The deadline for applications has ended on 1st March, 2022. We cannot accept any further applications.
Applicants will be asked to submit a substantial outline of their proposed dissertation project.
(For details see How to apply).
Additional relevant criteria are:
Formal requirements:
These are: Anglophone Literary Studies, Postcolonial Studies, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Cultural Anthropology, History, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Political Theory, Sociology, German Literary Studies.
The degree must have been completed, and the degree certificate issued, at the moment of submitting the application.
The RTG’s working language is English.
If you have completed a degree with English as its language of instruction, or if you are an English native speaker, no proof of language proficiency will be requested. In all other cases, applicants will be asked to present certification of their English proficiency level in the course of the application process.
Knowledge of German is no prerequisite and will not be considered as a criterion.