Research School for Economic and Social History

Positions

PhD position ‘Hidden Sustainability: Non-Western Perspectives for an Actionable Historiography’ (TU/e) – deadline 1 September 2024

The History Lab (Technology, Innovation & Society group, School of Innovation Sciences, TU/e) is looking for a PhD candidate who likes to combine studying cultures of making and maintaining in Asia and Africa, engagin◙3 with “sustainability” as a critical humanities scholar, and doing historical research while contributing to debates on pathways to more inclusive, sustainable…

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Assistant Professor Colonial Environmental History and Decolonial Futures (University of Amsterdam) – deadline 15 September 2024

The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a colleague who will teach and conduct research on colonial environmental history, particularly on how intersections of colonisation and environmental extraction can inform imaginations of decolonial futures. The Assistant Professor will provide education in the dynamic context of the History degree programmes…

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