The postdoctoral positions fall under the first two core areas. Postdocs are expected to dedicate their work equally to their own empirical research and theoretical conclusions as well as to the integration of the research results coming from the dissertations. Please attach to your application a research proposal/habilitation proposal (1.000 words) relating to the core areas mentioned above as well as a list of your publications. Additionally, please include a curriculum vitae and two letters of reference.
Applicants for a postdoctoral position have to fulfill the following requirements:
- certificate of PhD dissertation completion as well as final mark
- good knowledge of languages, especially English
- willingness to work in an interdisciplinary research environment, to present at research seminars of PhD students, to participate in further events (summer schools, colloquia), and to collaborate in the training of PhD students, e.g. in the selection of comparative designs and methodologies for dissertation projects and in the preparation of the field research of the PhD students.

Successful applicants are expected to reside in Leipzig. Support for field research is based on DFG regulations. Applications from outside Germany are particularly welcome. The University of Leipzig is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages women to apply. In the case of similar qualifications
preference will be given to handicapped applicants. Applications should be mailed by 30 September 2011. Applications should be e-mailed as 1 pdf document to: bruchzonen@uni-leipzig.de and be
posted without folders to:

Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel
Spokesperson of the PhD Research Training Group 1261
Centre for Area Studies
Universität Leipzig
Postfach 100920
04109 Leipzig