2-3 Postdoctoral Positons, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for History, Leiden University, Netherlands (2015-2016)

We are seeking to develop emerging talent by providing a short-term (6-12 months) postdoc position (0.6 fte). During this time, the postdoc will dedicate his/her time to developing and writing a Dutch National (NWO), EU (ERC) or similar grant proposal. We will consider only the most competitive proposals, which will be evaluated primarily in terms of innovative potential and academic excellence.

We will consider any project within the humanities (area studies, history, linguistics, art history, literary studies, cultural studies, ancient languages and cultures), archaeology, or cultural anthropology. The proposal must demonstrate an innovative, preferably cross-disciplinary, approach (theoretical, methodological or both) and advance the study of a topic concerning global interactions. Ideally, the proposed research should complement existing research at Leiden. A condition of the postdoc is that if a grant application is successful, the candidate will agree to be based at Leiden (pending agreement with the relevant institute and faculty).

Expected results:
- Produce a good draft of VENI grant proposal by the end of their tenure (6 month tenure)* and one refereed publication;
- Produce a good draft of VIDI/ERC starting/consolidator grant proposal by the end of their tenure (12 month tenure)* and one refereed publication.

*the resulting proposal should be ready for submission by the first application deadline following the postdoc end-date.

During your appointment you will be supervised by an LGI coordinator and a professor in your area of expertise.

Further details:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk