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of the University of Göttingen."</b></span><br>
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<div style=""><span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The project "Sensitive Provenances – Human Remains from Colonial Contexts in the Collections
of the University of Göttingen“ (2020-2023), which is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, will focus on two academic collections of human remains at the University of Göttingen. A first investigation revealed that many of the remains originated from the former
German colonies in Africa and Oceania. The project will examine the provenance of the remains in regard to their origin, the circumstances of acquisition, their transfer to Europe and their transformation to "epistemic objects" in academic collections and
finally their historical and current use for teaching and research purposes. Part of the project funds from the Volkswagen Foundation will be used to involve a doctoral student from the societies of origin in the project.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This interdisciplinary project combines methodological approaches from historical provenance research, mainly
based on archive material; and qualitative cultural-anthropological methods that make the project itself an object of research to examine critically the often unexamined assumptions that have shaped the formation and use of collections. Representatives of
the source communities will be integrated into the project to discuss its research agenda and the future handling of human remains in academic collections.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important;"><a href="https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/provenienzforschung+%22sensible+provenienzen%22/621236.html" id="LPlnk385999"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/provenienzforschung+%22sensible+provenienzen%22/621236.html</span></a></span><br>
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<div style=""><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The position should be filled by 1st July 2020 with a limited contract of 3 years. The position will
be remunerated at the</span><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>TV-L
13</b></span></font><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">level
(in accordance with the German public sector pay scale), employment: 65 % (currently 25,87 hours per week).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We seek a PhD student holding an MA either in history or cultural anthropology or related disciplines who
can take on the perspective of persons from a formerly colonized region of origin from Oceania (with Australia and New Zealand) preferably from within those regions conventionally described as Melanesia and Micronesia. The candidate will conduct provenance
research on a selected number of human skulls that came to Europe by means of the so-called “Hamburger Südsee Expedition” between 1908 and 1910. The research will focus on archival material in Germany and in one of the regions of origin addressed in the project.
Ideally it will combine the archival work with ethnographic fieldwork to address the effect and aftermath of colonial interventions up to the present in the affected regions of origin. This individual will be part of the team of the provenance research project
(2 PostDocs, 2 PhDs) that works at the intersection of history, cultural anthropology and physical anthropology.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Additional funds are available for travel expenses, archive visits and German language courses. The position
is equipped with a student assistant.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<font color="#4a4949" face="Calibri, Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Requirements for the position:</b></span></font><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- The candidate should hold an MA degree in one of the following disciplines: (colonial) history, cultural
anthropology, postcolonial studies, or history and philosophy of (colonial) science (or related disciplines).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- The candidate should be able to take on perspective of peoples and communities from formerly colonized
regions of Oceania, preferably from those regions conventionally described as Melanesia or Micronesia.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- He/she should be familiar with the colonial history and current conditions in Oceania (including Australia
and New Zealand), especially in the former German colonies in the Pacific region; a research interest in postcolonial debates about restitution, colonial museum holdings or human remains is desirable.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- The candidate is eager to take up the challenge of combining historical and ethnographic methods.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Museum experience would be an advantage.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Basic knowledge of German is advantageous; additional training on language is part of the grant package.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering
career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in fields in which they are underrepresented. The university has committed itself to being a family-friendly institution and supports their employees in balancing work
and family life. The mission of the University is to employ a greater number of severely disabled persons. Applications from severely disabled persons with equivalent qualifications will be given preference. Since parts of the fundings are reserved for scholars
who are able to take on perspective of peoples and communities from countries of the assumed origins of the human remains under research, applications from candidates from the pacific region of Oceania, especially Melanesia and Micronesia, with equivalent
qualifications, will be given preference.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please send your application as one pdf file (in English):</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(1) Application letter (letter of intent)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(2) Curriculum vitae (including also a list of all publications)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(3) Outline of possible project design (max. 2-3 pages)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(4) Writing sample (e.g. a published paper or a chapter of the MA thesis)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(5) Degree certificates</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">by</span><span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><font color="#4a4949" face="Calibri, Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>25.03.2020</b></span></font><span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,</span><span style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a href="https://lotus2.gwdg.de/uni/uzdv/perso/knr_100672.nsf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://lotus2.gwdg.de/uni/uzdv/perso/knr_100672.nsf</span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify; display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have any questions, please contact</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify; display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><font color="#4a4949" face="Calibri, Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Mr.
Christian Vogel, e-mail:</b></span></font><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a href="mailto:vogel@kustodie.uni-goettingen.de" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">vogel@kustodie.uni-goettingen.de</span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">
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