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#phd #UK #humanities #history #Sociology #culture #memory 2-4 PhD studentships, fully funded by the University of Stirling, which will aim to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory at multiple timescales and levels, and how people navigate together in space and time. Deadline: December, 20 2024 Ссылка скрыта

#fellowship #Germany #digital The Käte Hamburger Kolleg Cultures of Research (c:o/re), Aachen. Open call for applications for up to ten fellowships (postdoctoral to senior level) starting in October 2025 for up to twelve months. Cultures of Research is positioned where the fields of history, philosophy, and sociology interface with natural science and technology. The focus of the center’s work is on the manifold research cultures within the sciences, their commonalities and differences, and how they are transformed through interdisciplinary discourse. For the year 2025/2026 we are particularly, but not exclusively interested in the topic of ‘digitality/complexity’. Proposals may address the digital/non-digital divide in science and engineering, the varieties of digital cultures for knowledge production, and the influence of AI on science and technology. Deadline: December 31, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#Germany #postdoc #history_of_science Postdoctoral Scholar, The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) Department II: Knowledge Systems and Collective Life, led by Dr. Etienne Benson, seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Scholar for three years, with employment contract starting on September 1, 2025. Researchers in Department II use historical and ethnographic methods to study the relationship between knowledge systems and forms of collective life in the past and present. This position is connected to the department’s ongoing research on the theme “From Trust in Science to Knowledge in Relation.” We are especially interested in proposals for research projects that offer historical perspective on contemporary relationships between science and politics in liberal democracies, including histories of academic freedom and political speech at universities and research institutions. The proposed research should situate current controversies within longer historical trajectories and in relation to broader political, social, and economic contexts, while also critically reflecting on the historical production and contestation of concepts such as academic freedom, liberal democracy, and the scientific community. Deadline: January 3, 2025. Ссылка скрыта

#phd #Netherlands #digital The Section of Knowledge, Transformation, and Society (KiTeS) at the University of Twente invite applications for a PhD position in the field of Digital Humanities. We are looking for a talented and motivated PhD candidate in the field of Digital Humanities to research the motivation of citizen scientists to annotate textual and graphic patterns in digitized multimodal collections (e.g. handwritten archives). The candidate should also be able to evaluate and co-develop a web interface that ensures the appropriate division of labour between ‘humans in the loop’ and machines in the context of continuously learning Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven systems. Deadline: December 13, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#cfp #Germany Conference "Urban loss", Jena, 20-21.03.2025 Contributions are invited from the fields of urban geography and sociology, urban and architectural history, urban development studies, as well as history and cultural studies that present empirical examples and conceptual considerations. We are looking for contributions that discuss the social, cultural and economic effects of experiences of loss and their narrative/visual/performative representation as well as contributions that situate experiences and practices of dealing with loss in the (late) modern city. The aim is to discuss how urban societies and cultures change as a result of the experience of material or immaterial losses and what role specific ways of dealing with loss such as compensation, displacement, reconstruction or commemoration play in this process. Deadline: December 20, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#phd #Netherlands PhD candidate, starting January 2025 for the project "Russian Narratives of War" (Leiden University) This PhD-position focuses on the narratives and their linguistic-argumentative properties that are used in Russia to influence the Russian-speaking population in that country to support the government in general and to rally behind the war in Ukraine in particular (period 2014-2024). This project aims at answering research questions such as: What narratives are used in Russian propaganda in general, specifically those concerning the war in Ukraine? How do arguments and rhetorical frames (including the use of words, expressions, and systematic metaphors) play a role in these narratives? How have these narratives evolved and been adapted over time (2014-2024)? Are there particular properties of argumentation, rhetoric and language which are typical for Russian propaganda? Deadline: October 23, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#fellowship #Germany #history Visiting Research Fellowships "Violence in East and West" (University of Konstanz) The Chair of East European History at the University of Konstanz offers Visiting Research Fellowships in the framework of its strategic programme ‘Violence in East and West - Towards an Integrated History of 20th Century Europe’ funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The Fellowships last between 1 and 3 months and are to be taken up between October 2024 and February 2025. The fellowships are open to scholars at any career level after the PhD. Deadline: May 15, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#phd #Switzerland #digital PhD Student Position: Meaning In Life in the Digital Society We are inviting applications for a four-year full-time PhD position in philosophy at the University of Zurich. As a PhD student you will contribute to the research project «Meaning in Life in the Digital Society» funded by the Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen (DIZH). The research project focuses on the impact of VR and GenAI on meaning we may achieve through relationships, creating art, and playing games. The PhD student is free to develop their own research project within the topic area of meaning in life through art and games, either in the field of general ethics (e.g., do games contribute to a meaningful life?) or applied to digital technologies (e.g., is creating art with generative AI meaningful?). Deadline: May 20, 2024. Ссылка скрыта

#phd #Germany #urban Two PhD positions (German public servant employment, part-time, 65%, E 13 TV-L HU, 4 years) on a new international research project investigating Transformations in Housing and Intergenerational Contracts in Europe, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Deadline: May 24, 2024. Ссылка скрыта