Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie und Sozialphilosophie & Centre for Social Critique

Call for Fellowship Applications 2022-2023                       

The Humanities and Social Change Center (HSC Center) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is inviting applications for fellowships for the academic year 2022/23, beginning October 1^st, 2022 and ending July 31^st, 2023.

The HSC Center is devoted to examining the crisis-prone relationship between capitalism and democracy. Our research focus for the upcoming academic year is “Theoretical Perspectives on Social Transformation”. We aim at an understanding of how crises drive transformation processes, the role of social actors in such processes and, last but not least, the conceptual tools such actors have at their hands for thinking radical change. Proposals that deal with new forms of solidarity, interlocking processes of social reproduction, blockades of social progress, the role of social movements, and concepts of social transformation are particularly welcome. Please note: The HSC Center Berlin will only consider proposals for funding that clearly identify their contribution to this thematic focus. We are also happy to receive applications from schol- ars who are interested in a research stay at the Center but do not need funding.

The fellowship is intended to be residential. Fellows will be expected to devote the majority of their time to their individual projects and to participate in our weekly colloquia. In addition, fellows are strongly encouraged to participate in public events hosted by the HSC Center.

The call for applications is directed at junior researchers holding a PhD as well as mid-career scholars. In addition, the Center can host projects with third party funding falling in its general scope of research and invites respective proposals.

Your application should include your academic CV, a relevant publication of article length, and a three-page project outline.

Application deadline: March 16^th, 2022

For additional information, please visit the FAQs at HSC Center website. https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/research/

Please submit your application to the HSC Center directors, Prof. Dr. Rahel Jaeggi and Prof. Dr. Robin Celikates, at the following address: philohsc@hu-berlin.de

The Center for Humanities and Social Change (HSC Center) at Humboldt-University, Berlin, is inviting applications for fellowships for the academic year 2020/21, beginning October 1^st, 2020 and ending July 31^st, 2021.

The fellowship provides an intensive stay at the HSC Center Berlin, including active participation in the weekly internal colloquia as well as public events hosted by the HSC Center.

The call for applications is directed at junior researchers holding a PhD as well as mid-career scholars.

The HSC Center is devoted to examining the crisis-prone relationship between capitalism and democracy. The overarching theme for the Center’s third year of operation is “The Crisis of Labor”. Starting from the negative vantage point of the erosion of social solidarity, the objective is to investigate modes of domination, social pathologies, and alienation in social labor relations. These phenomena are investigated both on the conceptual and on the more applied level. Our research addresses issues pertaining to crises of work-oriented society as well as—in a positive vein—the foundations of solidarity in complex modern societies. Proposals that systematically build on the crises of labor and foundations of solidarity are particularly welcome. Proposals falling in the general scope of research at the HSC Center will also be considered.

The Center can also host some externally funded projects, which can likewise be submitted for consideration.

Your application should include your academic CV, a pertinent publication of article length, and a three-page project outline.

Application deadline: December 16, 2019

For additional information, please visit our FAQs.

Please submit your application to the HSC Center director, Prof. Dr. Rahel Jaeggi, at the following address: philohsc@hu-berlin.de

The Centre for Social Critique at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is inviting fellowship applications for the academic year 2023/24, beginning October 1st, 2023 and ending September 30th, 2024.

The Centre for Social Critique is devoted to examining the crisis-prone relationship between capitalism and democracy. In the upcoming years, we would like to establish a research project focusing on “socialization”. We intend the awarded fellowship as seed money for developing a substantive research proposal (either individual or for a small research group) on “socialization” that attracts third party funding.

In many debates, e.g., on the socialization of major housing companies in Berlin or on the upcoming transformation of the energy sector, “socialization” is a shorthand for new solidary ways of democratically producing and distributing social wealth. Such socialization can either be aimed at specific goods or industries, such as housing or energy, or envision a general transformation of society’s production and ownership structures. The concept routinely functions as a promise that transformed or newly established social institutions and infrastructures will be able to address claims and interests, that are passed over in the standard structures of production and care, in a solidary and inclusive way. This is particularly true in instances where commodification, marketization, and financialization have undermined or even dissolved other normative relationship models. The struggle for socialization comes often with aspirations to deeper social transformation that need further theoretical substantiation.

We are interested in contributions to the debate on “socialization” from the field of social philosophy. Successful proposals address normative and conceptual aspects such as the relation of socialization to democracy, the overcoming of exclusions through socialization or the differentiation between socialization, expropriation, and nationalization, while taking the historical dimension of the topic into account as well.

Please note: We will only consider proposals that clearly identify a long-term perspective of collaborative research on “socialization.”

The fellowship is intended to be residential. Fellows are expected to devote the majority of their time to developing the research proposal and to participate in our weekly colloquia. In addition, fellows are strongly encouraged to participate in public events hosted by the Centre for Social Critique.

The call for applications is directed at postdocs, holding a PhD in Philosophy, Sociology, Political Science or related fields. Successful candidates are expected to have a record of published research on “socialization” or closely related topics.

Your application should include a motivation letter, your academic CV, a relevant publication of article length, and a three-page project outline.

Application deadline: April 23^rd, 2023, 12 PM (CET)

Please submit your application via the form on our website.

FAQ

1. What is the amount of the scholarship?

The scholarship is based on the rates of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Travel expenses can be covered in individual cases. If you would like to make use of this, please let us know in your application.

1. Do all scholarships have to begin on October 1^st, 2023?

Except for minor discrepancies, the fellowship need to start October 1^st 2023.

1. When will I be informed about the result of the selection process?

You will be informed about the outcome by the end of May 2023.