CfA: 12 pre-doctoral research fellows (f/m/d)

Call for Applications

at the interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) 2840 entitled “Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Europe, Asia and the Middle East”

At the Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) of Heidelberg University and at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies (depending on PhD supervision), the following positions (65%) for up to 3+1 years are to be filled by 1 April 2026:

12 pre-doctoral research fellows (f/m/d)

https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&SESSID=0&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=38027

Short outline of the project and candidates we are looking for:

Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the RTG aims to reveal enmity as a processual, relational, and deeply ambivalent category. It pursues this agenda in three Research Fields that will trace the ambivalences of enmity through studies dedicated to: (1) knowledge production (Research Field “Knowing the Enemy”), (2) representation (Research Field “Staging Enmity“)and (3) physical encounters (Research Field “Enemy Contact”). Our research regions include Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

The RTG Ambivalent Enmity targets doctoral candidates with a background in the following disciplines: Israel Studies/Jewish Studies, Political Science, Chinese Studies, Clinical Psychology, Romance Studies/Linguistics, Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, Global Art History, Middle Eastern Studies, Eastern European History, Global History and Medieval History. We strongly encourage international junior scholars to apply!