For the period 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014 the DFG PhD Research Training Group 1261 „Critical Junctures of Globalisation“ at the Centre for Area Studies of the University of Leipzig is offering 6 PhD positions (65% of a TVL-13 post)
The PhD Research Training Group, which was established in 2006, is devoted to the interdisciplinary analysis of processes of globalisation, with a focus on those places, moments and arenas in which new spatialisations of social action are negotiated (from the early 19th century to the present). The following disciplines are participating in the programme: African studies, cultural sociology, cultural studies of East-Central Europe, global studies, history, human geography, Japan studies, Oriental studies, political science and economics.
During the next programme phase research will focus on the following core areas, with an emphasis on diachronic comparisons:
- the global synchronicity of political, cultural and economic crisis
- portals of globalisation as zones of contact and compression of processes of globalisation
- actor-based strategies to deal with processes of deterritorialisation and spatial reconfigurations
For more details on the research programme see www.uni-leipzig.de/ral/gchuman/bruchzonen
Date: 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014
DFG PhD Research Training Group ?Critical Junctures of Globalisation? , University of Leipzig, Germany
