The Cluster of Excellence 2020 "Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective" aims to create a new theoretical and methodological take on literature in a global perspective. Introducing the notion of ‘temporal communities’, the Cluster investigates the ways in which literature reaches out through space and time, establishing complex temporalities and extensive transcultural and transtemporal networks as it interacts with other arts and media.
The Cluster’s research is conducted within five Research Areas: 1. Competing Communities, 2. Travelling Matters, 3. Future Perfect, 4. Literary Currencies, 5. Building Digital Communities.

From 1 October 2025, 5 positions for research associates (50% part-time, limited to December 31st, 2017, salary grade (Entgeltgruppe)13 TZ-L FU) are available at the Cluster (www.temporal-communities.de) at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies.
The 5 positions advertised here are designed for candidates with individual projects that are clearly related to one of the 5 Research Areas of the Cluster.

The research associates will at the same time be members of the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies as doctoral students: They will complete its curriculum and have access to the mentoring and qualification offers. In case of thematic fit, an affiliation with the Graduate School of North American Studies is also possible. Doctoral students will have access to travel, conference, and workshop funds.

Job description
- Developing and implementing an individual, limited research project within the framework of EXC “Temporal Communities” which is in line with the research agenda of one of the Cluster’s Research Areas and contributes to its further development. The research project should be outlined in an exposé of max. 10 pages
- Completion of the curriculum of the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies with the aim of obtaining a doctoral degree
- Participating in regular working meetings and workshops of one Research Area of the Cluster
- Participating in the organisation and implementation of interdisciplinary, international conferences and workshops and contributing to the resulting publications
- Contributing to the publication of the project's research results on the digital publishing platform "Articulations"

Requirements:
MA or equivalent degree (Magister, Diplom) in literary or cultural studies

Desirable:
- Excellent academic track record
- Affinity for literary and cultural theory and interest in historical periods
- Documented competence in more than one national literature, preferably also non-European literatures, and/or in one or more intermedial fields of literary practice (film, theatre, art history, performance, etc.)
- Independent working style, willingness to engage in interdisciplinary exchange
- Very good knowledge of German and English (one of the two languages at least on level C1 CEFR, the other at least on level B2 CEFR)

For further information, please contact Izabella Goikhman (apply@fsgs.fu-berlin.de / +49 30 838 65648).