Ph.D. Program Gender, Violence and Agency in the Era of Globalization

University of Vienna, Call for Applications, Interdisciplinary Ph.d. Program Gender, Violence and Agency in the Era of Globalization

At the Faculty for Social Sciences in co-operation with the Faculties of Law, of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, of Cultural Studies and of Philosophical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna an interdisciplinary PhD-Program with 12 PhD-positions "Gender, Violence and Agency in the Era of Globalization" (GiK) will be established. The program will start on March 1st, 2010. The GiK offers a research intensive three year PhD-Program on a full time basis. Remuneration will amount to 1.199,10 Euro per month gross.

Identification number of advertisement: 612

The interdisciplinary PhD-Program focuses on violent conflicts at territorial and social borders, on diverse forms of cultural and religious fundamentalism, on shifting responsibilities and power relations in nation-states as well as on new processes of the commodification of human bodies. Moreover, local and translocal strategies of alliances and national as well as transnational scales of belonging, empowerment and self-organization will be of major interest. The program will encourage research projects in four research areas:

1) constructing and deconstructing gendered geopolitical and social borders, i.e. trafficking, citizenship of migrants, domestic violence;
2) cultural diversity and fundamentalist responses, i.e. "cultural violence",
empowerment of migrant women;
3) transforming state power and violence, i.e. new wars, governmentalization of state power, transnational women's networks;
4) bodies in conflict, i.e. cosmetic surgery, reproductive medicine.

Violence and agency in globalization processes include economic, political, social, legal, epistemological and cultural dimensions and call for historical as well as for normative perspectives. One of the major aspects is studying the intersection of multiple differences and the structure of inequality, e. g. gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality.

Eligibility:

Students from all countries of origin who hold a university degree equivalent to an international MA or Austrian "Magister" in Law, History, Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, German Philology, Cultural Anthropology

Good knowledge of English and German is expected. In cases of limited knowledge of German, support will be offered within the framework of further education at the University of Vienna.

Applicants should have knowledge of gender theories and methodology. The dissertation topic must be directly related to one of the GiK's research areas.

Applicants have to provide (in German or English):

Proposal and abstract of the dissertation (20.000 characters, incl. abstract, excl. References);

Sample of text of scientific work (i.e. Master thesis);

Motivation letter for participation in the GiK, incl. experience in Gender Studies (4.000 characters);

CV incl. qualifications and publications;

2 academic references.

For details concerning the research program, admission selection procedures, please visit the GiK's website at www.gik.univie. ac.at

Accepted phD-students will receive a monthly scholarship and are free from tuition. They have the right to teach courses at University of Vienna. They have to inscribe as PhD-students at the University of Vienna.

The call is now open. Deadline for receiving applications: October, 31st, 2009. Interviews will be held during November 2009.

The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration.

Human Resources and Gender Equality of the University of Vienna, Dr.-Karl-Lueger- Ring1, 1010 Vienna

For details concerning the research program, admission selection procedures, please visit the GiK's website at www.gik.univie.ac.at