Ph.D. scholarships
The Graduate School of the “Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures” (CSMC, Integriertes Graduiertenkolleg im Sonderforschungsbereich 950 “Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa”) at the University of Hamburg invites applications for Ph.D. scholarships 3-4 year scholarships within the Graduate School Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD starting April 1st 2018.
The CSMC is a unique research centre for the historical and comparative study of manuscript cultures in Asia, Africa, and Europe building on decades of manuscript studies at the University of Hamburg. It was established in 2011 with a generous grant from the German Research Association (DFG) in order to develop a comprehensive approach to manuscript cultures including disciplines such as philology, palaeography, codicology, art history, and material analysis. Communication in the international research community of the Centre is conducted in English, Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) dissertations should be written in English or German.
We are looking for highly qualified and highly motivated Ph.D. students with an M.A. or equivalent degree in all disciplines studying manuscript cultures regardless of region.
Applications with a research proposal compatible with the programme of the Centre’s objectives, CV and copies of B.A., M.A. or other relevant certificates must be sent as ONE pdf document to the Director of the Graduate School before July 31st, 2017:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Huck
Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften CSMC
stipendium.geisteswiss@uni-hamburg.de
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/cal-details/Manuscript_Cultures_DAAD_2017.pdf