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Application procedure
Applications should be made in English and contain the following materials
- A short statement (c. 1,000 words), explaining your motivation for applying, emphasising what knowledge and skills you could bring to this project.
- An outline of max 1,000 words with your own research proposal within the wider frame of this project, including your own research ideas and a brief discussion of potential theoretical and/or methodological frameworks.
- A curriculum vitae.
- Copies of Master’s diploma (if available) and list of master’s grades.
- Copy of Master’s thesis (if available; if not, please indicate when it will be supplied).
- A writing sample of maximum 3,000 words (a copy of an essay or other academic text that you feel best represents your work).
- Contact details of two academic referees (no letters of recommendation are needed for the application process).
- In case your master’s degree is not in English, please include a language certificate.
- In case your master’s degree is not in Dutch and Dutch is not your first language, please provide a short description of your Dutch language skills using the self-assessment grid of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
For more information on the application documents, you can consult this page: https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-humanities/phd-programme/phd-admission/guidelinesexternalphds/3.-documentation?lang=en
Please send in your application as two PDF files (one for the MA thesis, and one for all other documents). You may apply for this position until 30 April 11:59pm / before 1 May 2025 Dutch local time (CEST) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).
Interviews with selected candidates will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2025.
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