The Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK, is looking to appoint a full-time PhD student, as part of the 3-year DAAD-funded research project `Zeitgeist: What does it mean to be German in the 21st century?`
Applicants may be from the UK or abroad. The successful applicant will receive a fees and upkeep award equivalent to current AHRC/EHRC studentship rates. Applicants will preferably have or be about to complete a Masters degree, will have excellent German, a background in German Studies, and research interests in the field of contemporary German literature, culture, politics, or society.
All applications should be accompanied by a full CV, a detailed proposal for the PhD project, and the names of two academic referees.
Please contact Professor Sarah Colvin (sarah.colvin@ed.ac.uk) or Dr Carolyn Rowe (c.s.rowe@bham.ac.uk) with initial enquiries and for further details on the Zeitgeist project.
The University Association for Contemporary European Studies can be found at http://www.uaces.org/
PhD Studentship at the Institute for German Studies
