PhD Student Position (65%, E13 TV-L, 3 years) in History of Mathematics in China

Your Workplace

The Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China — Institute for Near Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations — at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) invites applications for the position of a PhD student (f/m/d) with an interest in modern or contemporary history of the sciences in China, the transregional history of science, or the global history of mathematics.

Benefits: We Have a Lot To Offer

Regelmäßiger Stufenanstieg und steigendes Gehalt nach Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst der Länder (TV-L) beziehungsweise Besoldung nach BayBesG sowie zusätzliche Jahressonderzahlung
Urlaubsanspruch von 30 Tagen pro Kalenderjahr bei fünf Arbeitstagen pro Woche, mit zusätzlichen freien Tagen am 24. und 31. Dezember
Betriebliche Altersversorgung sowie vermögenswirksame Leistungen
Intensive Begleitung in der wissenschaftlichen Qualifikationsphase
Promotion in einem strukturierten Programm
Umfassende Einarbeitung durch engagiertes Team
Gemeinsame Aktivitäten im Team
Arbeitsplätze in fußläufiger Nähe zum öffentlichen Nahverkehr
Familienfreundliche Umgebung mit Ferien- und Kinderbetreuungsangeboten
Vielfältige Weiterbildungs- und Fortbildungsmöglichkeiten
Aktives Gesundheitsmanagement

Your Tasks

The position is associated with the interdisciplinary project “The Language of Algorithmic Mathematics” funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Although this project has a digital humanities component and mathematics expressed in natural language, we also welcome research that focuses on small corpora of texts, specific mathematical domains, or the history of modern symbolic mathematics in China. Together with the other project members the applicant will conduct research on the history of mathematics in China in a global/transregional perspective and contribute to the following activities:

Coordination of research activities in the project (research seminar, fellow invitations)
support for the organization of conferences and project related publications

Your Profile

The successful candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

a Master degree in Chinese studies, mathematical sciences or computational linguistics,
an understanding of mathematical concepts,
preferably research experience in China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan,
experience in interdisciplinary and international academic contexts,
excellent knowledge of working languages English and Chinese.

We provide an innovative and supportive environment with a yearly travel budget to allow for archival research, field work, and international conference participation.

The application process

Apply online
Automatic confirmation of receipt sent by e-mail
Place of employment views applications
Invitation to first interview
Optional invitation to second interview in person at FAU
Is there a match?
Employment documents prepared
Consultation with Staff Council
Commencement of employment – welcome to FAU

Notice

For all job postings, the following applies: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität promotes equal professional opportunities for women. Women are therefore expressly encouraged to apply.

Severely disabled persons as defined by the German Severely Disabled Persons Act will be given preferential consideration if they have the same professional qualifications and personal aptitude and if the advertised position is suitable for severely disabled persons. Details can be found in the respective job posting under “Remarks.”

At the applicant’s request, the Equal Opportunities Officer may be included in the job interview without any disadvantage to the applicant.

All advertised positions are generally suitable for part-time work unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

Release date: 09.02.2026, Poster View

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**Application deadline:**28.02.2026

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PhD Student*in (65%, E13 TV-L, 3 Jahre) Geschichte der Mathematik in China

PhD Student*in (65%, E13 TV-L, 3 Jahre) Geschichte der Mathematik in China