Call for applications
The
Deutsches Museum in Munich has several attractive scholarships to offer
research scholars interested in working for six or 12 months on
projects involving the museum`s vast and heterogeneous collections. The
scholarship programme is international and interdisciplinary in scope.
There
are myriad opportunities at the Deutsches Museum for innovative
research into scientific processes and the changing cultures of
technology. Founded in 1903, the museum's holdings comprise some 100,000
objects; an
archive
of 4,500 shelf metres including an extensive collection of scientific
photographs, technical illustrations, trade literature and private
papers; and a specialist
research library
with 875,000 volumes, 5,000 journals, and an extensive collection of
rare books on te history of science and technology. The museum's
collections have evolved over the years, absorbing the instruments,
books and archives of individual scientists and engineers as well as of
companies and scientific institutions, and reflect bygone experimental
systems and cultures of innovation. The unique structure of this
collection enables scholars to develop innovative
cross-disciplinary methods
of research on the basis of texts, images and artefacts available on
site and to engage in both the historical and archaeological exploration
of science and technology.
Applicants are invited to base
their projects on the collections of the Deutsches Museum and to
cooperate closely with museum staff on site when formulating their
research proposals. Projects involving innovative approaches to
artefact-oriented research are especially welcome.
During their
stay, visiting scholars will have daily contact with the museum´s
curators, archivists and librarians (approx. 50 staff members) as well
as members of the
Münchner Zentrum für Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte (Munich Center for the History of Science and Technology; approx. 50 staff members).
Scholarship holders will have their own workplace with a desktop
computer and telephone, and the opportunity to reside temporarily in
subsidized apartments of the museum complex insofar as these are
available. They will present their research projects to colleagues at
the beginning of their stay and will be expected to participate
regularly in the museum’s and the Munich Centre’s Monday colloquium
series and workshops.
Pre-doctoral stipends: € 7,500 (six
months) / € 15,000 (full year). Post-doctoral stipends: € 15,000 (six
months) / € 30,000 (full year). Scholars at any level of seniority are
eligible to apply, provided they have at least one university degree.
There are no restrictions regarding nationality. All scholars are
requested to make their own provisions for health insurance.
- Application deadline: 16 October 2015
Please send applications, including:
- project description (3 to 5 pages)
- two confidential references (can be sent directly by the referees)
to the following address:
Andrea Walther
Coordinator of the Research Institute
Deutsches Museum
80306 Munich
Tel.: 00 49 (0) 89 2179-280
Fax: 00 49 (0) 89 2179-239
E-Mail:
a.walther
deutsches-museum.de
Detailed information available upon request:
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Vaupel
