The interdisciplinary International Research Training Group (IRTG), inaugurated in October 2009 and now already in its second phase of promotion, is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and hosted by the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. The IRTG cooperates closely with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universität Potsdam, El Colegio de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social in Mexico City.

Objectives:
The IRTG adopts a new perspective in the study of globalisation. It seeks to make an inno­vative contribution to a transnational and interdisciplinary field of study by means of a dia­logue between the social sciences and the humanities that is further informed by the respec­tive academic traditions in Mexico and Germany. The IRTG studies movements between different world regions and the new spaces that have emerged during both past and present periods of ever-increasing global interconnectivity.

Participating disciplines:
We welcome applications from the following disciplines: History, Political Sciences, Literature and Cultural Studies, Sociology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Economics and Gender Studies.

Research environment:
The Berlin-Potsdam area offers an exceptional and internationally renowned research and training environment in the field of Latin American Studies. The Dahlem Research School (DRS) of the Freie Universität Berlin provides further opportunities for interdisciplinary training.

Requirements:
- An outstanding MA degree or equivalent degree in one of the participating disciplines
- An innovative PhD research project consistent with the research topics and questions of the IRTG, which can be finished in 2.5 years
- Very good Spanish and English skills

Further details:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk