Doctoral Researcher in Contemporary History in Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History.

The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (University of Luxembourg) has a job opening for a doctoral position on project on the History of the University of Luxembourg. The planning and creation of the first university in the country reflects an interesting moment in the country’s history. It reflects an important transition of the socio-economic development of the country since the 1970s and offers an interesting historical example of a reconversion process. The aim of the historical study is:

• First to retrace the long pre-UL-history of scientific associations, academic training opportunities, and public research institutes and to position UL in the heart of this academic research and education ecosystem in Luxembourg
• Second, to unearth the complex political decision-making process that led to the official creation of the University of Luxembourg in 2003 and to sketch the public debates and discourse that surrounded that creation and its implementation into the country and the Greater Region
• Third, to sketch the fast development and growth of the University and its strategic orientation in terms of research activities and educational priorities
• And finally, to offer a transregional, transnational, and international perspective on how a young university has tried to position itself in the global knowledge economy and competitive university landscape

Your Role…

• Realize a PhD thesis on the historical emergence and development of the University of Luxembourg within the C²DH research project “25 years of UL”
• Realise oral-history interviews with important historical actors
• Contributing to the construction of a multi-media digital repository of retro-digitized and born-digital sources that could serve as digital archive for the production of transmedia storytelling-formats for the larger public (virtual exhibit, interactive web-documentary, podcasts)

For further information, please contact: Andreas Fickers

For more information about C2DH, please visit: www.c2dh.uni.lu

What we expect from you…

• M.A. in Contemporary History, History of Sciences, or Socio-economic Studies with a focus on the History of socio-economic transition since the 1970s
• Participation in collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects
• Active knowledge of French, English and German. Notions of Luxemburgish constitute a real advantage

How to apply…

Applications should be submitted online and include:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation letter
• List of publications

Organisation/Company – University of Luxembourg

Research Field – History » Contemporary history

Researcher Profile – First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country – Luxembourg

Application Deadline – 17 Jan 2024 – 11:07 (UTC)

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