424 doctoral candidates not working within a programme
35 doctoral candidates working within one of the two incorporated programmes (candidates of the doctoral programme for Theology are listed depending on whether they work within a programme or individually)
404 members are doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Humanities.
On Thursday, 2nd November 2017, our Tag der GSGG was held – for the first time with a new format. Starting at 4pm, nine doctoral candidates presented their projects with short speeches and poster presentation within the framework of Geisteswissenschaftliche Einblicke. About 60 guests received insights into interesting current research in the humanities. … Weiterlesen
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to our annual Welcome Day which will take place on 9th May 2018 at 2pm. We will inform you about the services of GSGG for international doctoral candidates and there will be time for discussion and exchange with your fellow students over coffee and cake. … Weiterlesen
Our next general meeting will be held on 27th June 2018 at 2pm. As usual, there will be a report on the activities of GSGG and a discussion of the development of GSGG as well as the election of the PhD delegates who are eligible to vote on the board. If you would like to stand as a candidate, … Weiterlesen
After our trips to Weimar in 2016 and to Eisenach last year, we are going to offer another excursion with overnight stay and interesting cultural programme to one of the many middle German cities of historical interest, probably in May 2018. We will provide you with more detailed information on the date and destination within the coming weeks. … Weiterlesen
From April 2013 to December 2017, GSGG was generously funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of the land Lower Saxony as a subproject of the “institutional strategy” of Georgia Augusta. Within this framework, four interdisciplinary early career research groups were established, each focused on one of the main topics of the Göttingen humanities and lead by two postdocs. … Weiterlesen
As of now, no postdoc grants will be awarded by GSGG. However, supervising postdocs can still apply for allowances for individual or cooperative research activities (e.g. trips, workshops, networking events). Completion grants will be granted for a maximum of four months. … Weiterlesen
GSGG tenders a grant for individual support in German academic writing. Application deadline is 15th March 2018. The aim of the grant is to provide non-German native speakers who write their dissertation in German with support by trained writing coaches in up to 10 individual consultations in an early phase of their doctorate. … Weiterlesen
Since the establishment of the Mentoring Programme WeWiMento – Career Paths into Science Management we have been cooperating closely with the Central Coordination Mentoring. Our colleagues from staff development are currently developing and refining their offer, making it more flexible and available to a broader audience. … Weiterlesen
Our course programme for 2018 is now online. You can find it as usual on our qualification portal for doctoral candidates. This year, we offer three courses on the topics “German as an academic language“ and “Intercultural competences”:
On 1st and 2nd March 2018, the workshop for doctoral candidates “Nachhaltigkeit vor 1900 – auf der Suche nach Antworten auf gesellschaftliche und ökologische Herausforderungen” (“Sustainability before 1900 – searching answers for social and ecological challenges”) will take place. It provides doctoral candidates with the opportunity to discuss “answers” to natural challenges.
The event is organised by doctoral candidates and postdocs who are associated with the research project Nachhaltigkeit als Argument which is funded by the land Lower Saxony and VolkswagenStiftung. … Weiterlesen
Since winter semester 2014/15, the events series “Um die Ecke gedacht” has been taking place. In the past semesters, some of you have taken the opportunity to present your doctoral projects in a longer speech to an interested audience (with a varied background). For summer semester 2018, the organisers ask for suggestions for speeches on the topic “Change and Revolutions” (“Umbrüche und Revolutionen”). … Weiterlesen
From 2nd to 16th August 2018, the second Data Science Summer School will be held in Göttingen. The event organised by the Institute for Computer Sciences, GWDG, and SUB is aimed at Master’s students in the final phase of their studies as well as doctoral candidates in the initial phase of their doctorate. Main topic of the summer school is the question of how to deal with scientific data which is produced to an unprecedented extend due to technological chance. … Weiterlesen
We would like to point out to you the topic “good supervision”. For some time, we have been working together with the central office of GSGG and the ombudspersons of GSGG in order to consistently review and improve the supervision conditions for doctoral candidates. We are therefore currently revising the guidelines for good supervision and are in constant exchange on the topic. … Weiterlesen
Unfortunately, our colleague Anna Stuhldreher has left the central office as of 31st December 2017. We would like to thank her for her great work and wish her all the best.
On 31st January 2018, our student assistant Katharina Schüssler will leave the central office as well. We would like to thank her as well and wish her all the best for her new task. … Weiterlesen