[ecrea] Call for applications: PhD or postdoctoral research fellow

www.fictionmeetsscience.org/ccm/content/news-and-events/news/fms-ii-varieties-of-science-narrative/ 


The interdisciplinary *Fiction Meets Science Program* in northwestern 
Germany has a new opening for a Ph.D. /or/ post-doctoral research fellow 
in a project that focuses on the transcultural mobility of scientists 
and science in the contemporary Anglophone science novel.

*DEADLINE JULY 12^th *!

FMS II: Varieties of Science Narrative
11 Dec 2017
Volkswagen Foundation funds new projects for Fiction Meets Science!

FMS IIFMS II

The new projects will focus on narratives that explore and reflect the 
global dimensions and diverse regional contexts of science. Here we also 
expand our purview beyond literary fiction to take a comparative look at 
science narratives in a variety of media and forms of fiction and 
non-fiction, such as feature film and TV series, theater, documentary 
and print journalism.

Ph.D. and Post-doctoral Fellowships: Call for Applicants

The positions are based at the cooperating FMS universities and 
institutions, all located within an hour of each other in northwestern 
Germany. Applicants should have backgrounds in sociology, literature 
studies, cultural studies, STS, media and communication studies, 
environmental studies, Asian studies, or a related field.
1.Transcultural Mobility of Scientists and Science in the Contemporary 
Anglophone Science Novel

The Institute of English and American Studies at the University of 
Oldenburg, Germany, invites applications for a three-year doctoral or 
post-doctoral research position.

Advisor: Anton Kirchhofer, Professor of English Literature in the 
Institute for British and American Literary and Cultural Studies at the 
University of Oldenburg and a co-director of Fiction Meets Science.

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/en/anton-kirchhofer/

Deadline: July 12, 2018

Details and official call for applications: 
http://www.fictionmeetsscience.org/redirect/?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.FileStorageItem-id-2437001

2.  Science in Post-colonial Speculative Fiction: 
Nature/Politics/Economies Reimagined

This project examines the contemporary rise of utopian/dystopian 
postcolonial speculative fiction and asks how a focus on the “Global 
South” is influencing imaginings of future societies and the role of 
science at the nexus of nature, politics, and economics. Research will 
consider how cultural products that imagine future societies can be read 
as social critique and related to sociological knowledge. Project 
language is English; knowledge of German would be a welcome asset, but 
is not required.

Advisor: Sina Farzin, Assistant Professor for Social Theory in the 
Institute for Sociology at the University of Hamburg and a co-director 
of Fiction Meets Science.

>> 
http://www.fictionmeetsscience.org/ccm/content/people/project-members/farzin-sina/

This position will be re-opened for applications in July. Check back or 
contact Sina Farzin for the official call.
---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------