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Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Political Theory and Philosophy Institution: Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice – Applied and Global", University of Frankfurt / Free University of Berlin Location: Bad Homburg (Germany) Date: from 1 September or 1 October 2016 Deadline: 15.2.2016 __________________________________________________ Duration and Starting Date: 12 Months, starting on either September 1st or October 1st 2016, according to the fellows' convenience. The Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice _ Appplied and Global", funded by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and located at the University of Frankfurt with a branch at the Free University of Berlin is seeking to appoint up to four post-doctoral fellows in political theory/political philosophy for the academic year 2016/2017. The Fellows will be hosted by Frankfurt University at its Institute for Advanced Studies in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt) and will be part of the Frankfurt academic community. They are invited to spend a certain period of time at the Free University Berlin for a research stay, details to be arranged. Applicants are required to have completed all their PhD requirements (including exams) by the beginning of their fellowship and should have proven potential to conduct and publish research at an international level. Candidates' research should fall within the Centre's areas of focus, namely global justice and applied theories of justice. Please send your application in English (a 2-3 page research project, CV, writing sample of preferably not more than 7,000 words [can be an excerpt], and two letters of reference (no more than two) to the Directors of the Centre, Stefan Gosepath and Rainer Forst. The two letters of reference may also be sent directly from the referees. Please use the address of Ms Valérie Bignon: big...@em.uni-frankfurt.de Closing date is February 15, 2016. For further information regarding the Centre, its members, and its activities, please see our website: http://www.justitia-amplificata.de Justitia Amplificata Post-doc Fellowships: Conditions of Award We offer a non-taxable grant of 2300€/month. Additional benefits include a return trip to Frankfurt; a household allowance of 300€/month for accompanying partners (if the partner’s income is not higher than 1,250€/month) and a dependents’ allowance of 300€/month for each dependent child. Health insurance and accommodation expenses are not included in the package, although assistance in purchasing a suitable German health insurance will be provided. Fellows will be provided with office space at the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Bad Homburg (Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften). Fellows who wish to live at the Institute will be offered the opportunity to rent one of the Institute’s flats (for more information, see: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften). Fellows will be expected to take an active part in the Centre’s activities and workshops, and to present their ongoing research to the members of the Centre in its research seminar. If budget and time allow it, fellows might have the opportunity to actively cooperate in some of the Centre’s research activities, including the organization of workshops and conferences. Contact: Ms. Valérie Bignon Centre for Advanced Studies Justitia Amplificata Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, HPF 12 60629 Frankfurt am Main Germany Phone: +49 (0)69 798-36524 Fax: +49 (0)69 798-763-36524 Email: big...@em.uni-frankfurt.de Web: http://www.justitia-amplificata.de __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
