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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">starting <strong class="">1 October 2018 </strong></font></div>
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<div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">four doctoral posts in cultural and social studies (media research) </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Arial;">(salary category TV-L 13, 65%)</span></div>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">are available at the University of Siegen at the German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School, GRK 1769 </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">"</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Locating Media", for the
fixed-term period of three years. The duration of the contract complies with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class="">Please see the details below, further info can be found here: <a href="http://www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de" class="">http://www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de</a>. Application deadline: 15 April 2018.</font></p>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Please do get in touch if you have any question, we are looking forward to hear from you.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Carolin Gerlitz</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">Starting on October 1st 2018,</font></p>
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<b class=""><u class=""><font face="Arial" class="">four doctoral posts in cultural and social studies (media research)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font face="Arial" class="">(salary category TV-L 13, 65%)<span class="" style="background-color: yellow;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">are available at the University of Siegen in the German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School, GRK 1769 <span lang="EN-US" class="">"</span>Locating Media", for the fixed-term
period of three years. The duration of the contract complies with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.<span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">The University of Siegen is an innovative institution with an emphasis on an interdisciplinary orientation and has about 20,000 students and 2,000 employees, including 1,200 academic
positions. There is a broad spectrum of departments, ranging from liberal arts, social sciences, and economics through to natural sciences and engineering, and the University of Siegen provides an outstanding teaching and research environment with numerous
inter/transdisciplinary research projects. The University of Siegen offers diverse options for combining professional and family life. For this reason, it has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2006 and provides a dual career service.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Locating Media</font></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">The Graduate School "Locating Media" was set up in 2012 and has focused on researching historical and current media practices 'in motion' and 'in situ'. The main objective of “Locating
Media” is to facilitate a methodological re-orientation of interdisciplinary media research by engaging with locational and situational analyses and the development of new methods for the analysis and design of mobile digital media. In the second phase of
funding, the existing expertise in <span lang="EN-US" class="">praxeological, philological, historiographical and </span>ethnographic methodologies will be expanded to include digital and mobile methods, to investigate the increased mobility and distributed
spatiality of media and data processes.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">The German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School provides an international environment for inventive and interdisciplinary media research by offering an intensive training programme,
joint events with collaboration partners, training in relevant ethnographic, digital and mobile methods and the possibility of field research and research abroad. The research program will be realised in close collaboration with international partners and
supporters, such as the Digital Ethnography Research Centre in Melbourne (RMIT), the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam), the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (Warwick University), Centre for Science Studies and Mobilities Lab at
Lancaster University and other collaborators.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">More information on the profile and program can be found here: <span lang="DE" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="color: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de/" class="">www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de</a></span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><u class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Job description:</font></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">We expect:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">– </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">independent conceptual design and implementation of a research project in one of the subject areas of Locating Media.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">– </span>participation in the Graduate School events including workshops, international conferences, intensive workshops and summer schools.<span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">– </span>regular presentation of interim findings of individual research projects during internal events (Research Colloquium, Lecture Series) and conferences.<span class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class=""><b class="">This is a position for obtaining further academic qualifications (doctorate), for which the ongoing media research in Siegen, for instance the collaborative research centre
1187 "Media of Cooperation", provides a stimulating environment. The opportunity for this is provided within the scope of official duties. There are no teaching obligations as part of this post.</b> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; break-after: avoid-page;"><b class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Your profile<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;">− </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;">a relevant postgraduate degree (Magister, Master, or equivalent diploma) </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;">in
one of the following areas of study: </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;">media studies</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="text-indent: -14.2pt;">, ethnology, anthropology, geography, history, information science, science of art, cultural
studies, literary studies, linguistics, political science, sociology or Science and Technology Studies.</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">– </span>outstanding scholarly achievements.<span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">− </span>research project in one of the areas of study listed above (5- to max. 10-page project prospectus including timetable).<span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">– interest in media research methods as well as an </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">affinity for interdisciplinary research.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">– willingness to participate in the international event programme of the Graduate School.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
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<font face="Arial" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">–<span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">good written and spoken German and English language skills.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" class="">The University of Siegen is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with its policy of increasing the proportion of women in this type of employment, the University actively encourages applications from
women. The University facilitates a viable combination of professional and family needs.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" class="">For candidates with equivalent qualifications, preference will be given to people with physical disabilities.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">For further information, please contact Herr Dr. Pablo Abend (Tel.: +49 271/740-2080)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:abend@locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de" class="">abend@locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">Homepage: <a href="http://www.uni-siegen.de/locatingmedia" class="">www.uni-siegen.de/locatingmedia</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">Please send application documents (CV, copies of diplomas and certificates, letter of recommendation from a professor concerning the research project, max. 10-page project prospectus,
including task schedule) in duplicate by <b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">15 April 2018 </span></b>with reference number <b class="">2018/I/Locating Media/WM/20</b> to: Dr. Pablo Abend, Universität Siegen, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Locating Media", Herrengarten
3, 57072 Siegen, Germany. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial" class="">Information on the University of Siegen is available online: <span lang="DE" class=""><a href="http://www.uni-siegen.de/" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">www.uni-siegen.de</span></a></span>. </font></p>
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<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Professor </span><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Digital Media and Methods</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Co-Speaker Graduate School </span><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Locating</span><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"> </span><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Media</span><br class="">
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<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">University of Siegen</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Room AH 129</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Herrengarten 3 </span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">D-57072 Siegen</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"><a href="mailto:carolin.gerlitz@uni-siegen.de" class="">carolin.gerlitz@uni-siegen.de</a></span><br class="">
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<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Sekretariat: Vera Beer, AR-H 410</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">+49-(0)271-740-4692</span><br class="">
<span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"><a href="mailto:sekretariat-ii@medienwissenschaft.uni-siegen.de" class="">sekretariat-ii@medienwissenschaft.uni-siegen.de</a></span></div>
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