12 Doctoral Positions

12 Doctoral Positions

(part time 65 %, E 13 TV-L)

Reference no.2026/206. The start date is October 1st, 2027. The positions are available for up to four years, subject to funding.

The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The University of Konstanz has been continuously funded by the German Excellence Strategy since 2006.

The positions are located within the DFG-funded research training group Post-Eurocentric Europe: Narratives of a World Province in Transformation. While the group is affiliated with the Department of Literature, Art and Media studies, it is interdisciplinary in nature, with dissertation projects and faculty in literary and cultural studies, history, social and cultural anthropology, political science or law. Members of the graduate programme are expected to be present on site during the semester and the events of the programme.

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Questions can be directed to Dr Philipp Lammers by e-mail: philipp.lammers@uni-konstanz.de or by phone: (+ 49 (0)7531 / 88 – 4010).

We look forward to receiving your application until 12.12.2026 via our Online Application Portal with the following documents:

• CV
• copies of academic certificates
• publication and teaching records
• as well as an exposé of the proposed PhD project (German or English; 10 pages length) including the following information:
• working title
• discipline of the project
• abstract (approx. half a page)
• key terms outlining the area of study
• introduction
• research question/problem / hypothesis
• research status / own preparatory work
• methods / provisional structure
• relevance for the topic of the graduate programme
• schedule and work plan
• reference list and / or archival or other sources to be used

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity, as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our dual career programme. Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact sbv@uni-konstanz.de, + 49 7531 88-4016).