen Fragen kontaktieren Sie bitte die Geschäftsstelle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bewerbungen sind bis
<b>1. Mai 2016</b> ausschließlich elektronisch (pdf-Format) an die Sprecherin des Graduiertenkollegs,
<b>Univ.-Prof. </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dr. Tanja Pommerening</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:grk1876@uni-mainz.de"><span lang="EN-GB">grk1876@uni-mainz.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">),
zu richten.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Call for Applications</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The interdisciplinary Research Training Group 1876 “Early Concepts of Man and Nature: Universal, Local, Borrowed” established by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz invites applications for</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">6 doctoral positions (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, 13 TV-L 65%)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">starting on
<b>October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2016</b>. Initial appointment will be for two years. </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#242424">Subject to continued funding by the German Research Foundation, a further appointment for one more year will be made.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Research Training Group is directed by scholars from the fields of Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics, Byzantine
Studies, Medieval German Studies, and Medical History.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">In the Research Training Group’s research programme, the object is to record concepts of man and nature in the Near Eastern, Northeast African and European area in the period
from ca. 3200 BC until the Middle Ages – starting out from textual, pictorial and material sources – by means of examples and to study them in a culturally immanent as well as transcultural respect. In order to align the spectrum of potential fields of topics
in a targeted manner four main focal points of research have been defined:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(1) The origin of the World and the primordial elements;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(2) Natural phenomena, the forces of nature, and natural catastrophes;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(3) Flora, fauna, and landscape;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:130.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(4) The conceptualization of the human body, of disease and healing.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Topics for PhD theses must be chosen from one of these four areas and belong to one of the academic the disciplines mentioned above.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We are looking for:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">(c)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">PhD projects that will connect with and complement dissertation projects within the Research Training Group and</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">individual dissertation projects for one of the four areas.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">For detailed information regarding our programme for research and training and the academic staff involved with our graduate school, please refer to our homepage (</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de/"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Requirements for appointment:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">a diploma or master’s degree (or equivalent) with excellent results in one of the disciplines mentioned above and fulfill the necessary requirements for studying for a doctoral degree in either
Fachbereich (Faculty) 05 or 07 of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">We provide:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">a PhD programme with clearly defined steps and instruction</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ample opportunities for intensive professional and interdisciplinary exchange</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">close supervision by two professors of different academic disciplines of the Research Training Group’s core faculty</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">a mentoring programme with cooperating partners in Germany and abroad</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">traineeships within cooperating institutes</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">additional funding for staying for up to four weeks abroad at a research institute cooperating with our programme as well as for attending conferences inside and outside Germany</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">classes helping you to acquire key qualifications (e.g. time-management or academic writing courses)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">a modern and pleasant working environment</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">optional six months’ funding for a new research project once you have completed your PhD<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
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<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We expect:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">prepare a doctoral thesis within our research programme</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">scientific training within a structured dissertation programme</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">continuous participation in the study programme</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">cooperate with other PhD students and scholars from neighbouring fields and discipline</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">presence at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">after the three year funding period: doctorate at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The following documents must be provided:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">application form (</span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#222222">available on thewebsitefor download</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">a letter of motivation</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">a curriculum vitae</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">a complete transcript of academic records, including the last school report obtained before entering university (Abitur or equivalent)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">a résumé of the graduate thesis you submitted (3 pages)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#222222">your graduate thesis in a pdf</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#222222">-</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#222222">file</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">an exposé for a PhD thesis in one of the areas of the Research Training Group, summarizing the idea, outlining research questions and state of the art, approach and methods to be used, work and time schedule (4
pages)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">two letters of reference from members of academic staff allowing us to judge your abilities (to be sent before the closing date directly to the spokesperson)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">if available: a list of attended conferences and publications</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is keen to increase the number of women among its scholars and thus encourages women to apply. Disabled persons will be given preference if
equally qualified.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Further details regarding the application process and the selection of candidates are given on the homepage of our graduate school. You may also contact a member of the Research
Training Group’s staff in your discipline if you have a specific question. For organizational questions you may contact the coordination office.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="formatvorlage4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Please submit your complete application in electronic form (pdf) only no later than
<b>May 1<sup>st</sup>, 2016</b> to the Research Training Group spokesperson <b>Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening</b> (</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:grk1876@uni-mainz.de"><span lang="EN-GB">grk1876@uni-mainz.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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