PhD Opportunities in Film Studies in Germany

This PhD opportunity at the University of Göttingen is based at the Institut für Röntgenphysik and focuses on coherent X-ray optics and related imaging methods. The project develops, implements, and applies X-ray optics for experiments using partially coherent X-ray radiation at both synchrotron/FEL facilities and laboratory micro-CT sources . The research is broad and can be tailored to the selected candidate’s profile and interests. Possible directions include X-ray optical physics , instrumen...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is offering a four-year PhD position in physics-guided digital twin development at the Institute of Material and Process Design in Geesthacht, Germany. The project combines machine learning with computer simulations to address complex problems in materials science, computational engineering and advanced manufacturing. The doctoral researcher will develop supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement-learning models for clustering, classification and regression. These models...

Graduate School Language & Literature Munich at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is a structured doctoral environment for research in linguistics, literature, language education, and cultural studies/cultural history. The programme is organized into four classes: Language , Literature , Language Education , and Culture and History . Each class supports doctoral projects in its own area while contributing to a wider interdisciplinary setting within the Faculty of Languages and Literatures. ...

Friedrich Schiller University Jena is advertising a doctoral candidate/scientific researcher position in the DFG Research Unit “Beyond Crazy” (FOR 5901). The project focuses on conspiracy beliefs and is situated within the psychology of communication and media use. The position is associated with Professor Tobias Rothmund and offers doctoral research within a German Research Foundation-funded research unit. The work will examine conspiracy beliefs in the context of communication and media use, c...

The University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK) offers a doctoral programme leading to the degree of Dr phil in Art (philosophiae in artibus) . The programme is rooted in the university’s transdisciplinary approach and supports dissertations that examine the arts, their preconditions, contexts, and functions from multiple perspectives. Research may focus on artistic works themselves or on the historical, social, media-related, and cultural processes that shape artistic discourse. The programme also w...

The Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS) in Bremen is expanding its work on the prevention of chronic, non-communicable diseases across the life course and is seeking several PhD students for this research programme. The position sits in a cross-departmental environment involving all scientific departments of BIPS and offers the chance to contribute to projects that connect epidemiology, prevention science, and health-related decision making. The research themes incl...

The a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne at the University of Cologne offers a doctoral pathway in the humanities with a strong interdisciplinary profile. It is part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, one of the largest faculties of its kind in Europe, and brings together a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, language and literature studies, linguistics, history, art history, ethnology and regional studies, media and theatre studies, musicology, archaeology, and ...

The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS) at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for its 2027 doctoral intake. The program is designed for outstanding candidates whose dissertation projects in literary studies are theoretically and conceptually strong and situated within a cultural-historical, transregional, transtemporal, and/or intermedial framework. For 2027, the FSGS offers up to 10 PhD positions for a duration of 3 to 4 years. The program welcomes candidate...

The internationally oriented doctoral program History and Cultural Studies (HCS) in Berlin invites applications for up to ten study places in a structured, research-oriented PhD curriculum. HCS is part of the Department of History and Cultural Studies and a member of the Dahlem Research School at Freie Universität Berlin . The program is designed for graduate students with an excellent academic record who want to pursue doctoral research in one of the department’s research areas while developing...