Hiring: 1 PhD Student (65%, E13 TV-L, 3 years)

Graphic Representation of changes as per month in the rate of Sterling T. T. and Bar Silver from January to December, 1923. — From Chen Qilu, 陳其鹿. Tongji xue 統計學 Gaoji shangye xuexiao jiaokeshu 高級商業學校教科書 (=Elements of Statistics for Higher Commercial Schools). Shanghai, 1928 (4th ed.)

2. February 2022

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-Nuremberg invites applications for the position of a PhD student (f/m/d) related to mathematics or statistics in China (19th–21st century).

The position is part of the interdisciplinary project sin-aps funded generously by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation and free of teaching obligations. The topic of the PhD proposal must fit within the framework of the research conducted in this project, either in the history of mathematics or the politics of quantification in modern or contemporary China.

Deadline for Application is March 15th, 2022. For more details, see here.