We appreciate your unsolicited application when you have knowledge in international and interdisciplinary Disability Studies and would like to continue your research in a German-speaking environment. Die research unit iDiS welcomes individual applications for research fellow positions from persons with an academic background in social sciences and / or cultural sciences. Applications (letter and CV) can be sent via postal mail to this address. Applications via Email will not be accepted.

The Chair of Sociology and Politics of Rehabilitation, Disability Studies (Professor Dr. Anne Waldschmidt) at the University of Cologne is seeking to fill the positions of a Research Assistant (half time) and a Research Fellow (half-time, 19,92 hours/week).

• Research Assistant [PDF]
• Research Fellow [PDF]

The deadline for applications is January 06, 2013

Disability Studies meets Cultural Studies: This conference brings together scholars who are working at the interface of Disability Studies and Cultural Studies. Presentations will be complemented by comments by researchers and graduate students of, among others, sociology, literature, art history and philosophy based at the University of Cologne. More information.

Orientation and theme of the conference

Alter, European Society for Disability Research (AESDR) was founded in 2011 by the Editorial Board of the Journal Alter-European Journal of Disability Research / Revue Européenne de Recherche sur le Handicap as international society with the aim of fostering scholarly and interdisciplinary social sciences and humanities research. A particular emphasis is given on the plurality of scientific approaches and knowledge (theoretical, applied, grounded in the experience of disability) provided by this research area. It is an open intellectual society and welcomes all who have an interest in disability without exception or particular orientation. Established with a focus on Europe, the society welcomes scholars from all parts of the world. Continue reading CFP: First Annual Conference of the Alter. European Society of Disability Research →