10 PhD scholarships

The International Graduate School “The obligation of societal norms“ at the Center of Excellence “Enlightenment – Religion – Knowledge” invites applications for

10 PhD scholarships

starting on 1 October 2018

The PhD position has a stipend of €1,500 / month and is funded for a maximum of 3 years.

The research of the international graduate school focuses on a central inter- and transdisciplinary question: How are political, ethical, legal, religious, cultural, or aesthetic norms and values made binding or acknowledged as binding for individuals within a society? Connected with this central question, we also ask: What sources of authority are concerned with justifying the recognition of these norms and values, or with motivating members of society to adhere to them? Are the rules, principles, and laws explicitly formulated or are they simply implicitly assumed? What are the relationships and tensions between transcendental sources of legitimacy and authority on the one hand and worldly contexts of justification on the other? What societal ideals do these norms and values express? Are they responding to specific cultural, social, philosophical, and religious conflicts, crises, or upheavals? Can societal processes and revolutions be triggered, in their turn, by discourses about norms and obligations?

Halle University The International Graduate School PhD vacancies (PDF)