PhD Doctorate and Assistantship in Ancient and Modern History of Christianity at the University of Bern University of Bern in Switzerland

History of Christianity PhD / MPhil at the University of Edinburgh This postgraduate research programme in the School of Divinity (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) invites applications for research in History of Christianity , with strengths in patristics and early Christian history , the Reformation in Britain and on the continent , Puritanism , British and European Christianity from the 18th century , and Christian missions, especially in Africa . Study options include a full-t...

Research opportunity at the Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) in Mainz, Germany. The institute is inviting applications for a Research Associate (Postdoc) in European Religious History (16th–20th centuries). The role is designed for a researcher who can develop an independent project while contributing to the IEG’s broader academic exchange and research profile. Research themes especially welcomed include comparative and transnational approaches to religion, including connections...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is offering a full-time PhD position in Early Modern Religious Debates and the Public Sphere within the NWO-funded project In Search of the Truth, in Search of Adherents . The doctoral research examines public religious debates in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century Low Countries, including debates among Calvinists, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans. The project investigates how debates shaped religious identities, strategies of argument, audience participation,...

Hebrew and Old Testament Studies PhD/MPhil at the University of Edinburgh is a postgraduate research opportunity in Biblical Studies , Theology , and Religious Studies , with a strong emphasis on the Hebrew Bible , its languages, and related textual and historical research. The School of Divinity offers supervision in areas including pentateuchal and historical studies , poetry and prophecy , biblical theology and ethics , Hebrew text and Septuagint , and both historical-critical and interdiscip...

University of Edinburgh PhD and MPhil in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations The School of Divinity invites applications for postgraduate research study beginning in September 2027. The programme offers an interdisciplinary study of Islamic thought and practice, alongside historical, theological, ethical, and political encounters between Christianity and Islam. Students may apply for a full-time PhD of three years, a part-time PhD of six years, or a full-time MPhil of two years. Resea...