History of Science Predoc Fellowship (Humboldt University Berlin

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> The Chair for the History of Science Prof. Anke te Heesen at the
> Department of
History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Society in Science Research Fellow Dr. Lara Keuck invite applications for a:
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> Predoc Fellowship
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> Starting date: as soon as possible, limited until August 31, 2017 with
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option of extension for up to three years until August 31, 2020 (subject to a positive research evaluation).
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> The fellowship will comprise part of the research project “Learning
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Alzheimer’s disease. A history of biomedical models of mental illness† (led by Dr. Lara Keuck, funded by Society in Science - The Branco Weiss Fellowship).
The proposed dissertation need not focus on Alzheimer’s disease, but should have a clear connection to one of the core themes of the project: Histories of Learning, Epistemology of the Exemplar, Practices of Retrospection, and Methodological Self-Reflection. Further information on the research project can be found here:
https://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/de/bereiche-und-lehrstuehle/wissenschaftsgeschichte/forschung/forschung#Lara%20Keuck_Projekt%201
<https://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/de/bereiche-und-lehrstuehle/wissenschaftsgeschichte/forschung/forschung#Lara%20Keuck_Projekt%201>
and http://www.society-in-science.org/lara-keuck.html
<http://www.society-in-science.org/lara-keuck.html>.
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> The value of the fellowship follows the Elsa-Neumann-Stipends of
> Berlin (1,103
Euro per month plus family allowance). Further funding for travelling and other research activities is available.
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> All application materials, including a curriculum vitae, a copy of the
> MA
certificate, and a research proposal (1,000 - 2,000 words) detailing the question that the dissertation shall address and its relationship to the “Learning from Alzheimer’s disease† project shall be submitted via email to lara.keuck@hu-berlin.de<mailto:lara.keuck@hu-berlin.de> by August 15, 2016.
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> Society in Science - Branco Weiss Fellow
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> Dr. Lara Keuck
> Philosophische Fakultät I
> Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften
> - Wissenschaftsgeschichte -
> Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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> Postanschrift: Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin
> Sitz: Friedrichstr. 191-193, Raum 5001, D-10177 Berlin
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> lara.keuck@hu-berlin.de <mailto:lara.keuck@hu-berlin.de>
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> http://society-in-science.org/lara-keuck.html
<http://society-in-science.org/lara-keuck.html>