The History Department of Freie Universität Berlin is home to a broad variety of research projects and scholarly initiatives in the field of global history (among them, the MA program Global History, jointly run by Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität).
For more on the activities in the area of global history in particular, see http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/fmi/institut/arbeitsbereiche/ab_conrad/index.html

Job description:
Successful candidates will pursue a research project in global history (18th to 20th centuries); they will teach courses and they will be involved in the activities of the History Department.

The research position is offered on a fixed-term basis, starting on February 1, 2025.

Requirements:
Completed university degree and completed doctoral degree in History or similar discipline (PhD).

Desirable:
- Ph.D. in hand at time of interview/ received within the last five years.
- very good dissertation in history or a neighboring discipline about a topic that can be conceived as global history;
- very good knowledge of English (C1 level) and the languages relevant to the research proposal; -sufficient knowledge of German (A2 level) to participate in departmental activities or willingness to acquire it;
- thorough knowledge of relevant scholarly debates and approaches in global history and social history;
- a well-conceived research project in global history;
- teaching experience;
- publications in peer-reviewed journals;
- projects that make broad connections and/or span regions are an asset.