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Postdoc ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’ (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) – deadline 31 January 2026
The Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Research Group SHOC (Social History of Capitalism) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is looking for a postdoctoral researcher on the topic of the ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’.
The postdoc researcher will conduct high-quality research in the field of the social history of capitalism, understood here as the interaction with and negotiation of capitalist expansion from a bottom-up perspective. Specific research topics can include, but are not limited to, the study of political economy, welfare systems, social relations, migration, colonisation, economic/social inequality, the social history of medicine, the social history of warfare and armed violence, economic/social lobbying and ecological entanglements in any part of the world from the late Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
Applications should be submitted ultimately 31 January 2026.
