PhD opportunities

The Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH) is the research school to which the HHP Centre is affiliated. Once a year they announce open rounds for PhD positions, which can be awarded in any discipline in the humanities, including study of Western esotericism at the HHP Centre. These positions typically start in September, and may be announced as early as December the year before. Keep an open eye for announcements at the ASH website. If you see opportunities for yourself here, make sure to get in touch with us as early as possible. This is imperative because ASH will not consider your application without written confirmation by a potential supervisor (in the Dutch academic system “promotor”). At this moment, the members of the HHP Centre who can act as supervisors of a PhD project are Dr. Marco Pasi, and Prof. Dr. Wouter J. Hanegraaff. You should approach either of them before you apply and make sure that at least one of the two is willing to act as your PhD supervisor in case your application is successful. They, in turn, can consider your request only on the basis of a formal written research proposal that contains at least (1) a project title, (2) one or more central research questions, (3) a detailed description of the project, (4) a bibliography, (5) a preliminary time schedule, and (6) a CV. To have a chance of success, your personal qualifications and your research proposal must be of excellent quality, and you must have taken action early enough. Please don’t surprise us with a request one week before the application deadline!