3 PhD positions at the Institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies

As a PhD candidate you will participate in the research institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (HLCS) of the Faculty of Arts at Radboud University. Your research project must fit in with the programme one of the institute’s research groups. Descriptions of the HLCS research groups can be found on www.ru.nl/hlcs/research-groups.

- a Master’s degree (or expect to complete the degree before September 2018) in one of the disciplines represented in HLCS;
- you are result-oriented, are fluent in English and have excellent writing skills;
- the support of a provisional supervisor at the professor level;
- a written approval statement from your provisional PhD supervisor at HLCS;
- demonstrable research experience in the field of your proposal will be considered an advantage.

the total duration of the contract is 4 years. You will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years
- you will be classified as a PhD student (promovendus) in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO).
the gross starting salary amounts to €2,222 per month based on full-time employment, and will increase to €2,840 per month in the fourth year (P scale).
Selected applicants will be invited to write a full proposal according to the guidelines that can be downloaded from www.ru.nl/hlcs/PhDpositions. The proposal must be submitted before 28 May. Interviews will be held on 4 June.

Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

The Faculty of Arts consists of ten departments in the areas of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and communication and information studies, which together cater for about 2,400 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research.

Research at the Faculty of Arts is embedded in two research institutes: the Institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (HLCS) and the Centre for Language Studies (CLS).

No commercial propositions please.

The application should consist of a summary of your proposal (500 words max.), the names of the provisional supervisors of your project, your curriculum vitae and a list of all grades obtained for your BA and MA degrees. Your application must be supported by a written approval statement from your provisional PhD supervisor at the HLCS, whom you should contact well in advance of the deadline. Your daily supervisor may be a professor, an associate professor or an assistant professor, but you will always need the support of a provisional PhD supervisor at the professor level. (Information on possible supervisors and their fields of expertise is available from www.ru.nl/hlcs/our-staff/hlcs-researchers/). Please upload all required information in a single PDF document, using the 'Apply' button.