The Department of Musicology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of
Research Assistant
This position should be filled by 01.01.2013. The regular working hours will be 25.87 hours/week (65%) with a limited contract of 3 years. Salary: Pay grade 13 TV-L.

The position’s duties include in addition to working on a research project (working title: „The Peasant and the Courtesan in Bollywood: Musical Ideas Travelling Back and Forth Between Film, ‚Folk‘ Music, and Classical Music“), teaching courses as defined in Section 31 of the Higher Education Act of Lower Saxony(NHG), administering examinations and working on research in the area of Cultural Musicology.

The successful candidate will hold a highly qualified M.A. degree or a PhD in Musicology and have focused on research in Cultural Musicology or Ethnomusicology. The applicant’s willingness to work as a member of the DFG-research group and high proficiency in the English language are required.

Please send your application with the usual documents (also in electronic form) by October 15th, 2012 to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Dept. Of Musicology, Prof. Dr. Birgit Abels, Kurze Geismarstr. 1, D-37073 Göttingen, ed.gd1722045819wg@sl1722045819ebab1722045819

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Birgit Abels (phone: *49-551-39-20139, ed.gd1722045819wg@sl1722045819ebab1722045819.