[Job] PhD Geschiedenis van de koloniale gezondheidszorg vanuit een ecologisch perspectief (ca. 1900-1960 (Leuven/Maastricht; Deadline 28 november 2022)
De Onderzoeksgroep Cultuurgeschiedenis vanaf 1750 aan de Universiteit van Leuven (België) en het onderzoeksprogramma Maastricht University – Science, Technology and Society (Nederland) zoeken een doctoraatsstudent voor een onderzoeksproject over de geschiedenis van de koloniale gezondheidszorg vanuit een ecologisch perspectief (ca. 1900-1960). Het onderzoek zal worden begeleid door prof. dr. Kaat Wils en prof. dr. Raf De Bont Lees meer…
[Job] PhD Student, History of satellite data and climate knowledge (Barcelona; Deadline 3 November 2022)
The CLIMASAT Project (Remote-Sensing Satellite Data and the Making of Global Climate in Europe, 1980s-2000s) at the Institut d’Història de la Ciència (iHC) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), funded by the European Research Commission (Starting Grant), is seeking a Doctoral candidate (full time, 4 years, starting on February 1st, 2023 (or as soon as possible thereafter)) to write a dissertation on the History of Satellite Data Diplomacy: How Data Regimes and Climate Knowledge were Negotiated in International Organisations. Lees meer…
[Job] PhD position: The role of Utrecht University Geosciences in the Dutch colonial and postcolonial order (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
Applicants are invited for a PhD position to chart and evaluate the role of the Utrecht University Geosciences (Human Geography, Earth Sciences and Physical Geography) in sustaining the Dutch colonial order in Indonesia and Surinam. In addition, the project will study how these colonial practices were re-shaped in a postcolonial order after Indonesian independence (1945-1949). The project’s goal is to use these empirical findings as an invitation to debate postcoloniality in the geosciences. Lees meer…
[Job] Conservator Erfgoed Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Deadline: 29 September 2022)
De VU heeft een bijzondere collectie Academisch Erfgoed. Deze collectie biedt een weerspiegeling van onze universiteits- en wetenschapsgeschiedenis. Als conservator zorg je ervoor dat het een levende collectie is, die uitnodigt tot reflectie, verdieping, ontmoeting en dialoog. Je krijgt veel ruimte om je eigen vorm daaraan te geven. Je verwerft nieuwe deelcollecties, ontwikkelt beleid voor beheer en ontsluiting, stimuleert het gebruik van erfgoed voor onderzoek en onderwijs. Daarnaast ontwikkel je presentaties en exposities die aansluiten bij historische en actuele thema’s, zoals dekolonisatie en inclusiviteit. Dat doe je samen met experts binnen de VU. Je werkt nauw samen met collega’s binnen de afdeling Bijzondere Collecties en de UB en je onderhoudt een sterk netwerk binnen en buiten de VU.
Zie voor meer informatie en om te solliciteren de website van de Vrije Universiteit.
[Job] Juniorprofessur (W1) für Geschichte der Botanik und des Gartenbaus (TU Dresden; Deadline 14. Oktober 2022)
An der Fakultät Biologie ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt die Juniorprofessur (W1) für Geschichte der Botanik und des Gartenbaus für zunächst vier Jahre zu besetzen. Nach positiver Zwischenevaluation wird das Dienstverhältnis auf insgesamt sechs Jahre verlängert. Lees meer…
[Job] PhD student/ Research Assistant, “The role of the IAEA in standardizing and regulating the use of nuclear energy in the Global South” (Erlangen-Nürnberg; Deadline 30 June 2021))
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student who will be willing to explore the historical role of the IAEA in standardizing and regulating the use of nuclear energy in the Global South. The successful candidate is also expected to pay attention to the legal framework of radiation protection that the IAEA shaped and introduced in developing countries throughout the post WWII period. We are especially interested in those who could explore IAEA’s role in the development of nuclear law. Regions of interest are Africa and Latin America. Lees meer…
[Job] Fully-granted PhD position : The Accademia del Cimento and Print Culture: A polycentric printing network (Deadline: 28 June 2021)
TACITROOTS invites applications for a fully-granted PhD position in a 3-years Historical Studies programme (https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/pl/cdsi20200000r18of1) at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Milan, Italy (Università degli Studi di Milano). The PhD position will be focused on the analysis of the nexus between the Accademia del Cimento and book production by analyzing the editions issued in the orbit of this first European scientific academy. Lees meer…
Research Fellowships: Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Philadelphia (Deadline: 15 April 2021)
The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine invites applications for research fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed. These fellowships are open to scholars at all stages of their academic careers, and will support research travel to Consortium member institutions when research activities can resume. Scholars residing in Brazil, India and South Africa and working in medical humanities and the history of medicine are eligible for additional support generously provided by the Wellcome Trust. Lees meer…
PhD position in Soviet History (m/f/d; E13 TV-L, 65%), on Environment and Health in the Soviet Union and its Successor States, 1945–2000 (Universität Tübingen; Deadline 17 January 2021)
The Institute for Eastern European History is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Phd student to join our French-German Project “The Ecological Body in a Toxic World. Environment and Health in the Soviet Union and Its Successor States, 1945–2000”:
Phd position in Soviet History (m/f/d; E13 TV-L, 65% – 36 months)
is to be filled ideally in March 2021 (with flexibility due to the current epidemiological situation). The position is funded for 3 years. Funding for travel, research assistants, computers and other expenses is also available. Lees meer…
Jobs: Postgraduate funding opportunities in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, 2021-22 (Deadline: 3 December 2020)
