We are looking to recruit from March 2022 onwards,
Three PhD researchers
(m/f/d/)
for the ERC research group IberLAND
“Beyond
Property. Law and Land in the Iberian World (1510-1850)”
directed by Dr. Manuel Bastias Saavedra, with a case
study compatible with the following focus:
(1) Goa
(and Old Conquests), 1510-1630
(2) New
Spain, 1520-1630
(3) Cape
Verde, 1600-1730
IberLAND explores the history of land tenure in a long-term and global
perspective by focusing on the territories of the former Portuguese and Spanish
empires in what has recently been labelled the Iberian world. The Iberian
crowns of Portugal and Castile, beginning in the 15th century,
connected diverse peoples and communities across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the
Americas. In doing so, they for the first time transformed the questions of how
to own and how to use land into an issue of global dimensions. While this age
of discovery and colonialism has often been regarded as the first phase of the
transplantation of European concepts of property from Europe to the
non-European world, IberLAND seeks to disrupt this narrative by looking at the
history of land tenure not as a process of diffusion from Europe to the world,
but as a process of decentred legal innovation. To do this, the project will
move beyond the idea of property and focus on land relations to understand the
sets of social relations established between people and land. This conceptual
approach provides a way of observing how law was produced at the local level
through the combination of practice and doctrine. To connect legal doctrines to
local practices, the project’s analysis will focus on different sets of
institutions that structured land relations in different places in the Iberian
world. This conceptual and analytical framework will be applied to six case
studies focusing on New Spain, Goa, Cape Verde, Spain, Brazil and the Philippines,
enabling us to overcome the diffusionist mindset that has pervaded the study of
law and empire.
Job
description
Your key responsibility is to develop and complete a doctoral
dissertation within the framework of the research group with focus on one of
the three regions and temporal foci above. Doctoral researchers are also expected
to discuss, publish, and disseminate their research findings in close
co-operation with the other members of the research group.
Your
Profile
You hold a university degree in history, law, anthropology, or other
related field that has been completed with above-average success. Applicants should
hold a master’s degree at the time the PhD contract is signed. Candidates may
already be enrolled in a PhD program in any university worldwide.
You are fully
proficient in Portuguese and/or Spanish, and good knowledge of English is
expected. Knowledge of additional languages relevant to the regional focus is
not required but will be considered an asset.
Your curriculum vitae shows the potential to conduct research at an internationally
high level. You work meticulously and are able to handle deadlines. You work
independently and have a strong interest in interdisciplinary, archival, and
comparative work. You have the ability to play an active collaborative role in
the research group.
Our
offer
We
offer an attractive and international work environment with unparalleled
research infrastructure and a good working atmosphere. The candidate will have
the opportunity to take part in an interdisciplinary international research group,
benefit from continuous scientific exchange, a comprehensive library and the
possibility of research stays in Germany and abroad.
The PhD positions are full-time (39 hours per week) and are paid the
equivalent of 65% of the German Civil Service Collective Agreement (TVöD Bund),
level E13.
The positions are fixed-term appointments for three years; in
exceptional cases, a position can be extended for up to one additional year.
The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of
individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages
applications from such individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks
to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented
and therefore women are explicitly encouraged to apply.
We encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Application
process
The application can be in English, Portuguese, Spanish or German and
should contain the following documents (in one pdf document):
·
Cover letter naming your
research project and explaining to what extent your profile meets the selection
criteria
·
Detailed CV containing a
list of any publications you might have
·
Preliminary research
project (up to five pages, not including bibliography) on a local or regional
case study fitting within one of the three regions indicated above,
specifically indicating archives and sources. (Applicants working on other regions of the Iberian World may be
considered but should contact Dr. Bastias Saavedra before applying).
·
Copies of your university certificates
Your application must be submitted online via the following link by the
closing date of October 15, 2021: https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/job-offers. Outstanding candidates will be invited to an interview.
Contact
You are encouraged to contact Dr. Bastias Saavedra (bastias@lhlt.mpg.de) for any inquiries regarding the scientific aspects of the project. For
questions as to the terms and conditions of employment, please contact Ms. Anna
Heym (jobs@lhlt.mpg.de).
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