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Subject: New stipends at the MPI Siberian Studies Centre

The Max Planck Institute has the opportunity to offer six positions
(post-doctoral or PhD grants) in the Siberian Studies Centre.

The Siberian Studies Centre conducts social anthropological research in
several regions of the Russian Federation (the North, Siberia and the
Far East of Russia). For the period 2008-2012, the Siberian Studies
Centre's key activity is the Research Programme "Conditions and
Limitations of Lifestyle Plurality". The overall goal of the programme
is to describe: the preconditions and processes that lead to the
differentiation of lifestyles; the scope and dimensions of social
recognition, indifference or intolerance towards different models of
behaviour; and the factors that facilitate the mainstreaming of such
models and/or limit the diversity of lifestyle choices. In 2008-2009,
members of the Siberian Studies Centre have been working on the
conceptual and theoretical frames of lifestyle and formulated

possibilities for focussing and operationalising research on this theme.

The task of the new team of researchers will be to develop, on the basis
of previous and ongoing research at MPI, the methods and research
instruments for a comparative study on spatial and/or visual aspects of
lifestyles in contemporary Russia , to carry out fieldwork on the basis
of this methodology, and to evaluate results in a comparative manner.

Research topics:

(1) Changing habits of travelling;

(2) Visual self-presentation;

(3) Technological and infrastructural changes in relation to
orientation, communication, social networks and identification.

Post-doctoral and/or PhD stipends should start on 1 March 2010 and end
on 31 December 2012. PhD grants are generally awarded for 2 years, with
the possibility of an extension (max. until 31 December 2012). We expect
our PhD students to complete a one year period of fieldwork as part of
their studies. Postdoctoral grants are for two years (an extension until
31 December 2012 is possible). Postdoctoral grants can only be awarded
to scientists who have received their doctorate within the last ten
years. The grants are not taxed and are free from social security
stipulations.

Successful candidates are supposed to take residence in Halle.

Applicants should have an anthropological background and some field
experience in Russia. Good reading, writing and communication skills in
both English and Russian are essential. Other language skills would be
beneficial.

The institute aims at high level language competence. For successful
candidates the acquisition of the languages of the areas studied and
languages in which relevant literature is written is encouraged and
facilitated. Courses in some languages, including German, can be
arranged locally.

The Max Planck Society is committed to raising the proportion of women
in under-represented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications
by women. Individuals with disabilities will be given priority, assuming
equal qualifications.

There is no application form to be filled out. Applicants should submit:

- a cover letter (1 page);

- a Curriculum Vitae (2-3 pages plus a list of publications);

- an individual proposal (2-3 pages) on how they would tackle either a
single of the above research topics or a combination of them.

Final selection will be made following interviews in December 2009.
Please send applications to the following address by 20 November 2009:

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Personnel Administration,
P. O. Box 11 03 51 D - 06017 Halle/Saale, Germany ; or via email to
Nadine Wagenbrett: [log in to unmask]

Informal enquiries may be directed to
Dr. Joachim Otto Habeck
Siberian Studies Centre
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Postbox 11 03 51
D-06017 Halle/S.
Germany
Fon +49 (0) 345 29 27 216
Fax +49 (0) 345 29 27 502
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www.eth.mpg.de

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