Research Fellow

**Das Aufgabengebiet umfasst u. a.**:
Area of responsibility
About the School
Engaging with multiplicity is essential for understanding 21st-century social worlds, which are invariably constituted through the interaction of multiple social realities, lifeworlds, world views, approaches to future-making, and forms of knowledge (making). All the major problems that the world faces today have multiple dimensions, intersect with other problems, and have to be addressed through multifaceted measures, thus necessitating the development of appropriate conceptual tools. This graduate school will train the next generation of researchers to deal with such multiplicity. By bringing together scholars working in anthropology or with anthropological methods and approaches, the school will provide much-needed synergy in the study of key contemporary challenges, including climate change, the digital revolution, the crises of modernities, and questions of justice and equality. Participating institutions are the MPI for Social Anthropology (Halle/Saale), Leipzig University, MLU Halle-Wittenberg and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Thematic frame of position
Based on ethnographic studies, the proposed research project should focus on everyday practices in transnational communities from Southeastern Europe, now living in Germanophone Europe. We are particularly interested in politics of memory and identity in post-war former Yugoslavia with the goal of exploring the political potential of religious Beheimatung (feeling at home, belonging) both in the diasporic situation and in the regions of origin. Therefore, preference will be given to projects interested in Bosnian communities. We are looking to explore how collective memory and creation of a heritage are linked to shared future expectations and how identity search - questions of who we are and who we aspire to be - is entangled in daily religious practice and intertwined with the normative question of how to live. Our research group has a relational perspective (inspired by Georg Simmel, Karen Barad) on intra-actions that emerge through the dynamic relation between (religious) Beheimatung in societies of global multiplicity and the (supposedly distinct) homeland.

**Notwendige Qualifikation**:
Necessary Qualifications
- Interdisciplinary qualification/experience
- International/intercultural experience
- Knowledge of Muslim life in Germany/Austria (preferably on communities of Southeastern European descent, specifically Bosnian)
- Ability to work in a team, ideally first experiences with working on a collaborative research project
- High grades during master’s program
- Excellent English skills (working language of IMPRS-GM) as well as willingness to acquire necessary language skills for field studies (Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian etc.)

**Bemerkungen**:
Additional description
Temporary research endeavor
Job location is at FAU EZIRE offices, Bohlenplatz 6, Erlangen. Apart from field studies, periods of residence at other locations of IMPRS-GM (amongst others: obligatory Spring School, seminars and a possible mobility semester at MPI Halle) and vacation, presence at FAU EZIRE will be required.
- Cover letter (focused on personal motivation and eligibility for the job offer)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Description of research interests and research plans for the PhD project as part of the research group
- Writing sample (e.g. term papers, theses, book chapters), if possible with ethnographical components
- Credentials & transcripts of bachelor’s and master’s degree grades
- Motivational letter for membership of IMPRS-GM

Note
At the request of the applicant an equal opportunities officer can join in on the job interview; this will not put the applicant at disadvantage.

Application deadline 22/11/2024
Title: Research fellow (PhD position) with focus on Politics of Memory and Identity in Lived Islam of Migrants from Southeastern Europe in Germany in a Transnational Context
Starting date: 1st of February 2025
Job location: FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa FAU EZIRE, Bohlenplatz 6, 91054 Erlangen
Pay: TV-L E 13
Working time: Part-time (0.65), Weekly working hours 0.65 FTE
Time frame: Temporary employment
Contact: FAU EZIRE
- Telephone: +49 9131 85-22239

**Stellenbeschreibung**:

- Beabsichtigte Eingruppierung je nach Qualifikation und persönlichen Voraussetzungen:
Entgelt-/Bes.Gr.**:TV-L E 13**:

- Die Stelle ist befristet.
- Es handelt sich um eine Teilzeitstelle, 26 h/Woche; Arbeitszeit: nach Vereinbarung.
- Sonstiges:

- Voraussichtlicher Einstellungstermin: 01.02.2025.

**Die Bewerbungsfrist endet zum: 22.11.2024.**:
**Für Auskünfte steht Ihnen zur Verfügung**:
Dr. Thielmann, Jörn
FAU Forschungszentren
FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa (FAU EZIRE)

**Die Bewerbungen sind zu richten an**:
Dr. Thielmann, Jörn
FAU Forschungszentren
FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa (FAU EZIRE)
Bohlenplatz 6, 1. OG
91054 Erlangen

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