The Department of History and Civilisation and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies seek outstanding candidates with an established record in research and supervision on the history of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe from the latenineteenth century to the present. The position is open to historians specialising in cultural, economic, institutional, international, political, social, and transnational approaches. We are particularly interested in candidates who combine two or more of these approaches.

The European University Institute (EUI) is an equal opportunities employer and takes into account the importance of balance in gender, geographical and minority representation. The successful candidate will be expected to provide major input in research, teaching, supervision and administration, as follows:

Research:
- To develop and lead research in the fields mentioned in the profile
- To promote the integration of his/her research with other research interests within the Department of History and Civilisation as well as interdisciplinary research with the other Departments and Centres of the EUI; candidates are invited to take into consideration the research priorities and existing research projects of the Department of History and Civilisation (eui.eu) and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (eui.eu)
- To maintain a high national and international profile of publications in books and in internationally recognised journals
- To acquire research funding on an individual basis and in collaboration with others

Teaching and supervision:

- To teach effectively postgraduate students both in introductory and research seminars;
- To provide high quality doctoral supervision and attract research students to the EUI;
- To act as mentor for Max Weber fellows and other postdoctoral fellows.

Administration:

- To make a significant contribution to the promotion of the EUI, and to contribute to the transition of EUI alumni into professional life, especially in academic careers;
- To make the best use of his/her research budget and try to supplement it with outside funding;
- To provide support for the Head of Department and the Director of the Centre, amongst others by serving on appropriate Committees, and to contribute fully to the general life the Department, the Centre, and the Institute;
- To contribute to the promotion of cultural diversity in the Department, the Centre, and the EUI.

The European University Institute is an equal opportunity employer. Full-time professors at the EUI are appointed on a five-year contract with possibility of renewal for further three years. The EUI offers a competitive salary and several benefits, including family allowance packages and generous severance grant. In particular,

- The amount of take-home salary varies and depends on seniority, eligibility to expatriation, household, dependent children and other allowances.
- Under the terms of the Convention establishing the Institute, EUI professors are exempt from income tax on their salary paid by the Institute anywhere in the Contracting States. In lieu of national taxes, a deduction is carried out by the Institute

Application file

Your file should contain the following elements:

1) Application form (to be filled in online) in which you are invited to provide your personal data, and to indicate two “signature publications” which you consider most representative of your work, one of them an article and the other one either a monograph or an article. Normally they should be single-authored. If you submit jointly authored work please specify the contribution of each coauthor. Please provide the full bibliographic citation and if available, also a link to the publication. Please submit four names of possible referees whom the EUI may contact. The referees should not include members of the professorial staff of the EUI. Please give us the names and e-mail addresses of referees who know you in both your teaching and research functions. The Selection Committee may consult other external experts if it considers that helpful to its deliberations.

Attach the following documents as PDF files to the online application form:

2) Cover letter

3) CV: Please present a short CV of maximum 5 pages including education, professional experience, prizes and other major achievements

4) List of publications: Please present a list of your books, contributions to books, journal articles, and other relevant publications

5) Research project: The research project should be designed to cover a five year contract and correspond to the profile. It should specify the objectives and scope of the project and give indications on the background, especially how it relates to work you have already undertaken and published. It should also give some preliminary indications about the methodology you intend to follow in exploring the proposed hypotheses or theories; indications as to the empirical components and sources; management of the research especially ist organisation and the possible running of a research team. It should also include some preliminary indications on the type of outcome you have in mind. The project should preferably be written in English, and have a length of up to 2.000 words.

Formal applications should be submitted online by 7 February 2022 at midnight (CET). For any queries about the application procedure you may contact applypro@eui.eu.