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Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology has the opportunity to fill the following positions in the context of the Research Group “Law against the State”, headed by Julia Eckert

- PhD Grants

The Research Group focuses on law, authority and social behaviour in plural legal settings under conditions of increasing globalisation.

The project deals with local adoptions of international right discourses. It will study the global circulation of legal knowledge and norms of governance by looking how law is used by individuals and groups in conflicts with states. The projects wants to identify the social and political conditions that make people chose recourse to law in their conflicts with the state and how legal recourse relates to other modes of articulating demands. Moreover, it wants to assess the effect of recourse to law in terms of changes in norms and expectations and in modes of the social organisation of demands. Thereby it attempts to trace the changes in what is expected of state rule, the shifting norms of rights and justice, and the changes in practices of claiming rights caused by the interplay of local efforts and international pressures in the institutionalization of norms of governance. The focus is on states with majority Muslim populations, e.g. Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, but also others depending on the applicant’s preferences.

Please consult the website http://www.eth.mpg.de for more information on the project.

The PhD Grants are generally awarded for 2 years, with the possibility of two six-month extensions. We expect our PhD students to complete a year-long period of fieldwork as part of their studies.

The Max Planck Society is committed to raising the proportion of women in under-represented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications by women. Individuals with disabilities will be given priority, assuming equal qualifications.

Applications should include the standard documentation and a project resume.

I) Standard documentation includes:

* a cover letter
* a CV including a list of publications
* a project resume (two to five pages; two alternative ideas may also be considered)
* photocopies of university degrees
* names of 2-3 referees, whom we may contact

II) There is no application form to be filled out.

III) Applications may be submitted by email.

Final selection will be made following interviews in November 2006. The project will start in December 2006/ January 2007. Please send applications to the following address by 06th October 2006:

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Personnel Administration
P. O. Box 11 03 51
D – 06017 Halle/Saale

or email to: wagenbrett@eth.mpg.de