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The Department of History at Sciences Po, Paris invites applications for a non-renewable three-year postdoctoral position, specializing in XVIIIth Century History.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING PROFILE

The research and teaching profile of the candidate should have points of common interest with those aspects of Modern and Contemporary History, which colleagues at the Department of History and the Center for History at Sciences Po have defined as their primary areas of concentration during the next five years.

Candidates should have completed a PhD, and they are requested to submit a list of scientific publications. Some international teaching and/or research experience is required, as well as fluency in French and English.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH CONDITIONS

The teaching load will be two 24-hour courses per year at the undergraduate (Liberal Arts) and graduate (Master in History) levels. Courses will be taught either on the Paris Campus or in one of Sciences Po’s regional campuses across France. The Fellow will collaborate with colleagues of the Department and the Center for History and work on their own research programme. They will submit a detailed project together with the application, and will also produce a final report at the end of the three-year period.

APPLICATION

Interested candidates should send their application prior to April 26, 2013 (12:00), via e-mail to Isabelle de Vienne
(isabelle.devienne@sciences-po.fr), the General Secretary of the History Department at Sciences Po.

Please attach in one file (PDF):
 a curriculum vitae
 a proposal of courses
 a three-year detailed research project.

For any further scientific and pedagogical information, please contact
Prof. Stéphane Van Damme, the Chair of the Selection Committee
(stephane.vandamme@sciences-po.fr)