The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) is offering 4 research positions for PhD-candidates for 3 years (65% TV-L EG 13) within the research group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage” on the studies
1) Aachen Cathedral
2) Auschwitz Concentration Camp
3) The Galápagos Islands National Park
4) The Old City of Jerusalem with its City Walls.
1) Aachen Cathedral
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) is offering
1 research position for PhD-candidates for 3 years (65% TV-L EG 13)
on the study “World Heritage Site Aachen Cathedral” within the research group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
The research group is situated at the Leibniz Institute of European History and funded by the Leibniz Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association). It investigates for the first time the genesis of UNESCO World Heritage after the Second World War on the basis of historical sources. The project combines the global dimensions with the national and local contexts. The project consists of a longitudinal postdoctoral study focusing on the emergence of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage as well as the accession procedure from 1972 to 1994 and four doctoral studies which deal with sites which have had a specific effect on the World Heritage programme since its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s: the Galápagos Islands, Aachen Cathedral, Auschwitz Concentration Camp and the Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem. The successful applicant is expected to contribute to these objectives in close collaboration with the other colleagues in the research project.
The PhD project: The entry of Aachen Cathedral on the World Heritage List in 1978 was justified on the basis that the cathedral symbolizes the political and religious renewal of the “West” under Charlemagne. The cathedral and its history were thus depicted as the birthplace of Europe and also as a conceptual forbearer of European unification on the basis of Christianity. As the coronation church and the most important pilgrimage site north of the Alps, the cathedral constituted a point of reference for the foundation myth of the Christian occident. The emergence of this myth, the role of Aachen Cathedral in establishing it, and the implied differentiations between Christian Europe and other world regions and world religions are examined in this subproject. The reception of the Middle Ages in the 19th and 20th centuries is as central in this context as the local and national significance of the site, and the way it is embedded in political and church rituals.
Applicants must hold a Master degree in history or related subjects. Successful applicants will be expected to be in residence at Mainz (Germany) and participate in IEG activities and events. They will hold a part-time position at IEG and have access to travel funds. The salary is commensurate with TV-L EG 13 (65%).The appointment will start on 1 July 2013, and is awarded for 3 years.
Applications must include a CV, academic transcripts and a short statement of research interests (not more than one page). As an independent research institute the IEG does not confer academic degrees. PhD-theses are supervised at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz or at a university of the candidate’s choice. The international academic advisory board of the research group will provide assistance.
Complete applications are to be submitted electronically via email (all documents in one PDF) by February 28, 2013, with the code number “2013-UNESCO-Aachen” to the following address:
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz
Verwaltung
Alte Universitätsstr. 19
55116 Mainz
seibel@ieg-mainz.de
For queries about the vacancy, please contact Dr. Andrea Rehling (rehling@ieg-mainz.de).
IEG is an equal opportunity/affirmative-action employer. In case of equality of qualification and suitability of applicants, the applications made by female researchers will be given preferential consideration. We also encourage applications from disabled persons.
2) Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) is offering
1 research position for PhD-candidates for 3 years (65% TV-L EG 13)
on the study “World Heritage Site Auschwitz Concentration Camp” within the research group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
The research group is situated at the Leibniz Institute of European History and funded by the Leibniz Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association). It investigates for the first time the genesis of UNESCO World Heritage after the Second World War on the basis of historical sources. The project combines the global dimensions with the national and local contexts. The project consists of a longitudinal postdoctoral study focusing on the emergence of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage as well as the accession procedure from 1972 to 1994 and four doctoral studies which deal with sites which have had a specific effect on the World Heritage programme since its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s: the Galápagos Islands, Aachen Cathedral, Auschwitz Concentration Camp and the Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem. The successful applicant is expected to contribute to these objectives in close collaboration with the other colleagues in the research project.
The PhD project: The entry of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on the World Heritage List in 1979 is an expression of the universalization of the Holocaust from the 1960s onward. The Holocaust thus expanded from being a “fall from grace of the Germans” to being viewed increasingly as a “fall from grace of humanity”. As a representation of the knowledge of what a human is capable of doing to another human, Auschwitz has been the point of departure and reference point of every human rights debate since 1945. This research will contribute to research into the universalization and cosmopolitanization of the memory of the Holocaust by illuminating the role of Auschwitz as a representation of the hope of historical learning and of the conservation of knowledge resources in a global scale, and as a symbol in international politics. However, the concentration camp is also a place of actual mourning, a site of education, a national monument and a tourist destination situated in contemporary Poland. Diverse functions and competing interests therefore need to be taken into account when investigating this World Heritage site.
Applicants must hold a Master degree in history or related subjects. Successful applicants will be expected to be in residence at Mainz (Germany) and participate in IEG activities and events. They will hold a part-time position at IEG and have access to travel funds. The salary is commensurate with TV-L EG 13 (65%).The appointment will start on 1 July 2013, and is awarded for 3 years.
Applications must include a CV, academic transcripts and a short statement of research interests (not more than one page). As an independent research institute the IEG does not confer academic degrees. PhD-theses are supervised at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz or at a university of the candidate’s choice. The international academic advisory board of the research group will provide assistance.
Complete applications are to be submitted electronically via email (all documents in one PDF) by February 28, 2013, with the code number “2013-UNESCO-Auschwitz” to the following address:
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz
Verwaltung
Alte Universitätsstr. 19
55116 Mainz
seibel@ieg-mainz.de
For queries about the vacancy, please contact Dr. Andrea Rehling (rehling@ieg-mainz.de).
IEG is an equal opportunity/affirmative-action employer. In case of equality of qualification and suitability of applicants, the applications made by female researchers will be given preferential consideration. We also encourage applications from disabled persons.
3) The Galápagos Islands National Park
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) is offering
1 research position for PhD-candidates for 3 years (65% TV-L EG 13)
on the study “World Heritage Site The Galápagos Islands National Park” within the research group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
The research group is situated at the Leibniz Institute of European History and funded by the Leibniz Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association). It investigates for the first time the genesis of UNESCO World Heritage after the Second World War on the basis of historical sources. The project combines the global dimensions with the national and local contexts. The project consists of a longitudinal postdoctoral study focusing on the emergence of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage as well as the accession procedure from 1972 to 1994 and four doctoral studies which deal with sites which have had a specific effect on the World Heritage programme since its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s: the Galápagos Islands, Aachen Cathedral, Auschwitz Concentration Camp and the Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem. The successful applicant is expected to contribute to these objectives in close collaboration with the other colleagues in the research project.
The PhD project: When the Galápagos Islands National Park was entered on the list in 1978 it was deemed to represent the “history of progress” of modernity. The nature park was closely connected with Charles Darwin and the emergence of the theory of evolution. It thus became the birthplace of secular belief systems based on the empirical natural sciences in Europe. In particular, its diversity of species and the high number of endemic species were viewed as a source for further scientific knowledge. At the same time, due to the pressures of tourism and urbanization, the islands quickly became a main reference for the endangerment of the ecological balance and thus for the ambivalence of progress. The research interest of the European scientists and researchers interacted with other usage claims in Ecuador. Taking into account environmental-historical knowledge, this subproject will analyse the knowledge genesis, the competing knowledge and belief systems, and the implementation of conservation strategies, as well as the individual and collective actors involved in and at the World Heritage site.
Applicants must hold a Master degree in history or related subjects. Successful applicants will be expected to be in residence at Mainz (Germany) and participate in IEG activities and events. They will hold a part-time position at IEG and have access to travel funds. The salary is commensurate with TV-L EG 13 (65%).The appointment will start on 1 July 2013, and is awarded for 3 years.
Applications must include a CV, academic transcripts and a short statement of research interests (not more than one page). As an independent research institute the IEG does not confer academic degrees. PhD-theses are supervised at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz or at a university of the candidate’s choice. The international academic advisory board of the research group will provide assistance.
Complete applications are to be submitted electronically via email (all documents in one PDF) by February 28, 2013, with the code number “2013-UNESCO-Galapagos” to the following address:
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz
Verwaltung
Alte Universitätsstr. 19
55116 Mainz
seibel@ieg-mainz.de
For queries about the vacancy, please contact Dr. Andrea Rehling (rehling@ieg-mainz.de).
IEG is an equal opportunity/affirmative-action employer. In case of equality of qualification and suitability of applicants, the applications made by female researchers will be given preferential consideration. We also encourage applications from disabled persons.
4) The Old City of Jerusalem with its City Walls
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) is offering
1 research position for PhD-candidates for 3 years (65% TV-L EG 13)
on the study “World Heritage Site The Old City of Jerusalem with its City Walls” within the research group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
The research group is situated at the Leibniz Institute of European History and funded by the Leibniz Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association). It investigates for the first time the genesis of UNESCO World Heritage after the Second World War on the basis of historical sources. The project combines the global dimensions with the national and local contexts. The project consists of a longitudinal postdoctoral study focusing on the emergence of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage as well as the accession procedure from 1972 to 1994 and four doctoral studies which deal with sites which have had a specific effect on the World Heritage programme since its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s: the Galápagos Islands, Aachen Cathedral, Auschwitz Concentration Camp and the Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem. The successful applicant is expected to contribute to these objectives in close collaboration with the other colleagues in the research project.
The PhD project: The Old City of Jerusalem with its City Walls was entered on the World Heritage List as the Holy City of the three monotheistic world religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is therefore also a representation of the three religions which have had the most enduring effect on European history. Additionally, it is a crystallization point of the cultural dimension of the Middle East conflict in that the Old City of Jerusalem constitutes an exception on the World Heritage List. World Heritage sites may only be nominated by the states on whose territory they are located. However, Jordan proposed the inclusion of Jerusalem in 1980, even though the city had been controlled by Israel since the Six Day War of 1967. In UNESCO, Jerusalem developed into a political issue which remains current to this day. This process and the related conflicts between belief systems, value systems and knowledge systems will be at the centre of this subproject. Attention must also be paid to the living circumstances in the World Heritage site. What position do the various population groups take in relation to the World Heritage status?
Applicants must hold a Master degree in history or related subjects. Successful applicants will be expected to be in residence at Mainz (Germany) and participate in IEG activities and events. They will hold a part-time position at IEG and have access to travel funds. The salary is commensurate with TV-L EG 13 (65%).The appointment will start on 1 July 2013, and is awarded for 3 years.
Applications must include a CV, academic transcripts and a short statement of research interests (not more than one page). As an independent research institute the IEG does not confer academic degrees. PhD-theses are supervised at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz or at a university of the candidate’s choice. The international academic advisory board of the research group will provide assistance.
Complete applications are to be submitted electronically via email (all documents in one pdf) by February 28, 2013, with the code number “2013-UNESCO-Jerusalem” to the following address:
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz
Verwaltung
Alte Universitätsstr. 19
55116 Mainz
seibel@ieg-mainz.de
For queries about the vacancy, please contact Dr. Andrea Rehling (rehling@ieg-mainz.de).
IEG is an equal opportunity/affirmative-action employer. In case of equality of qualification and suitability of applicants, the applications made by female researchers will be given preferential consideration. We also encourage applications from disabled persons.