Three (3) PhD Fellowships in History, European University Institute, Italy (2016-2017)

The Department of History and Civilization at the European University Institute invites applications for 3 doctoral research grants in the framework of the ERC research project “Looking West: the European Socialist regimes facing pan-European cooperation and the European Community” (PanEur1970s).

The project
PanEur1970s explores, in a comparative way, the European socialist countries’ views, policies, and debates on cooperation with Western Europe, and specifically with the European Economic Community (EEC), in the 1970s. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No 669194).

Doctoral researchers
We are looking for three candidates to study these processes—from archival as well as published sources—in three countries, respectively: East Germany, Poland and Bulgaria. These three Ph.D. candidates will be selected together with regular Ph.D. candidates to the Department of History and Civilization (HEC) at the European University Institute (EUI), as they will also have to enrol in the department’s doctoral programme. The selected candidates will participate fully in the regular EUI programme and will be expected to fulfil the same requirements as other doctoral students in the HEC department. Unlike other EUI Ph.D. candidates, however, they will be financed by the ERC project and prepare their dissertation in the framework of the project. The doctoral programme for all Ph.D. candidates, including the three ERC-funded candidates, starts on 1 September 2016.

Each position will be for four years. Selected candidates will receive an annual grant equivalent to or slightly higher than the EUI grant (currently € 1280 per month) in addition to dependants’ allowances (if applicable), travel allowance and medical insurance.

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