The University of Padova (Italy) is pleased to inform you that the calls for 4 postdoctoral positions have been announced within the frame of the ERC-funded project LINK: "PREWArAs - The Dark Side of the Belle Époque. Political Violence and Armed Associations in Europe before the First World War" -> https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eramore/index.cfm.
The Principal Investigator of the project is Mr Matteo Millan, associate professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padova. The project - based at the Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World - consists in a comparative historical research on various armed associations and forms of political violence in Europe from the 1890s to 1914.
The 4 postdoctoral positions are devoted to the study and collection of sources in archives and libraries on armed movements (e.g. militias, para- and pre-military groups, shooting clubs, vigilante associations, etc.), acting respectively in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A PhD is required as well as specific language skills.
You are welcome to access to the calls by clicking on this LINK: link -> https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eramore/index.cfm.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AT 1:00 P.M. ON THE 22ND OF DECEMBER 2016.
Available Positions:
- Post Doc on the case study "The United Kingdom and the British Empire"
- Post Doc on the case study "Germany"
- Post Doc on the case study "France and its colonies"
- Post Doc on the case study "The Austro - Hungarian Empire"