Postdoctoral Researcher with Focus on Financial History and an Expertise in Archives

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Postdoctoral Researcher with Focus on Financial History and an Expertise in Archives Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): L'organizzazione internazionale cerca un ricercatore post-dottorato per il progetto di ricerca 'COLFIN: Colonial Financial Infrastructures', diretto dalla prof.ssa Marieke de Goede. La posizione è part-time (0,8fte) e ha una durata di 18 mesi. Il progetto analizza le infrastrutture finanziarie coloniali e il loro impatto sulla modernità. Il candidato selezionato si occuperà di descrivere archivi storici, condurre interviste con archivisti e contribuire allo sviluppo di protocolli di ricerca ed etica. È richiesta una laurea di dottorato in un campo pertinente, come Politica Internazionale o Storia Culturale, e una comprovata esperienza nella ricerca archivistica. Sono apprezzate capacità comunicative, analitiche e di lavoro di squadra. Are you looking for a challenging job in a dynamic setting? We are looking for a Postdoctoral researcher for the research project “COLFIN: Colonial Financial Infrastructures,” directed by prof. Marieke de Goede. The project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) through an Advanced Grant. For more information, see https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101199713 . Join Us! We are looking for a part-time (fixed-term, 0,8fte) Post-doctoral researcher with focus on Financial colonial history and an expertise in archives. The position is available for 18 months within the project COLFIN. COLFIN analyses the colonial durabilities in modern financial infrastructures. The aim of COLFIN is to understand and analyse how the experimental beginnings and development of financial instruments were shaped by and through colonial exploitation and appropriation. The longer time horizons, transnational payments and novel uncertainties of colonial expansion and exploitation are at the heart of modern financial innovation. The approach of COLFIN is to focus on financial infrastructures, understood as socio-technical and historically durable ways of organizing political-economic life. This successful candidate will help develop COLFIN’s methodological approach, with a focus on colonial archives, archival methods and the ethics of research with colonial archives. Methodologically, COLFIN works with newly digitized archives of early modern public-private colonial companies, including for example the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the English East India Company (EIC). This postdoctoral project asks how archives are digitalized, how they are made accessible, what gaps and silences are at work and what ethical questions are at play. The successful candidate will contribute to developing COLFIN’s research protocol and practical and ethical approach to the colonial archives. What are you going to do The postdoctoral researcher compiles a technical and critical description of relevant archives for COLFIN. The successful candidate will be expected to have a high level of competence and motivation to undertake the following tasks: Describing relevant archives, with an attention to their historical formation and omissions; Conducting interviews with archivists to understand the archives’ formation, sources and silences; Contributing to developing a research protocol for the COLFIN researchers with archival directions and appropriate search terms; Contributing to developing the COLFIN ethics protocol; Present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences; Contribute to the organisation of research activities and events of the project, such as the launch workshop; Working with and helping set up the COLFIN team; Preparing 2 (co-authored) journal article publications; Contribute to the research culture of the AISSR and the Transnational Configurations research group more broadly, for example by doing guest lectures and research presentations. It may be possible to supplement the position with 0,2 teaching in the Political Science programme, depending on the candidate’s willingness and the department’s needs. What do you have to offer The successful candidate will have proven affinity with archival research, critical and ethical approaches to colonial archives and an interest in political-economic and/or cultural history. Ideal candidates: Have a completed PhD degree in a field relevant to the theme of the research, for example: International Politics, International Political Economy, Cultural History, or European Studies; Have a track record of relevant publications; Are persons with initiative, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently as well as in a team; Have well-developed analytical skills as well as creativity and perseverance; Possess good academic writing, presentation and organisational skills; Can demonstrate a strong interest in the topic of this research project; Have experience with Annuncio in inglese. Fonte: Euraxess (Commissione europea).