Zukunftskolleg Newsletter | Konstanz | March – September 2014 | Issue No. 19 | Page 1 Zukunftskolleg Newsletter What has been going on at the Zukunftskolleg over summer term 2014? – The response to various calls for our funding programs was tremendous, not only for the Fellowship and Mentorship programs, but also for the two new programs we just launched: Interdisciplinary Collaborative Projects and Transdepartmental Collaborative Teaching. During the last few months, the Zukunftskolleg community welcomed new 2-year Postdoctoral and 5-year Research Fellows as well as Senior Fellows, Mentors and Associate Fellows. At the same time, some of the “old” Fellows left us and took on challenging positions in academia. In addition, all Fellows were successful in obtaining grants, giving lectures or publishing their latest research results. Read more on the following pages. Concerning the Zukunftskolleg Executive Committee Table of Contents During the first Jour Fixe in summer term Concerning the Zukunftskolleg ................... 1 2014, on April 24, the assembly of members Funding Instruments .................................... 2 elected Monika Class as the new member of Events ............................................................. 4 the Executive Committee. She replaces Doris Invited Talks ................................................ 20 Penka, whose term of office ended after 2.5 Participation in Workshops, Symposia, years. We congratulate Monika Class and Conferences ................................................ 24 thank Doris Penka very much for her work in Contributing to an International University the Executive Committee. Debate, Media Presence ............................. 27 Latest Collaborations ................................. 29 Back Office People ........................................................... 30 Publications ................................................. 31 In May the Zukunftskolleg welcomed two new Grants, Approvals and Prizes.................... 34 colleagues in the Central Office. Magdalena Teaching ....................................................... 36 Delucis is the new Program Director for Careers ......................................................... 37 Internationalization. As successor to Nani Clow, Magdalena coordinates the Marie Curie Zukunftskolleg Incoming Fellowships program, is responsible for the ZIF Research Fellows and covers strategic issues related to EU- funding and internationalization. She can be reached at Tel. ext. 5686, via email at [email protected] or in her office, room Y 320. From May through August, Imprint Zukunftskolleg - University of Konstanz Box 216 | 78457 Konstanz | Germany Tel.: +49 (0)7531 / 88 - 4897 | Fax: +49 (0)7531 / 88 - 4829 Email: zukunftskolleg(at)uni-konstanz.de Zukunftskolleg Newsletter | Konstanz | March – September 2014 | Issue No. 19 | Page 2 Susan Rößner supported the Public Department of Literature. Her PhD project is Relations section. entitled “Quid facit cum psalterio Horatius? (Hier. epist. 22,29,7) Eine Untersuchung der literarischen Inszenierung kulturellen Wandels bei Hieronymus mithilfe digitaler Inter- Funding Instruments textualitätsanalyse.“ Call for Interdisciplinary Mentorship Program Collaborative Projects (Application deadline: July 15, 2014) In its meeting on June 5, the Executive Committee selected the winners of the The Zukunftskolleg offered up to 5 grants of Mentorship program (application deadline was up to 10,000 euros to initiate interdisciplinary May 15). We congratulate Federica Basaglia collaborative research projects. The new (Philosophy) who will be mentored by Piero funding program aims to promote research Giordanetti from the University of Milan; collaboration within the Zukunftskolleg or Tobias Henschen (Philosophy) who will be between a Fellow of the Zukunftskolleg and mentored by Julian Reiss from Durham other researchers. An interdisciplinary University; Philip Leifeld (Politics and Public research project gives grant holders the Administration) who will be mentored by opportunity to identify and explore new, Skyler J. Cranmer from the University of North innovative and/or risky research perspectives Carolina, Chapel Hill; Michael Pokojovy with neighboring disciplines and across (Mathematics and Statistics) who will be disciplines. The following projects will be mentored by Marcus Jobe from Miami funded: University; Jennifer Sparr (Politics and Public Administration) who will be mentored by Daan 1. “Feature-based Extraction of van Knippenberg from Erasmus University Contentious Actor – Statements from News Rotterdam. Narratives”. For more information on the Mentorship Cooperation between Philip Leifeld programme please see see: (Postdoctoral Fellow/Dept. of Politics and http://www.zukunftskolleg.uni-konstanz.de/funding- Public Administration), and Jürgen Lerner programmes/mentorship/ (Dept. of Computer and Information Science) 2. “Helping and Cooperation in a Manfred Ulmer Scholarship Normative and in a Clinical Population of Children: An Interdisciplinary Investigation” Acting on behalf of the Stiftung Wissenschaft Cooperation between Margarita Stolarova und Gesellschaft, a foundation of the (Research Fellow/Dept. of Psychology), University of Konstanz, the Zukunftskolleg Roman Rädle (Dept. of Computer and awards the Manfred Ulmer Scholarship to Information Science), and Nora Hangel (Dept. doctoral students every year. The program is of Philosophy/Cluster of Excellence) open to doctoral students in all disciplines and pays 1,000 euros per month for six months. It 3. “History and Film: Screening the enables the scholars to bridge a financial gap Dictatorial Past in Argentina, Chile and Brazil” between their studies and their doctoral Cooperation between Nina Schneider phase. Deadline for the last call for (Postdoctoral Fellow/Dept. of History and applications was July 15, 2014. Winner of this Sociology) and Estela Schindel (Dept. of year’s scholarship is Marie Revellio from the History and Sociology/Cluster of Excellence) Imprint Zukunftskolleg - University of Konstanz Box 216 | 78457 Konstanz | Germany Tel.: +49 (0)7531 / 88 - 4897 | Fax: +49 (0)7531 / 88 - 4829 Email: zukunftskolleg(at)uni-konstanz.de http://www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskolleg Zukunftskolleg Newsletter | Konstanz | March – September 2014 | Issue No. 19 | Page 3 Call for Transdepartmental The Zukunftskolleg offers the following Collaborative Teaching Fellowships: (Application deadline: July 15, 2014) ZIF Marie Curie 2-year Postdoctoral The Zukunftskolleg offered up to 5 grants of Fellowships (for any discipline represented at up to 5,000 euros to initiate trans- the University of Konstanz, Salary Scale 13 departmental collaborative teaching. This TV-L) for researchers in the early stage of funding program aims at promoting the their career to enable them to develop and development of new teaching courses and carry out individual and independent research contributing to the departmental syllabi. projects. This call for proposals is part of the The following courses will be funded: Zukunftskolleg Incoming Fellowship Program (ZIF) and is financed by the Seventh 1. “Nature and Culture as a False Dichotomy” Framework Program (FP7) Marie Curie Cooperation between Raul Acosta (Associate Actions – People (co-funded by regional, Fellow/Dept. of Sociology) and Wolf Hütteroth national and international programs), the (Postdoctoral Fellow/Dept. of Biology) German Research Foundation (DFG) and the University of Konstanz. The rules and ethical 2. “Philosophy of Archaeology” principles for FP7 and the DFG guidelines Cooperation between Magdalena Balcerak apply. Jackson (Research Fellow/Dept. of Philosophy) and Maria Cruz Berrocal Zukunftskolleg Research (Research Fellow / Dept. of History) Fellowships and ZIF Marie Curie 5-year Research Fellowships (for any discipline 3. “Recognition in Theatre, Literature and represented at the University of Konstanz, Philosophy” Salary Scale 14 TV-L) to develop and carry Cooperation between Andrea Lailach- out individual research projects. This call for Hennrich (Postdoctoral Fellow/Dept. of proposals is part of the Zukunftskolleg Philosophy) and Julia Boll (Postdoctoral Incoming Fellowship Program (ZIF) and is Fellow/Dept. of Literature) financed by the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) Marie Curie Actions – People (co- Recent call for 2-year ZIF and 5-year funding for regional, national and international ZuKo and ZIF-Fellowships programs), the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the University of Konstanz. The In its most recent call for 2-year Postdoctoral rules and ethical principles for FP7 and the and 5-year Research Fellowships (the closing DFG guidelines apply. date for applications was August 31, 2014), the Zukunftskolleg received 172 applications. In its first meeting on October 1-2, the Co-funding Recruitment Committee choses the finalists The Executive Committee and the Director of for the 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships. In its the Zukunftskolleg approved 60 applications second meeting on December 4-5, the best for start-up funding, student assistants, travel candidates chosen from among these finalists allowances and consumables between March will be offered a 2-year position. On the same 2014 and August 2014 for a total of day, the Committee will choose the finalists 180,760.02 euros. applying for a 5-year Research Fellowship who are to be invited to the “Workshop on Future Research Directions” on January 15- 16, 2015. Imprint Zukunftskolleg - University of Konstanz Box