[colombiamigra] Fw: [SUNTA] Call for aplications - "The World in the City: Metropolitanism and Globalization from the Nineteenth Century to the Present"

From: "william mejia" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "wmejia8a@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
To: Colombiamigra <colombiamigra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:00:18 -0700



On Monday, August 11, 2014 6:56 AM, Sybille Frank <franksyb@xxxxxx> wrote:
 


Dear colleagues,
 
The DFG-sponsored International Graduate Research Program (IGK 1705/1) “The 
World in the City: Metropolitanism and Globalization from the Nineteenth 
Century to the Present” is now accepting applications for the following 
fellowships and positions during its second phase, beginning May 1, 2015: 
 
12 Fellowships for PhD Candidates 
(1,365 Euro / month for a maximum of three years) 
 
1 Post-doc Position 
(Salary determined by qualifications TV-L E 13/14, full time, two years) 
 
Metropoles have always been dense and complex spaces characterized by 
heterogeneous populations, central economic and political functions, as well as 
by an abundance of material and cultural resources. Furthermore, the historical 
and contemporary development of modern metropoles is intrinsically tied to 
processes of globalization. Our graduate research program investigates the 
globality of metropolitan regions through the specific connections these cities 
have forged with other parts of the world. Based on the hypothesis that 
metropolitanism grows out of the diversity of transnational and transregional 
urban net-works, our program analyzes not simply internal urban developments, 
but the external relationships that have shaped metropolitan developments from 
the nineteenth century to the present and into the future. 
 
The specific focus of the second phase (2015-2018) centers on notions of 
temporality. Urban developments are premised on change; hence, in addition to 
space, questions of time should be central to our thinking about the urban. By 
temporality we mean not only the past, present and future, but also temporal 
rhythms, global timespaces, the structuration of daily practices (24/7), the 
rationalization of work and lei-sure time, and the globalization of temporal 
regimes and their effects on urban areas as well as uneven temporalities, the 
meanings of memory, heritage-making, technologies of urban time keeping, urban 
seasonality and many more. We are looking for doctoral and postdoctoral 
projects that pose innovative empirical and conceptual questions to shed new 
light on the temporal or space/time dimensions of urban developments in the 
past, present or future on a global scale. Our interdisciplinary program covers 
the following four research areas:
 architecture and urban planning, migration and mobility, knowledge transfer 
and communication, and environment and sustainability. Young scholars working 
in the disciplines of history, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, 
political science as well as from related fields such as architecture, 
landscape architecture, and city and regional planning are welcome to apply. 
 
“The World in the City” program, which started in 2012, is a unique 
collaboration among nine universities in Berlin, New York, and Toronto. This 
residential program is based at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the 
Technische Universität Berlin. The other associated universities are Humboldt 
Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Columbia University New York, 
City University of New York, Fordham University New York, New York University, 
University of Toronto, and York University Toronto. Together we organize annual 
conferences, workshops, and other forms of academic exchange. Chosen fellows 
concentrate on their individual projects, but they also collaborate in several 
ways such as the weekly colloquium where fellows present their own work, a 
public lecture series, and seminars as well as reading groups on specific 
topics relevant to the fellows' course of study. Each fellow is supervised by 
three professors from our consortium (the
 first advisor has to be from Berlin, for more information please visit our 
website) Besides their requisite field work, every fellow also has the 
opportunity to spend a few months at one of our partner universities in order 
to get acquainted with other academic systems. 
 
Eligibility Requirements: PhD candidates must complete their qualifying degree 
(MA, Magister, Diplom) by May 2015. Postdoctoral applicants must have 
successfully completed their PhD (degree in hand) by May 
2015. The program languages are English (and German). All applicants must be 
proficient in English. Applicants must also be proficient in any other 
languages necessary for their proposed research projects. 
 
Application Materials: application form (available for download on our 
website), letter of intent (max. 1 page), research proposal (5-8 pages), CV, 
transcripts, the names and email addresses of two potential referees. Please 
email your application files in one compiled document entitled 
'yourlastnameIGK2014' to: igk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
For further information on the content of the program please visit our website 
www.metropolitanstudies.de and click on “DFG Graduate Research Program 
2012-2016.” 
 
Application Deadline: September 30, 2014. 
Interviews with shortlisted candidates will be conducted in early December. 
 
The Technische Universität Berlin (TU) is proud to bear the certification of 
“Audit family friendly university.” The TU is an equal opportunity employer. 
Women are especially encouraged to apply. The positions are appropriate for the 
disabled. Applications by disabled candidates with equal academic 
qualifications will be prioritized.
 
Best wishes,
Sybille 
 
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Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank
Urban and Regional Sociology
Technical University Berlin
Sekr. FH 9-1
Fraunhoferstrasse 33-36
10587 Berlin
Germany
Fon: +49/(0)30/314-25460
Fax: +49/(0)30/314- 79494
http://www.soz.tu-berlin.de/frank
 
From 15 April to 31 August 2014:
Visiting Researcher PGP/KNEU
WZB Berlin Social Science Center 
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49/(0)30/25491-220
http://www.wzb.eu/en/personen/sybille-frank
 
 
 
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