Deadline: 15 October 2015
Open to: PhD holders in a relevant historical discipline
Fellowship: salary of EUR 2000 for a period of 2 years
Open to: PhD holders in a relevant historical discipline
Fellowship: salary of EUR 2000 for a period of 2 years
Description
New Europe
College is one of the South-Eastern Europe’s leading institutes for
advanced studies, internationally appreciated for its high quality and
innovative approach to research. Founded in 1994 as an independent institute,
it is officially recognized the Romanian Ministry of Education and
Research as an institutional structure for postgraduate studies in the
humanities and social sciences, at the level of advanced studies. With strong international
links, New Europe College managed to create a stimulating environment for
interdisciplinary dialogue and critical debates. Its main aim is to strengthen
research in the humanities and social science and to promote contacts between
Romanian scholars and their peers worldwide.
Following the European Research Council competition for
Consolidator Grants (2014), New Europe College became the Host Institution of
such a grant. The project title is “Luxury, Fashion and Social status in
Early Modern South-Eastern Europe” and its Principal Investigator is
Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu, researcher at New Europe College and at the
“Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History in Bucharest.
The project aims to trace the role luxury played in the
modernisation process in South-Eastern Europe, taking into account the specific
features of the region and how South-Eastern European peoples, and their
Byzantine and Ottoman heritage are viewed through the stereotype of
“Balkanism”. Thus, there is a need to examine the traditional society and
luxury as a cultural habitus of power; how the luxury tastes developed within
the process of “Europenization”; the appearance of consumer society. From the
economic point of view, South-Eastern Europe rewards analysis as the
intersection of two “world economic systems”, in Immanuel Wallerstein’s terms.
Originally located in the Ottoman world economic system, South-Eastern Europe
became a periphery of the Western European system as this system rose to world
supremacy. An extremely interesting aspect of such peripheral zones is
the coincidentia oppositorum principle, especially in evidence in
cultural matters. However, other tendencies in the same field did not follow
the same trend, offering an excellent subject for economic analysis, especially
from the perspective of luxury goods. The project’s findings will help towards
a better knowledge of changes in European society in its transition to
modernity, and of similarities and differences between the various regions of
Europe.
Within the project, 4 post-doctoral positions will
be available for the following themes of research:
The luxury goods trade in the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans
in the 17th and 18th centuries;
Regional identities and forms of segregation in Early Modern
South-Eastern Europe;
Social Elites in South-Eastern Europe;
Fashion and gender in Early Modern South-Eastern Europe.
The post-doctoral researchers will have the opportunity to
work on these projects, based on their expertise and research ideas, in
consultation with the principal investigator and the other members of the team.
They are encouraged to plan research stays at foreign libraries and archives
and to be as innovative as possible. At the same time, they are expected to be
present at all the team meetings (one every 6 months), and at other events
organized within the project, and to discuss their findings. At the end of
their activity they must provide, as results of their research, the following:
2 articles in international indexed peer-reviewed journals; 2 chapters in
collective volumes and 3 participations at international scientific events.
These contributions must be related to their specific theme of research within
the project, acknowledge their participation in this project and mention the
source of funding.
Eligibility
A successful candidate should have:
A PhD in a relevant historical discipline;
Excellent knowledge of 2 foreign languages (preferably
English and French). Knowledge of Greek, Turkish or Russian would be an asset;
Experience in archival research;
Capacity to work both as a creative and independent
researcher, and as part of an interdisciplinary international team;
Capacity and willingness to collaborate across academic
disciplines.
Fellowship
Four post-doctoral positions can be offered for a period of 2
years, with a monthly gross salary of EUR 2000. The winning
candidates will sign a contract with the Host Institution (New Europe College).
The contract will be drafted in accordance with the provisions of the Romanian
Labour Law.
How to apply?
Applicants should send the following documents (in English):
A letter of intent;
A curriculum vitae (with a recent photo);
Certified, scanned document(s) proving that the applicant
holds a PhD title;
A list of publications;
A 1000-word research design proposal (in Microsoft Word or
pdf format), in which the applicant presents his/her ideas about one of the
projects’ themes. Please specify on the upper side of your proposal for which
specific theme you are applying;
2 original letters of reference (in English or French) from
academics familiar with your work and explicitly supporting your application
for this position.
Candidates are asked to enter in the subject field of their
e-mail message: “Application for NEC-ERC LuxFass post-doctoral position”.
Please be aware that incomplete or late application files will not be taken
into consideration.
The application file should be sent by October 15, 2015 to
Nicoleta Roman, email: nroman@nec.ro.
For more information please visit the official website.
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