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University of Gothenburg meets society's challenges with diverse knowledge. With 58,000 students and 6,800 employees, the university is a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive education attract researchers and students from all over the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University of Gothenburg contributes to a better future.

The Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion is one of the six departments of the Faculty of Humanities and has approximately 100 employees (of which approximately 20 are doctoral students) and approximately 1,000 students. For more information about the department, see https://www.gu.se/litteratur-idehistoria-religion (https://www.gu.se/litteratur-idehistoria-religion).

The department is advertising a doctoral position in the history of ideas. Research in the history of ideas and learning in Gothenburg spans wide fields, and the department's researchers develop historical perspectives on a variety of different areas: from politics, philosophy and aesthetics, to science, technology and medicine. Themes studied include, among other things, the conditions of critical thinking and the materialities of knowledge, environment and ecocriticism, gender issues, transformations of modernity, postcolonial theories and European identity. Additionally, research is conducted on text interpretation, conceptual history and historiography. Geographically, research on subjects rooted in European contexts dominates, but global subjects are also addressed. For current research areas and ongoing research projects, including doctoral projects, see: https://www.gu.se/litteratur-idehistoria-religion/ide-och-lardomshistoria (https://www.gu.se/litteratur-idehistoria-religion/ide-och-lardomshistoria).

Job Responsibilities

The goal of the education is a doctoral degree in the history of ideas and learning. Education at the research level consists partly of courses, which are examined as they go, and partly of independent research work that should lead to a scientific dissertation. During the education, the doctoral student should communicate scientific results both orally and in writing.

The goal of the doctoral employment is for the doctoral student to develop the knowledge and skills required to independently conduct research in the history of ideas and learning, and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the subject through the production of a scientific dissertation. A doctoral position in the history of ideas and learning also aims for the doctoral student to develop the ability to translate achieved scientific skills and knowledge into continued research work or other qualified professional work.

The doctoral student must be physically present at the workplace and interact actively in the doctoral education environment, which includes active participation in doctoral and research seminars at the department. The department's working language is Swedish, while some activities may be in English. To be admitted to the doctoral education, knowledge of Swedish and English is required to the extent necessary to benefit from mandatory course moments and actively participate in seminars and similar activities. If needed, the university offers introductory courses in Swedish. The dissertation may be written in Swedish or English, or alternatively Norwegian or Danish.

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