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The Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH), one of the six research schools, currently has a vacant Postdoctoral position as part of the NWO-funded VIDI project ‘Managing multi-level conflicts in commercial cities in northern Europe (c. 1350-1570)’, led by Dr Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz.
Bruges and Antwerp form a classic combination in the historical analysis of the premodern international urban trade. Recently, it has been posited that urban rivalry has fuelled overall institutional change, also in terms of developing efficient institutions of conflict resolution. This has rekindled the debate on the role of institutions and the extent of the uniqueness of the case of the cities of the Low Countries. The project will contribute to this debate by expanding the scope of the academic discussion in a fourfold way, taking its point of departure in the premises of the overall VIDI project:
On a theoretical level, the project will contribute to discussions conducted within the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution and economic diplomacy.
You will work closely with a PhD dealing with 1) Lübeck, Tallinn/Reval and Stockholm and 2) a postdoc analysing Gdańsk/Danzig, Elbląg/Elbing and Toruń/Thorn = PI. The cooperation will take place on a conceptual level and by creating a shared source data base.
Tasks will include:
The successful applicant must have:
Digital Humanities skills are an advantage.
You will be appointed for 30.4 hours per week (0.8 FTE) for a period of 36 months at the Department of History, European Studies & Religious Studies of the Faculty of Humanities. The intended starting date of the contract is 1 September 2018. The gross monthly salary (on a full-time basis) will range from €3,238 to €3,954 depending on experience and qualifications, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.
The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.
Research at the Faculty of Humanities is carried out by six research schools under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research. The Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH), one of the six research schools, currently has a vacant Postdoctoral position as part of the NWO-funded VIDI project ‘Managing multi-level conflicts in commercial cities in northern Europe (c. 1350-1570)’, led by Dr Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz.
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