Job description
PhD position
The PhD candidate will study the Annales de philosophie chrétienne, a journal founded by the French writer Augustin Bonnetty (1798-1879). Completely forgotten today, the Annales were widely read in the nineteenth century. They contained articles on an impressive range of subjects, including historical method, linguistics, ethnology, geology, paleontology and archaeology. The principal aim of the Ph.D. is to use the Annales as a lens through which to study the approaches to knowledge that succeeded each other in France throughout the nineteenth century, connecting the scientific traditionalism of the Restoration with the disciplinary paradigms of the Third Republic. Other aims could include exploring changing models of the relationship between science and religion, and contributing to the intellectual biography of Bonnetty. Applicants are asked to include in their applications a motivation for the approach they would favor in this matter. Candidates are expected to complete a PhD dissertation within a four-year period.
Requirements
- University Graduate
- MA degree in intellectual history and/or other relevant fields
- strong motivation to complete a PhD dissertation in four years
- proven affinity with the subject
- indication of research preferences and strategies for the elaboration of the PhD
- proven research abilities
- fluency in written and spoken English
- willingness to participate in the curriculum of the graduate school
Arbeidsvoorwaarden
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,042 gross per month in the first year to € 2,612 gross per month in the fourth year (figures based on full employment). The full-time appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years.
Affiliation
The PhD candidate will be affiliated with ICOG (the Research Institute for the Study of Culture at the Faculty of Arts) and the Department of History, and will be enrolled in the research training program of the Graduate School for the Humanities.
The position requires residence in Groningen, 38 hours/week research and research training, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidates’ results and the progress of the project to decide whether the employment will be continued.
You can only apply for this vacancy before 7 January 2011 by sending your application with vacancy number …….. by postal mail and/or e-mail to vmp@rug.nl. Please use the guidelines of the ICOG application format to write your application. See www.rug.nl/let/icog/applicationformat . Load your application on to the ‘application form’ of the Personnel Department, fill out the other details required there, and send all this to vmp@rug.nl . After the receipt of these files we shall send you an email to ask you to send us copies of your diploma(s) and list of grades, both in pdf-format.
Interviews will presumably take place in the second half of January.
Starting date of the PhD project: 1 March 2011.
Organization
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 27,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigeous partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
The university provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.
The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.