PhD Research Positions at the Graduate School for the Humanities (9,0 fte) at University of Groningen

Organisation
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen is committed to providing advanced training at PhD level to the most promising young scholars in Archaeology, Literature and Cultural Studies, and Linguistics. The Graduate School of Humanities offers the organizational infrastructure within which graduate students participate in advanced training and supervised research.

Job Description
The Graduate School for the Humanities offers 9 full time PhD positions in the following fields:
5,0 fte in the field of Literary and Cultural Studies (including History, International Relations and Journalism)
3,0 fte in the field of Linguistics
1,0 fte in the field of Mediterranean Archaeology



Secondary
PhD-positions are for four years on a full-time basis (contract for 18 months, with an extension of 30 months after a positive evaluation). The PhD will follow a tailor made research training programme of 20 ECTS and will write a doctoral dissertation. The successful candidates maybe asked to do some teaching.
The University of Groningen offers a salary with a minimum of € 2042 gross per month for a full-time position in the first year and a maximum of € 2612 in the last year of the appointment.
The appointment starts preferably 1 September 2010.

Please respect these guidelines.
Applications that do not follow the right format will not be taken into consideration.
Direct your letter of application to the Director of the Graduate School for the Humanities, prof.dr. C.L.J. de Bot, and mention reference number 210074-82

Mailing your application
Send your application either by

Mail address:
Graduate School for the Humanities
attn. Director prof.dr. C.L.J. de Bot
Faculty of Arts
PO Box 716
NL 9700 AS Groningen.
Netherlands

or

e-mail to the webmaster of the Graduate School for the Humanities, mr. G.J. van Oordt (g.j.van.oordt@rug.nl)

When applying by e-mail:
mention the research field for which you are applying in the subject line;
attachments should have Word-format, RTF or PDF only;
convert scanned documents (JPG- or TIFF-files) to PDF.

Informal enquiries
Informal enquiries may be directed to the contact addresses mentioned on the application format page of the research field you are applying for.
Please Do NOT direct your informal enquiries to either Prof. C.L.J. de Bot or G.J. van Oordt
You can only apply for positions that are advertised.

Deadline
Applications should be in by 15 March 2010.

Reference number
210074-82

Website link:
http://www.rug.nl/gradschoolhumanities/admissions/phdpositions/index