Job description:
The sub-project “Communicating Pipes” investigates how pipelines, as large technical infrastructure for transporting resources, simultaneously function as media and fulfil symbolic purposes. To explore this multifunctionality, the sub-project undertakes a discourse-historical and media-theoretical analysis of the political rhetoric and artistic reflection surrounding major pipeline projects from the s (“Soyuz”) through the s (“Urengoy-Uzhgorod”) to the 21st century (“Nord Stream”). Comparative perspectives on other pipeline projects (including “Druzhba”) will be taken into view. The predoc hired for this research project will complete a doctoral thesis on the project’s topic. In cooperation with the project leader, the predoc will also contribute to an anthology of materials on the pipeline issue and actively participate in the academic events of the sub-project and the entire research group.
Requirements:
- A completed academic degree (MA, diploma…) in Eastern European Studies, Slavic Studies, General and Comparative Literature, Media Theory, Cultural Studies or a related subject
Desirable:
- excellent language skills (C1) in English and German
- excellent language skills (C1) in Ukrainian or Russian- basic language skills (B1) in Belarusian, Czech, or Polish are beneficial
Please submit, together with your application documents (cover letter, CV, certificates), a brief project outline (approx. 2 pages) in which you explain how you intend to address the project’s research topic within the framework of a doctoral project. If you have any questions regarding the project topic, please contact the project supervisor (Prof. Dr Susanne Strätling). Applications, together with relevant supporting documents and quoting the reference number, should be submitted electronically as a single PDF document via email to (Prof. Dr Susanne Strätling).