Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS)

    Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS)

    Duration3 year(s)
    Next IntakeOctober 1, 2021

    Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS)

    About

    The Graduate School is dedicated to a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of North American societies from the early modern era to the present. Between 2019 and 2024, the GSNAS’s research focus will be on changing notions of “democracy” in North America. The Graduate School provides closely supervised doctoral and post-doctoral education as well as excellent theoretical and methodological research training within the fields of Cultural and Literary Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics, while at the same time promoting interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives. The study programme has been organised into eight interdisciplinary research areas: American Conceptions of Democracy between Canonisation and Crisis Race, Gender and Class as Competing Elements of North American Ideals of Democratisation Multi-Polarisation of American Politics Aesthetics of Democracy Publics and Counterpublics Economic and Financial Crises Democracy and Inequality Globalisation, Democracy and (the End of?) American Hegemony

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Applicants must have completed an advanced academic degree (Master's, "Magister" or equivalent) with above-average marks in one of the following disciplines or closely related academic programmes: American Cultural Studies, American Literature, History, Political Science, Sociology, Economics. For an overview of all necessary application documents, please see:http://www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduateschool/application/application_forms/index.html

    Fee Information

    How to Apply

    Application platform (open from 1 September to 30 November) available at https://www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/graduateschool/application/application_forms/index.html.

    Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS)

    Freie Universität Berlin

    Freie Universität Berlin

    Germany

    Germany, Berlin Steglitz