DOCTORAL POSITION: ERC-funded Dual Doctoral Award with the Department of History at the University of Exeter and the Faculteit Recht en Criminologie (Faculty of Law and Criminology), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium)

WHAT ERC-funded Dual Doctoral Award with the Department of History at the University of Exeter and the Faculteit Recht en Criminologie (Faculty of Law and Criminology), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium) within the project Average - Transaction Costs and Risk Management during the First Globalization (Sixteenth-Eighteenth Centuries) Ref: 2609

WHEN n.a., duration 42 months.

WHERE University of Exeter and the Faculteit Recht en Criminologie (Faculty of Law and Criminology), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium)

application deadline May 1, 2017

Applications are invited for one ERC-funded Dual Doctoral Award with the Department of History at the University of Exeter and the Faculteit Recht en Criminologie (Faculty of Law and Criminology), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium). This doctoral position will focus on researching the development and practice of Maritime Averages in Bruges and Antwerp between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries under the supervision of Professor Maria Fusaro (Exeter), Principal Investigator of the project, and Professor Dave De ruysscher (Brussels).

This doctoral position will last for 42 months – to allow for the appropriate technical and quantitative training to analyse this complex documentation – and all its activities will be fully embedded into the wider project’s activities.

The overall aim of the project (ERC grant agreement number 724544) is to investigate the legal and economic development of General Averages comparatively across Europe (in total 4 doctoral positions are being advertised for different countries). A topic neglected by scholars, even though rich and substantial (serial) documentary evidence about it has survived for the early modern period. The project will be articulated along two principal axes: one principally concerned with economic analysis, which will analyse (and make available) data extracted from archives in Italy (Venice, Livorno, Genoa), the Low Countries and Spain; the other concentrating on the legal and political elements behind GA historical development. You can hear more details about the project from this link: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/events/ercweek/professormariafusaro/

JOB: Naval and Maritime History position at the University of Exeter (Exeter, September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2020)

WHAT Lecturer in Naval and Maritime History (E&R) at the University of Exeter, College of Humanities

WHEN September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2020

WHERE University of Exeter, College of Humanities, UK

all information here
deadline February 14, 2017

The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university that combines world-class research with very high levels of student satisfaction. Exeter has over 21,000 students from more than 130 different countries and is in the top 1% of universities in the world with 98% of its research rated as being of international quality. Our research focuses on some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.

The post of Lecturer in Naval and Maritime History will contribute to extending the research profile of History at Exeter, with a preference for areas related or complementary to the Mediterranean and maritime trade in the Early Modern period. This full time post is available from 1^stSeptember 2017 to 31^st August 2020 in the College of Humanities on a fixed term basis.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD or equivalent in History and have an independent, internationally-recognised research programme in an active field of historical research related or complementary to existing Exeter strengths. He/she will be able to demonstrate the following qualities and characteristics;   a strong record in attracting research funding, or demonstrable potential to attract such funding, teamwork skills to work in collaboration with existing group members, an active and supportive approach to inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research that will help to foster interactions and links both within the University and externally, the attitude and ability to engage in continuous professional development, the aptitude to develop familiarity with a variety of strategies to promote and assess learning and enthusiasm for delivering undergraduate programmes.

The University offers some fantastic benefits including generous holiday entitlements, options for flexible working, an onsite gym, parking and a stunning campus environment in the heart of Exeter. Take a look at our careers site ( www.exeter.ac.uk/working ) for more information.

Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career.

For further information please contact Professor Richard Toye, e-mailr.toye@exeter.ac.uk or telephone (01392) 723296.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification document pleaseclick here .