Call for Applications: Archives and Interculturality: Post-Doctoral Researcher at CEFRES (2018-2019)
Deadline for submission: 23 August 2017
Period: 1 January 2018—31 December 2019
Application Language: English only
Address for submission: clararoyer@cefres.cz
URL : http://www.cefres.cz/en/6214
A post-doctoral position at CEFRES cofunded by Charles University and CEFRES within the frame of the collaborative research project “Archives and Interculturality”. This research project will associate the post-doctoral researcher with CNRS researcher Benedetta Zaccarello.
Topic: Archives and Interculturality
Description: Candidates should be trained on and familiar with research on autograph manuscripts, notably on archives relevant to philosophy and the history of thought. We encourage applicants whose approach emphasizes the historical, textual and intercultural value of those documents, focusing on multilingual corpus inspired by or dealing with different traditions, both in space and time. An interdisciplinary approach is preferred, as well as some experience in the field of the edition of unpublished texts and in the methodology of genetic criticism.
Applicants may contact Mrs Zaccarello before applying for any relevant questions on their application. Please write at: benedetta.zaccarello@cefres.cz
Application Package
Applicants should provide the following documents:
· The application form duly filled in: download HERE. The application form includes the description of a research project. The research project must:
· specify the name of the research project you want to apply to (for ex. "Archives and Intertextuality") and explain how your research befits it.
· include an explanation on the methodology and inputs of your own research, as well as a selected bibliography (max. 1 page-long)
· include outcomes (publications, conferences, and so forth).
· A letter of reference from the PhD supervisor: download HERE. The letter must include a statement from the PhD supervisor (mentionning topic of the PhD and whether candidate was successful with it, and so forth)
· A detailed CV
· A list of publications
· A copy of the PhD diploma
Application packages must be submitted by 23 August 2017 electronically in an email entitled “YOUR LAST NAME_CEFRES-UK” at: clararoyer@cefres.cz. Please send the application form in both PDF and as a Word-document. The selected post-doctoral researcher will be informed on 2 October 2017.
Eligibility Criteria
· be high-level researchers from abroad, who defended their PhD no more than 10 years prior to the application deadline in a university outside the Czech Republic
· conducting a research befitting one of the research projects described above
· good command of English is mandatory
Framework of the Charles University and CEFRES post-doctoral position
As a partner of CEFRES Platform, Charles University recruits two high-quality post-doctoral research fellows from abroad, to become researchers at CEFRES, within the frame of the Charles University’s International Post-Doc Research Fund. The gross monthly salary is 32 000 CZK and a fixed-term contract will be signed between each post-doctoral researcher and CEFRES. UK-CEFRES post-doctoral researchers will be affiliated to both CEFRES and a relevant department of one of the faculties in social sciences and humanities of the Charles University according to their main discipline.
CEFRES post-doctoral researchers are expected to:
· contribute through their own research to the research project they apply to
· take part in the scientific life of CEFRES
· submit a yearly report on their research to the director of CEFRES
· come to live in Prague from 1 January 2018.
A call for applications will be published on Charles University’s website on 1 July 2017. CEFRES will be amongst the hosting institutions of the University Post-Doc Research Fund.