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 two positions of a PhD student (f/m/d) with an interest in modern or contemporary 
history of the sciences in China, the transregional history of quantification, or the global history of 
mathematics and statistics.

For details, please see the attached file.

Please apply by submitting a letter of motivation, a CV, a project description (ca. 1000 words) and
contact information (incl. email addresses) for two academic references by 20 October 2024 to Prof.
Dr. Andrea Bréard (andrea.breard@fau.de). Inquiries concerning the position may be directed to the
project leader beforehand.