Call for Applications: Historical Regimes of Normativity (Thomas Duve) - Scholarships and Guest Residencies 2026/2027

Sept. 9, 2025

The Department of Historical Regimes of Normativity (Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve) at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt is awarding scholarships for research stays of three or six months, beginning on 1 April 2026 / 1 July 2026 / 1 October 2026 / 4 January 2027 for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and experienced researchers. 

Application deadline: 30 September 2025

The Max Planck Institute invites legal historical studies on normative knowledge shaped by religion, morality, everyday practices, and diverse actors. Projects may draw on approaches such as global history, translation studies, history of knowledge, moral theology, or art history, and may engage with epistemic communities such as the School of Salamanca, among others. Research project dedicated to Iberian, Ibero-Asian, and Luso-African contexts are especially welcome. Applicants should clearly explain how their work relates to the department’s methodology and research questions.

Scholarship holders are invited to not only pursue their own research project but also contribute at least one article to the Department blog Legal History Insights during their stay.

Applications should include the following documents in English:

• Research proposal (maximum 2,500 words), including an explanation of how the project relates to the department's research programme
• Curriculum vitae
• List of publications
• Names and contact details of two academics who have agreed to provide references (upon request)
• Three relevant publications from the last five years (as PDF files)

Application deadline: All applications must be submitted via the online application system by 30 September 2025. Decisions will be announced in November.

Scholarships run for either 3 or 6 months, starting at the beginning of April, July, October 2026 or January 2027. Once the scholarship has been granted, changes of the date of the beginning will not be accepted. Scholarship holders will receive a monthly stipend of either €1,365 (PhD students), €2,500 (post-doctoral researchers) or €3,000 (senior researchers). Additional income (for example from existing employment relationships) has to be set off against the amount awarded and will thus be taken into account when determining the exact amount of the stipend.

Contact:
International Office io@lhlt.mpg.de

To the online application system: 
https://jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/en/jobposting/8a22f47cb968a5496cee8c519e00734b55b494790/apply

Source: Job offers, Max Planck Institute (09.09.2025)
(https://jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/8a22f47cb968a5496cee8c519e00734b55b494790)