Detailed job description

Title of the contract and post concerned :
Civil society, institutions and European cooperations (XIXth-XXIth c.)

Category to which the teacher is destined for tenure: Junior Professor

Anticipated project duration: 5 years

Keywords: European cooperation, civil society, European, institutions, mobilisations

Scientific theme: Contemporary history of international relations

Establishment strategy :
The University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne is particularly involved in the "European studies" theme of its European association, Una Europa. For all 9 partners of the European alliance, this theme must constitute a lever for the establishment of joint European degrees based on transnational European research. Finally, Paris 1 was the initiator of the creation of the GIS EuroLab, which has been housed since its creation in January 2022, at the Projects and Prospective Department of the University of Paris 1. The objective of EuroLab, which brings together 26 institutions in France, is to federate and make visible the research produced in France on this transdisciplinary object of study, Europe, this in the continuity of the LabEx ENHE of which the SIRICE research unit (Sorbonne, Identities, International Relations, European Civilizations) has been a member since its foundation. The proposed Chair is part of a global strategy of the institution, recalled in its Strategic Plan (October 2021) and the SorbRising Project (PIA4), which has already borne its first fruits (Una Europa, LabEx ENHE, EuroLab). It relies on a long-standing and recognized expertise in France and internationally, whether in history, law, social sciences or political sciences.

Strategy of the host laboratory :
Among its five priority research areas, UMR SIRICE has three areas: globalization and regionalization, political cultures, and Europe. Over the past ten years, its members have developed expertise in European studies through the LABEX EHNE, Ecrire une histoire nouvelle de l'Europe. Cf. L. Badel, Diplomaties européennes (2021), L. Warlouzet, Europe contre Europe (2022), S. Bledniak, et al (coord.), Chroniques de l'Europe (2022). Because of an international situation that emphasizes the need to continue to create trans-European teaching and research spaces, and to maintain our exchanges with colleagues in Europe who are not members of the Union, the laboratory is eager to strengthen its work on European cooperation and construction by promoting new research at the junction of the history of international relations, the history of European integration, and European studies. The challenge is to articulate research on the actors involved in European policies (with an emphasis on the entry of women into decision-making processes), and to reflect on the processes aimed at establishing participatory democracy in the elaboration of EU public policies, while rethinking the question of interests in the light of a reflection on sovereignty and values.

Scientific Project :
The Chair project has three themes: 1. actors and participatory democracy, focusing on the actors of mobilizations aimed at establishing participatory democracy at the heart of European policies, and in particular the European Union. The focus will be on women's access to international political functions, the institutionalization of causes carried by women, and the dissemination of promoted norms (including trade negotiations and development aid policies). 2. Sovereignty and values to rethink the issue of national interests and European integration. The latter makes the participation of States in the Union legally conditional on the respect of a certain number of values. This axis will develop the reflection on the questions of diplomacy and defense, two regalian domains that resist integration.3. History of European Union policies: Many policies have emerged outside the European Union (culture, heritage, gender equality) and must be studied from a circulatory perspective. On certain issues (borders, conflict prevention), the EU has long "offloaded" to other organizations. This line of research will aim to develop work on European policies.

Teaching Project :
The chair (96 hours ETD per year) will give rise to teaching in L3 history (courses and tutorials) on the history of European Union public policies; a discovery unit in L2 history on the history of European cooperation and/or teaching within the professional master's degree in RIAE (International Relations and Action Abroad). The teaching could also feed into Laurence Badel's seminar on diplomatic practices, XIXth-XXIst century. The teacher must have linguistic skills in European languages and be able to teach in French and English. In the longer term, the chair could foster increased synergies between historians, jurists, political scientists, economists, gender studies specialists, and practitioners (diplomats, European civil servants) at Paris 1, particularly via the European studies theme of Una Europa, and feed into the work conducted within the GIS-Euro-Lab, and even the Institut du Genre.

Amount of associated funding :
In order to carry out the research and teaching project, the Chair will be financed, for the duration of the contract, to the tune of €275,160 for 5 years (or €220,128 for 4 years) for the remuneration of its holder, €150,000 for the financing of a one-year post-doctorate and a three-year doctoral contract, and €50,000 for research.

Scientific dissemination :
Scientific publications in English in international scientific journals specialized in the history of international relations and European integration (Journal of European Integration History, Contemporary European History, Journal of Contemporary History, Relations internationales, etc.) are expected to participate in the growth of the French academic community on the theme.

Open Science :
The project will follow the good practices of open science. Thus, it will offer:
- a research notebook (or portal) that will allow to follow the progress of the project;
- the deposit of publications on the HAL platform (following the policy of the University of Paris 1 on this subject);
- Communication of the results of the project in the form of scientific seminars.

Research and Society:
The project will resolutely consider communication with the general public in the form of publications in good popular historical journals, but also in other non-written forms. The location of the project on the Condorcet Campus would be a great asset in this respect: a partnership with the Grand Equipement Documentaire (organization of one or more small exhibitions) could be conceived. One can also imagine joint exhibitions with the Diplomatic Archives of La Courneuve.