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What is the JobTeaser Career Center?

The website JobTeaser offers an online portal for students and recent graduates to search for internships, job opportunities, and career events. You can use the Career Center to find various national and international offers and events aimed at supporting your career search.

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Thanks to JobTeaser's partnership with the Uni Freiburg, students can register for free (using their university email addresses) at https://uni-freiburg.jobteaser.com and access special offers from the university's partners.

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Call for Papers

Alluvium | General Call for Paper 2021

  • The open acccess journal Alluvium publishes six issues a year, featuring short essays of around 2000–3000 words on key issues and emerging trends in 21st century writing and criticism
  • Abstracts (max. 250 words) outlining the proposed article can be sent to the . Please include a short bio-note.
  • Deadline: The intention is that all abstracts accepted up to the end of April 2021 will have a publication slot during 2021.
  • You can find the Call for Papers here

    Past Opportunities

    eisodos – Journal for Literature und Theory | Spring 2021

    • Students are invited to email short academic article submissions (ca. 7–10 pages) to the along with your name, university affiliation, and a short biography, either as Word or OpenOffice documents.
    • Deadline: 1. November 2020

    • You can find more information about eisodos as well as formal guidelines for submissions here.

    Conferences

    Seventh Annual Midwestern History Conference – “The Midwest at the Intersection of Past and Present” 
    May 26 & 27, 2021 | Online

    • Proposal submission deadline: February 5, 2021
    • You can find further information about the conference and guidelines for proposals here

    Past Opportunities

    68. Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft (StuTS)
    November 19 - 22, 2020 | Online

    • B.A., M.A., and PhD students are invited to submit their topic proposals in the form of a short, informative abstract here
    • Deadline: October 12, 2020
    • You can find further information here

    7th International and Interdisciplinary Conference for Students and Doctoral Candidates | Isolation and Globalization with Respect to the Current World Situation
    02. – 04. Dezember 2020 | Bulgarian Cultural Institute „Haus Wittgenstein“ in Vienna & Online

    • Please submit your talk proposal (title, language, and a summary of up to ten lines) alongside your name, degree program, university affiliation, and contact information (e-mail and telephone) .
    • Deadline: 20. November 2020
    • You can find more information concerning the conference and its suggested subject areas (in German) here.

    Internships

    Full-Time Internship (39.5h/week)
    Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg

    • Date: Beginning of March 2021 (with potential delays depending on Corona-related developments)
    • For further details and information on how to apply, please visit the CSH's website

    Careers

    Freelance Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
    Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg

    • For further details and information on how to apply, please visit the CSH's website

    Research Fellow specialized in American Studies (75% position)
    English Department | University of Münster

    • Application Deadline: January 22, 2021
    • Start Date: As soon as possible
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    Research Fellow specialized in English Linguistics (50% position)
    Institute of English and American Studies | University of Hamburg

    • Application Deadline: January 31, 2021
    • Start Date: April 1, 2021
    • You can find more details and application information here

    Past Opportunities

    Research Fellow specialized in British Cultural Studies 
    Faculty of Philology/Department of English | Leipzig University

    • Application deadline: October 5, 2020
    • Start of employment: January 1, 2021
    • You can find details and application information here

    Research Associate specialized in English Linguistics (19,5h)
    Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik | Universität Hamburg

    • Application Deadline: November 13, 2020
    • Start Date: April 1, 2021
    • You can find more details and application information here

    Research Fellow specialized in Applied Linguistics (50% position)
    Department of English and American Studies | University of Potsdam

    • Application Deadline: November 30, 2020
    • Latest Possible Start Date: April 1, 2021
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    Max Kade Teaching Fellow
    German Department | Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)

    • Application Deadline: December 7, 2020
    • Period of Employment: August 15, 2021 – May 15, 2022
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    Student teaching assistants for the supervision of U-National players during the German Football Association's selection process

    • Application Deadline: January 3, 2020
    • Start of Employment: August 2021
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    Research Fellow specialized in British and American Cultural Studies (20h/week)
    Department of English/American Studies | University of Rostock

    • Application Deadline: January 4, 2021
    • Start Date: April 1, 2021
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    Research Fellow specialized in English Linguistics (29h/week)
    Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Kiel University

    • Application Deadline: January 4, 2021
    • Start Date: April 1, 2021
    • You can find more details and application information (in German) here

    PhD Positions

    Up to six PhD Scholarships and 20 Memberships
    International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) | Giessen University

    • Giessen University’s International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), co- funded from 2006-2019 by the German federal government’s Excellence Initiative, offers a three-year, structured PhD-programme in the study of culture.
    • Application deadline: February 1, 2021
    • Start: October 1, 2021
    • You can find details and application information here

    Four PhD Scholarships
    PhD program: "Gestalten der Zukunft: Transformation der Gegenwart durch Szenarien der Digitalisierung" | University of Oldenburg

    • Application deadline: February 7, 2021
    • Start: April 1, 2021
    • You can find details and application information (in German) here

    Past Opportunities

    PhD or Postdoc Position in Medieval English Literature and Culture
    University of Bern

    • Application deadline: October 30, 2020
    • You can find details and application information here

    PhD Position in Media Studies
    Project: "PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory" | University of Tübingen

    • Application deadline: October 31, 2020
    • Estimated start of employment: February 1, 2021
    • You can find details and application information here

    PhD Position in English and Linguistics (Research Project Transnational Periodical Cultures)
    Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    • Application deadline: September 16, 2020
    • You can find details and application information here