VACANCY: Assistant or Assistant Professor [Department of History of State and Law] (Brno: Masaryk University, DEADLINE 1 JUL 2026)

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Masaryk University (Brno/Brünn, Czech Republic) is hiring a fulltime assistant or assistant professor (3 years) from 1 September 2026 on. The job description contains inter alia "teaching on courses primarily focused on legal history within accredited degree programmes and lifelong learning programmes, including the development of study programmes".

More information here.

VACANCY: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (fulltime, tenure) (Warwick: University of Warwick, DEADLINE 8 MAR 2026)

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Description:

Informal Queries For informal queries about the role, please contact Professor Tim Lockley at T.J.Lockley@warwick.ac.uk The Department of History seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History on a full-time and indefinite basis from 1 September 2026. You will be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

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VACANCIES: Five positions as doctoral research associates (m/f/d) available [Graduiertenkolleg Politik der Aufklärung] (Halle: Martin-Luther-Universität-Halle-Wittenberg; DEADLINE 26 OCT 2025)

 

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Five positions as doctoral research associates (m/f/d) available
Research Associate (m-f-d)

The Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg is offering 5 part time (65%) positions as part of the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group (RTG 2999) as a

for a fixed term of up to 4 years, starting from 01.04.2026.

Remuneration will be determined based on job duties and responsibilities and will be aligned with the fulfillment of listed personal requirements, up to pay grade 13 under the TV-L (Tarifvertrag für den Öffentlichen Dienst der Länder – ‚German Public Service Pay Agreement for the Federal States‘).

Job Responsibilities:

• Completion of a dissertation within the Research Training Group’s thematic spectrum.
• Assistance with Research Training Group activities.
• The research and training objectives of the Research Training Group are available here https://cloud.uni-halle.de/s/XZFiJKO3UaxHmrh

Requirements:

• Very good academic university degree (master’s, state exam, or equivalent) in one of the areas of study involved in the Research Training Group (English studies, American studies, German studies, Romance studies, comparative literature, history, cultural history, philosophy, political science).
• Openness to interdisciplinary cooperation.
• Very good language skills in German and English. Further language skills are desirable.
• Strong communicative and social skills.

We offer:

• An open, motivating, interdisciplinary, and international research context with the opportunity to gain teaching experience.
• A structured qualification program for university and non-university career paths including a one- to three-month (optional) internship.
• 30 days of annual vacation plus additional days off on December 24 and 31.
• A family-friendly, diversity-oriented, and intercultural work environment at a certified family-oriented university, including holiday childcare.

Application Requirements:

• Exposé of your dissertation project of no more than 5 pages (additionally, a schedule and a summary of the planned structure). This should demonstrate a methodologically well-reflected research question that can be answered in the given timeframe and with interdisciplinary implications within the thematic framework of the Research Training Group.
• Statement of purpose (with one suggestion for a topic and format for an event that could be organized within the Research Training Group, e.g., seminar, workshop)
• CV
• Your most recent final thesis on a relevant subject
• Copies of all relevant transcripts
• List of courses taught and publications, if applicable
• Certificates of employment, if applicable
• Letter of recommendation from a university lecturer

Applications from disabled persons, including those of equal status (as certified by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit / Federal Employment Agency), will be given preferential consideration if they are equally suitable and qualified. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications from individuals of all nationalities are explicitly welcome. Applicants with a degree that was not obtained at a German university must submit a Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) (https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education) as proof of equivalence upon conclusion of the employment contract. You can find ways to apply for a financial grant for this under: https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/pro/recognition-grant.php.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Martin Dönike, Email: grk@polight.uni-halle.de.

Please send your application, including Reg. No.: 4-6767/25-D to Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Graduiertenkolleg “Politik der Aufklärung”, IZEA, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Décultot, 06099 Halle (Saale) by 27.10.2025.

If possible, please send your application documents bey email (in a single PDF document) with the subject “Application Documents RTG Doctoral Candidate Position” and the Reg. No. to: graduiertenkolleg.pda@izea.uni-halle.de.

This job posting is subject to potential budgetary restrictions. Application costs will not be reimbursed by Martin Luther University. Application documents will only be returned if a sufficiently stamped envelope is enclosed. Electronic applications are welcome.

https://www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Ausschr/25_4_6767_25_D_engl.pdf

JOB: PhD Studentship: Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project (Maynooth: Maynooth University, DEADLINE 25 JUL 2025)

 

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Abstract:

Prof. Raul Cârstocea has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for a project entitled Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project (INTEMPO). As part of this project, the Department of History at Maynooth University is pleased to announce that two PhD Scholarships are available for suitably qualified applicants intending to commence their PhD studies in September 2025 / January 2026.

Project description:

Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project (INTEMPO) is funded by the European Research Council (ERC), as part of the ERC Consolidator Grant 2024 scheme of Horizon Europe, grant number no. 101170033. Led by Prof. Raul Cârstocea (Principal Investigator), the project investigates the global spread of fascism during the interwar period, particularly with a view to the transnational connections established by fascist movements and regimes. INTEMPO hypothesises that, despite their national specificities, fascist movements and regimes around the world recognised their commonalities and drew inspiration from, as well as engaged with, like-minded activists abroad. It argues that, while the significant differences between fascist organisations were a consequence of different national pasts in diverse contexts, fascists shared a common vision of a future ‘New Order’ that allowed them to see themselves as part of a European or, indeed, global fascist moment. This hypothesis will be tested against a number of case studies of fascist movements, within and outside of Europe, through archive-based research into their ideology and practices.

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JOB: PhD candidate legal history (first half of the 20th century), University of Regensburg, Prof. Dr. Martin Löhnig, Chair for Civil Law, German and European Legal History and Canon Law (DEADLINE: 18 July 2025)

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Die Universität Regensburg ist mit über 20.000 Studierenden eine innovative und interdisziplinär
ausgerichtete Campus-Universität mit vielseitigen und hochrenommierten Forschungsaktivitäten
und einem breiten und attraktiven Studienangebot für junge Menschen aus dem In- und Ausland.
Der Lehrstuhl von Martin Löhnig (www.martin-loehnig.de) widmet sich insbesondere der
deutschen und europäischen Rechtsgeschichte des 19./20. Jahrhunderts und der Juristischen
Zeitgeschichte. Dort ist eine Stelle als

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)

 

in Teilzeit (20 Stunden pro Woche) zu besetzen. Die befristete Beschäftigung erfolgt zur eigenen

wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierung (Promotion) für eine angemessene Vertragslaufzeit (§ 2 Abs. 1
WissZeitVG). Die Vergütung erfolgt nach TV-L E13.

Ihre Aufgaben:

 
• Arbeit an Ihrer Dissertation im Rahmen eines rechtsgeschichtlichen
Forschungsprojekts (erste Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert).
• Unterstützung des Lehrstuhlinhabers bei der rechtshistorischen Arbeit.

Unsere Anforderungen:

 
• Interesse an den rechtsgeschichtlichen Arbeitsbereichen des Lehrstuhls.
• Fachliche Eignung gem. § 5 der PromO der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft.
• Flexibilität und Teamfähigkeit.

Wir bieten Ihnen:

 
• Exzellentes und wertschätzendes Arbeitsumfeld in einem aufgeschlossenen
Team.
• Anspruchsvolle und abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeit.
• Ausgezeichnete Möglichkeit zur Promotion mit stetiger und strukturierter
Betreuung.
• Einen hohen Grad an Selbständigkeit mit flexiblen Arbeitszeiten.

Die Universität Regensburg strebt eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils an und fordert daher
qualifizierte Frauen ausdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Die Universität Regensburg setzt sich
besonders für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf ein (nähere Informationen unter https://
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet/personalentwicklung/familien-service).

Bei im Wesentlichen gleicher Eignung werden schwerbehinderte Bewerberinnen und Bewerber
bevorzugt eingestellt. Bitte weisen Sie auf eine vorliegende Schwerbehinderung ggf. bereits in
der Bewerbung hin.

Bei Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an Herrn Prof. Dr. Martin Löhnig
(martin.loehnig@ur.de). Wir freuen uns auf Ihre ausführliche Bewerbung, die
Sie bitte bis zum 18. Juli 2025 per E-Mail an martin.loehnig@ur.de senden.

Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie unter https://www.uni-regensburg.de/assets/universitaet/stellenausschreibungen/dokumente/datenschutz_stellenausschreibungen_2020.pdf

 

Find more here. 

VACANCY: Chaire Junior "Systèmes juridiques et circulations de normes H/F" (CNRS, France) [DEADLINE 14 JUL 2025]

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Informations générales

Acronyme : POLYLAW
Référence : CPJ-2025-029
Établissement porteur : Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Nom du chef d’établissement : Antoine PETIT
Site(s) concerné(s) : AMU, Université de Rennes, Université Paris Nanterre
Région(s) académique(s) : Paris, Bretagne, Marseille
Etablissement(s) partenaire(s) envisagé(s) : Aix-Marseille Université (AMU),Université de Rennes (Unir),Université Paris Nanterre,,,,,,,
Code(s) établissement(s) :

• UMR6262

• UMR7074

• UMR7318

Date de publication : mardi 20 mai 2025
Type de contrat : Chaire de professeur Junior
Durée du contrat : entre 3 et 6 ans en fonction du projet de recherche et du profil du lauréat
Quotité de travail : Complet
Rémunération : Rémunération brute annuelle de 54600 Euros à 57800 Euros selon l’expérience professionnelle
Thématique scientifique : Sciences humaines et sociales
Section(s) CN : 36 - Sociologie et sciences du droit
Profil Recherché
Stratégie d'établissement
Le profil présenté ici, axé sur les sciences juridiques, répond en outre au soutien accordé aux approches aréales, comparées et transnationales qui s’attachent notamment à analyser les circulations et les transferts entre aires géographiques et époques pour proposer une lecture complexe des dynamiques de maillages, influences et interactions. Cette importance accordée aux approches aréales – en lien avec d’autres partenaires académiques – permet d’identifier, de structurer et de financer des communautés de recherche. Elle conduit à la mobilisation d’importantes ressources de CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales via ses UMR spécialisées, ses laboratoires à l'étranger, ses réseaux et ses divers outils de coopération internationale, ses contrats doctorants internationaux, son soutien aux mobilités entrantes et sortantes.
Stratégie du laboratoire d'accueil
Stratégie Internationale
Répertoire national des structures de recherche (RNSR) du laboratoire d'accueil
UMR6262 IODE Institut de l’Ouest : Droit et Europe RNSR 200812291E
UMR7074 CTAD Centre de théorie et analyse du droit RNSR 199912465H
Résumé du projet scientifique
Résumé du projet d'enseignement
Environnement Financier

• Total financé (dont package ANR) : 200 k€

• Total du projet : 0 k€

Diffusion scientifique
Science ouverte
Science et société
Indicateurs
Modalités d'organisation des auditions

Intitulé de l'offre : Systèmes juridiques et circulations de normes H/F

Titulaire d’un doctorat ou diplôme équivalent ou justifiant de titres et travaux scientifiques jugés équivalents par l’instance compétente de l’établissement. Il n’y a aucune condition d’âge ou de nationalité pour candidater. Tous les emplois CNRS sont accessibles aux personnes en situation de handicap en bénéficiant d’aménagement d’épreuves rendus nécessaires par la nature du handicap

Cette CPJ correspond à la volonté de CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales de soutenir des recherches novatrices en sciences juridiques, à même de s’articuler avec des recherches conduites par d’autres disciplines, y compris dans d’autres domaines que les sciences humaines & sociales. Parmi les thématiques clé et les questions de recherche identifiées pour les sciences juridiques, notamment en lien avec l’économie, l’histoire, la science politique et la sociologie, figure celle des mutations contemporaines des formes de régulation et de l’action publique. Cette thématique fait partie des cibles de recrutement privilégiées par CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales dans les campagnes de chaire de professeur junior et a déjà conduit à deux recrutements.

Les trois laboratoires d'accueil potentiels occupent une position clé dans la recherche en sciences juridiques et sont intégrés dans un contexte académique particulièrement prometteur dans ce domaine. Ce sont des unités mixtes avec des partenaires académiques avec lesquels CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales souhaite développer ou entretient déjà des liens scientifiques solides sur la thématique proposée pour cette CPJ (Université de Rennes, Université Paris Nanterre, Ecole Normale Supérieure PSL et Aix-Marseille Université). En outre, ils offrent un écosystème de recherche qui rend possible d’aborder les enjeux scientifiques de la CPJ de manière pluridisciplinaire au sein des sciences humaines et sociales en appliquant les méthodes des sciences sociales (approches quantitatives, cartographie de flux normatifs et analyse de réseaux…) et en articulant analyse historique, observation des évolutions contemporaines et réflexion prospective.

Le ou la titulaire de la chaire devra mettre en œuvre des actions et des partenariats dans le champ thématique et s’engager notamment à déposer un projet dans le cadre des appels européens (ERC, Consortium Horizon Europe, etc.) au cours des 5 années de son contrat. La personne recrutée pourra saisir les opportunités offertes par les unités internationales du CNRS (notamment ici la Maison française d’Oxford ou Mondes en transitions à Sao Paulo), pour y effectuer des séjours de recherche permettant l’accès à des terrains étrangers et/ou y développer des projets collaboratifs.

UMR7318 DICE Droits international, comparé et européen RNSR 201220257W

Les modalités de régulation juridique connaissent des transformations profondes qui nécessitent d’être mieux documentées. L’État, jadis régulateur central, partage désormais la production normative avec une pluralité d’acteurs transnationaux ou privés produisant des normes de portée normative variable. Ce polycentrisme fragilise la traditionnelle hiérarchie des normes et favorise l’émergence de systèmes juridiques perméables, où les influences réciproques, mais aussi les conflits entre ordres juridiques nationaux, régionaux et internationaux s’intensifient. En ciblant ses travaux sur un acteur, un secteur ou une thématique en particulier, la personne recrutée explorera les relations entre ces différentes sources normatives, les dynamiques d’articulation et les mécanismes de résolution des conflits, y compris dans une perspective diachronique. Elle s’interrogera sur les tensions que font naitre ces évolutions, entre légitimité, efficacité des normes et respect du pluralisme juridique.

L’enseignement sera discuté en fonction du site où le ou la lauréate sera affecté(e). Il/elle s’impliquera sur chaque site dans des parcours existants.

La diffusion des résultats passera par des productions scientifiques (publications, logiciels, patents…) de niveau mondial. Par ailleurs, le projet mettra en œuvre une communication vers des cibles diverses telles que communautés scientifiques, médias, décideurs, grand public, scolaires, etc., avec un calendrier adapté. Des outils spécifiques pourront être développés comme des sites web, des newsletters ou encore des rencontres, colloques internationaux, écoles d’été et conférences.

Le CNRS développe une politique forte en faveur de la science ouverte. La science ouverte consiste à rendre « accessibles autant que possible et fermés autant que nécessaire » les résultats de la recherche. À ce titre, le CNRS vise à ce que 100 % des textes des publications issues des travaux de ses unités soient rendues accessibles, notamment grâce au dépôt dans HAL. Les données produites doivent aussi être rendues disponibles et réutilisables, sauf restriction particulière. Par ailleurs, les principes directeurs de l’évaluation individuelle sont revus en conformité avec la déclaration DORA, plus qualitatifs et tenant compte de toutes les facettes du métier de chercheur.

La relation science-société est désormais reconnue comme une dimension à part entière de l'activité scientifique. Le projet développera cette dimension en synergie avec tous les partenaires. Les travaux de recherche qui en seront issus contribueront à éclairer la décision publique. Des initiatives de sciences participatives pourront être initiées avec des acteurs de l’écosystème socio-économique et culturel du projet.

L’activité sera évaluée notamment sur la base de la production scientifique (publications, logiciels, patent, etc.), sur les partenariats institutionnels et privés formalisés par des contrats, sur le rayonnement international, sur la valorisation des travaux vers des communautés scientifiques pluridisciplinaires, sur l’innovation et son transfert vers la société et sur la diffusion scientifique à destination de publics non spécialistes.

Seul(e)s seront convoqué(e)s aux auditions les candidat(e)s sélectionné(e)s sur dossier par la commission de sélection

 More information here.

PHD STUDENTSHIP: Early women solicitors in England and Wales 1919-1939 (Lady Cruickshank Studentship) [DEADLINE 3 MARCH 2025]

 

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Based in the Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London, the Lady Cruickshank studentship is valued at £25 000 per annum for three fulltime equivalent years, covering:

• Annual tuition fees for a Home or International student (for 2024-25 these were £4,786 for full-time Home students, and £23,050 for full-time International students.  The fee rate for future years to be confirmed)); and
• The remainder to be paid to the student as a tax-free stipend for your living (in regular instalments) or research (as a lump sum) costs.  

About this project

In 2016 Elizabeth Cruickshank published a paper entitled “’Follow the Money’: the first women who qualified as solicitors 1922-1930”.  A central argument of “Follow the Money” was that women’s ability to practice law in the first two decades after the enactment of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was primarily facilitated by family connections, in particular, by solicitor fathers seeking to replace their deceased soldier sons in the family law firm.

This studentship picks up the theme of “Follow the Money” Using previous research undertaken by Lady Cruickshank and the records of the Association of Women Solicitors, the studentship will facilitate the writing of a PhD thesis which explores Lady Cruickshank’s ideas.  The PhD awardee will work with supervisors to define the scope, research questions, and research methods for the doctoral project. 

 It is envisaged that the research will include an examination of the following questions:

• To what extent and in what ways was the solicitors’ profession affected by World War One?

• What was the public and professional discourse surrounding the admission of women to the legal profession?

• What was the position of women who qualified as solicitors between 1922-1939?

1.   How many qualified? What can be said about them as individuals and as a group?
2.   Of those who qualified, how many were able to practice as lawyers? What were the obstacles facing aspiring women solicitors?
3.   How many trained and/or were employed in a firm to which they had family connections? Of those who trained and/or fund employment elsewhere
4.   How did this phenomenon affect the development of their careers and those of other women who did not or could not avail themselves of this pathway into the profession? For example, did      it curtail their professional development? Were they able to continue with feminist activism (where relevant)?
5.   To what extent did women work as individuals or did they make use of informal or formal associations? To what extent did they make a difference to either the numbers or the experiences of    early women solicitors? 

• What barriers did women seeking to become lawyers during this period face?

Academic Enquiries

For academic queries, contact c.morris@qmul.ac.uk  

For enquiries relating to eligibility or application process, email Mr Gareth Skehan, g.skehan@qmul.ac.uk.

Application requirements

All applicants should have a postgraduate degree in Law at either Distinction or Merit level.   

For information click the 'Apply' button above.

It is expected that all applications will be accompanied by:

• a research proposal of approximately 3000 words that displays a good command of past and current academic and professional writing on women solicitors and an appreciation of how the proposed thesis sits within the field; and
• a detailed cv and supporting statement demonstrating the applicant’s suitability and interest in the field.

You must name Professor Morris as the intended supervisor on the application form.

Start date of course:  September 2025

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VACANCY: Postdoctoral researcher legal history (Tilburg: Tilburg University, DEADLINE 1 OCT 2024)

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 Department:                 Public Law and Governance (PLG)

Location:                 Tilburg
Contract size:                 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week)
Full-time gross monthly salary:    €4,492 – €6,148
Contract duration:             24 months
Desired starting date:             1 February 2025

 

Are you a PhD graduate in (legal) history with a passion for archival research? Then we are looking for you!

 

Tilburg University is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in legal history for the project ‘Multilevel Governance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities of Commerce’. The project consists of two major work packages: ‘Professionals and the People’ and ‘The Rhine as Legal Entity? Exploring Multilevel Governance and Intercity Relations in the 16th-century Wine Trades across the Rhine Region.’ As part of the second work package, you will conduct research on regulations relevant to the wine trade in several German cities along the Rhine. You will join a team of enthusiastic (legal) historians who are studying various aspects of urban institutions in the late medieval and early modern periods.

 

Your position
As postdoctoral researcher, you will conduct archival and literature research within the aforementioned project. Together with the principal investigators, Dr. Marco in ’t Veld (wp 2) and Dr. Maurits den Hollander (wp 1), you will dive into the history of the wine trade in cities such as Wesel, Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz, Mainz, and/or Worms. What expectations did wine merchants have of the urban institutions? Did cities meet these expectations? And if so, how exactly? Did cities collaborate with each other, or did they rather compete?

 

You will inventorize the available archival material in the relevant cities and produce academic publications, both independently and in collaboration with the principal investigators, to report the research findings. You will also be co-responsible for organizing an international scientific conference. There is ample opportunity to contribute your own ideas and to take initiatives. This way, we develop the project and shape it further collectively. At your request, opportunities to gain teaching experience can be explored. This position allows you to take the next step in your academic career.

 

The project team
The project team consists of two principal investigators and two postdoctoral researchers, and is embedded in the theme ‘Urban Constitutionalism’ of the faculty’s research program ‘Global Law and Governance’. Our department has approximately twelve legal historians. Many of them work on closely related topics, for instance, as part of the ERC-project CaPANES, which investigates the economic sovereignty of several medieval and early modern cities.

 

To maintain a lively and active community, it is important that we see each other regularly and maintain strong connections. The project team meets at least once a month to exchange literature and research findings. Additionally, you will also have informal and other organized meetings with colleagues. There is ample opportunity to work independently. As a project team, we are present on our beautiful, green campus in Tilburg about two days a week. On other days, you can also work from home. The department regularly organizes team-building and social events, allowing you to get to know colleagues from other specializations better and to feel quickly at home within the Department of Public Law and Governance.

 

Your profile
Tilburg University is curious about how you can contribute to our research, education, impact, and the team you will be joining. Therefore, we would like to get the best possible picture of your knowledge, skills, and personality. Below you will find a number of qualifications that we consider important for the position.

 

•    You have written a (legal) historical dissertation on a related medieval or early modern topic.
•    You have demonstrable experience in independently conducting archival research with handwritten sources from this period.
•    You are interested in the institutional, economic, and legal history of the relevant period.
•    You possess excellent oral and written communication skills, preferably evidenced by relevant academic publications and conference contributions.
•    You have an excellent proficiency of the English and German language, both spoken and written. Proficiency in Dutch and/or Latin is a plus.

 

Personal competencies:

•    You demonstrate scientific integrity and personal leadership, take responsibility for your work and career, and have good self-awareness.
•    You have team spirit. You feel part of a team and express this through collaboration, sharing knowledge and experience, and contributing to an open and inclusive work environment.

 

What do we offer?

Tilburg University offers excellent terms of employment with attention to flexibility and room for (personal) development. We recognize and reward our employees and encourage the use of talents and strengths.

 

For this position, we offer:
•    A position based on 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week);
•    It is a vacancy for which the work is temporarily funded on the basis of project funding in accordance with Article 2.3 paragraph 7(b) of the CLA for Dutch Universities, namely ‘The Rhine as Legal Entity?’. You will be given a temporary employment contract for the duration of 24 months. Continuation of this position depends on the availability of financial resources.
•    A salary of minimum €4,492 and maximum €6,148 gross per month for full time employment, based on UFO profile Postdoctoral Researcher and salary scale 11 of the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Tilburg University uses a neutral remuneration system for salary scaling that is based on relevant education and work experience;
•    Vacation allowance (8%) and a year-end bonus (8.3%);
•    Vacation days (41 days for a 40-hour work week);
•    The opportunity to work partly on campus and partly from home with a home office allowance of €2 per day.
•    Reimbursement for sustainable commuting: walking, cycling, and public transportation;
•    A monthly internet fee of €2;
•    An Options Model in which you exchange benefits for things such as additional leave, more pension, a bicycle or personal training at our Sports Center.
•    A moving allowance (subject to conditions).
•    Employees from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for the 30/20/10% tax facility. We will apply for this reimbursement for you;
•    A pension with ABP; the most sustainable Dutch pension fund.
•    Training in personal development, career development, leadership, education, and research or a language course at our Language Center.
•    A work culture in which we embrace differences, everyone is welcome and given equal opportunities.
•    A vibrant campus in green surroundings that is easily accessible by public transport.

 

Information and application 
Would you like to know more before applying? Feel free to contact dr. Marco in ‘t Veld, Assistant Professor of Legal History, c.m.intveld@tilburguniversity.edu.

 

We cordially invite you to apply before 1 October 2024; this can only be done online. Address your cover letter to dr. Marco in ‘t Veld and attach your CV. In order to make a good selection, we also ask you to provide the following documents: 

 

•     Cover letter
•     CV
•     An official copy of your university degree 
•     Grades list 
•     (Link to) digital version of your dissertation
•     Publication list and your best publication 
•     Contact details of at least two referees (name, phone number, and e-mail address)

 

The selection interviews will take place on 8 October 2024. 

 

The selection committee consists of: 
1.    Dr. Marco in ‘t Veld, Assistant Professor of Legal History
2.    Dr. Maurits den Hollander, Assistant Professor of Legal History
3.    Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher, Professor of Legal History
4.    Ing. Gaby Coenen, Manager of Department

 

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JOB: Doctoral Position Research project: ‘A Tsunami or a Gentle Tide? European Legal Thought Confronted with the French Commercial Code of 1807’ (Gdańsk: University of Gdańsk, DEADLINE: 19 APR 2024)

 

(image: Sekt. 4: Gdańsk, Polen, 1892 - Deutsche Fotothek, Germany - CC BY-SA. Europeana)

The University of Gdańsk currently has  a PhD vacancy for a legal history research project.

The position does not require relocation to Gdańsk.

1 - Position description

The Faculty of Law, University of Gdańsk, is looking for a PhD-student. 

This vacancy fits within the framework of the Polish National Science Center (NCN) research project “A Tsunami or a Gentle Tide? European Legal Thought Confronted with the French Commercial Code of 1807”, directed by assistant professor Anna Klimaszewska.

The overall scientific objective of the envisaged research is to examine the framing that legislators impose through codes of law by reconstructing how the French Commercial Code (FCC) of 1807 actually resonated in European legal thought and how it affected European legal discourse in the 19th- century in a thoroughly source-based manner through the use of digital tools, free of Western European centralism and national subjectivism.

How people interpret and process information is very much influenced by the way the piece of information is communicated - what narrative has been adopted. This is used, for example, by politicians and the mass media, providing through their narratives a specific “frame” for the social perception of various phenomena. Researchers have been studying these issues for decades. However, no one has so far verified the impact of the framework imposed by the legislator on various spheres of our lives, who, when making the law, introduces a more pervasive and complex frame than, for example, those freely created by the participants in political debates.

The activity of the legislator manifests itself in various forms. However, there is no doubt that codes of law play a special role in it. This is not only because they are systematic and comprehensive collections of rules. Above all, they constitute (at least in concept) the main point of reference in a given domain and carry a strong ideological charge behind them, thus establishing a frame for a given field of social activity.

The goal of the project is to analyse, for the first time, the effect of a frame imposed by the legislator through a code of law in varying social and economic conditions. Through a comparative analysis of case studies from different legal cultures, it will be reconstructed how the world's first modern commercial code - the French Code of 1807 issued by order of Napoleon Bonaparte - resonated in European legal thought and how it influenced European legal discourse in the 19th century. With no competition for many decades, it significantly influenced legal systems around the world. Its “framing effect” in different countries will therefore be compared.

Through the use of interdisciplinary methodology (discourse network analysis, frame analysis) and digital tools, this research creates an entirely new approach to law, thus paving the way for similar research to be carried out on other areas of the law of any country and era.

The backbone of the research, for reasons of feasibility, consists of three in-depth case studies: Belgium (subproject 1), Poland (subproject 2), and Germany (subproject 3). These countries serve as a theoretically informed sample that will allow some general conclusions to be drawn regarding the evolution of legal thought under the influence of the FCC whilst likewise stressing that each case study is complex and unique in its own right. All of them have experienced the implementation of the FCC. Each of them represents, however, a different strategy towards its adoption in different regional circumstances. They show thus varying trajectories of reaction to the code as a frame, as framing effects may occur in different populations at different rates.

This particular vacancy covers subproject 3 and is co-supervised by profs. Anna Klimaszewska (University of Gdańsk) and Mathias Schmoeckel (University of Bonn).

Although Germany, as Europe's largest codification laboratory, was creatively pursuing a direction in the field of commercial law that, almost a century after the promulgation of the FCC (with the 1897 Commercial Code), was considered to be in competition with the French model, the Germans were not operating in a legislative vacuum. The FCC was not only officially introduced in the Rhineland, thus marking the area with the experience of direct application, but also over the decades of work on a uniform German commercial code, which was carried out long before the unification of Germany, the FCC was repeatedly taken into account, even if not as a role model, certainly as a point of reference. Moreover, the 1897 Code’s predecessor, the 1861 General German Commercial Code, followed France to many more points than is commonly believed.

The PhD project will investigate the following sources: 1. Any form of publication by authors commenting on or referring to substantive or formal issues regarding the FCC in the form of, inter alia, monographs, textbooks, articles, collections of court judgments, essays, treatises, comments, diaries, press materials, notes of lectures by university professors, etc. 2. Codification projects and reports of parliamentary debates on codification; 3. Materials of governmental bodies concerning partial reforms of the commercial law, e.g., justifications for projects and reports of the parliamentary reporters (stenographic): the originals have not always been preserved.

About the position:

-        The doctoral position is funded by a 4-year NCN research project and is offered as a bursary position. The project additionally covers expenses related to research queries, participation in conferences, publications, etc., as well as running costs.

-        You will benefit from the interaction with the entire team, an Advisory Committee of professors from France, Belgium and Germany and the visibility of research results produced by the whole team.

2 - What do we expect from you?

-       Master degree in Law;

-       proficiency in English;

-       proficiency in German;

-       expertise in historical research and affinity for legal and/or institutional history is a plus;

-       good editing skills, to be demonstrated by a sample of writing: a copy of the master thesis and/or a research paper;

-       good team working and social skills;

-       interest in participating in international congresses;

-       passion for research in the above-mentioned domain, including archival research.

 

 

3 - Offer

You’ll be offered a full-time doctoral position for 48 months and the remuneration of PLN 60,000 per year (including employer's costs),

At the University of Gdańsk, you’re guaranteed an open, involved, and diverse workplace where you are offered opportunities to (further) build on your career.

4 - Interested?

Send us ONLINE and at the latest on 19/04/2024:

-        Motivation letter (in English, max. 500 words), mentioning also the contents of the application file;

-        Curriculum vitae with a list of publications if available;

-        Copy of the diploma (if graduated) and grade record of master studies;

-        A sample of writing: your master thesis (if finished) and/or your best research paper (individual work);

-        Annexes, if relevant (awards, certificates, etc.)

-        Consent for the University of Gdańsk to process personal data necessary for recruitment.

Interviews are planned for April 2024.

Do you have questions about the job content?

Contact Anna Klimaszewska at anna.klimaszewska@prawo.ug.edu.pl or at +48-502-290-098.

 

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