Call for Applications Fellowships
The Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Cologne (successor to the Internationales Kolleg Morphomata) is inviting applications for a total of 7 short fellowships in the summer semester 2021 for hosts from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities together with a fellow working at a North American research institution and a joint research project.
The Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies
Starting in the summer semester 2021, the Auerbach Institute offers members of the Faculty the opportunity to develop innovative research concepts in cooperation with international colleagues and to explore interdisciplinary overlaps. As a central research institution in the humanities and cultural studies, the Institute sees its task in helping to build the profile of interdisciplinary research at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, to establish international academic contacts and to support the international exchange of interdisciplinary research in the humanities at the University of Cologne through networking and the promotion of cooperation. The aim is to increase the international visibility of research at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, to promote intra- and inter-faculty exchange and to contribute to making the University’s research in the humanities and cultural studies better known in the public domain.
Fellowship
For the 2021 summer semester, a total of 7 fellowships will be granted for a period of 7 days each, including
- 3 fellowships for fellows in the position of a Full Professor
- 2 fellowships for fellows in the position of an Associate Professor
- 2 fellowships for fellows in the position of a PostDoc or an Assistant Professor
The first call for applications of the Auerbach Institute for the summer semester 2021 will concentrate regionally on researchers from the USA or Canada. The call is directed at colleagues from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, who can submit an application in consultation with a colleague from North America.
In addition to project-related research with the inviting colleague, the fellows are expected to participate in a public lecture series at the Auerbach Institute during their stay in Cologne. They will be given the opportunity to participate in or help shape internal colloquia and, if applicable, jointly prepared workshops at the Institute, provided that the fellow project intersects with other projects at the Institute, the aims of the fellow program and the international focus of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The fellowship is intended to provide the free space to work on the project and to establish and expand contacts with colleagues at the Faculty. Fellows will be provided with office space including work facilities.
In order to ensure that the fellowships are spread over the lecture period of the summer semester, the application should, if possible, focus on one of the months
May, June or July.
Eligibility
The selection criteria for the fellowships are academic qualification and originality of the proposed joint project. The selection is made by the Scientific Advisory Board of the Auerbach Institute.
Application
Applications should consist of:
- a 1- to 2-page cover letter indicating one of the three time slots requested
- a curriculum vitae of the host and the planned Fellow
- a publication list of the host and the planned fellow
- a proposal for a joint research project of max. 2000 words
- a summary of max. 200 words, which illustrates the significance of the project, even for those not familiar with the subject
Researchers from the group of University Professors at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Cologne can apply.
Application deadline is 31 October 2020.
Please send applications in digital form to the Associate Director of the Auerbach Institute:
PD Dr. Martin Roussel
martin.roussel
uni-koeln.de