The Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples (Italy), invites applications for four 1-year (renewable for up to 3 years) postdoc fellowships in Global History and Governance, covering the disciplines of Early Modern History, Modern History, Law and Law History.

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Presentation

The program in Global Histories and Governance focuses on the comparisons, connections, and processes of globalization that have characterized different areas of the planet between the 16th and the 20th centuries by concentrating on the relational dimension of historical processes, legal regimes, and the organization of power; on the interconnections between economic, political, legal, cultural and social factors; and on the circulation, exchange and interconnection of ideas, persons, institutions, legal cultures, political models, concepts, rights and goods on a global scale.

The selection will reward the best projects in terms of quality and feasibility. Special attention will be paid to projects focusing on the period between the 19th and 21st centuries and insisting on one or more of the following areas: Ideas and Practices of Citizenship, History of the Welfare State, History of Affirmative Action and Preferential Policies, History of Rights, History of Minorities and History of Minority Rights, History of Migration, General principles of global law, Global regulatory regimes, Global dispute resolution mechanisms, Institutions and decision-making processes in a globalized world, Relationships between legal orders.

Successful applicants must reside in Naples and are expected to teach a course yearly for SSM undergraduate or graduate students. Fellowships are initially for one year but can be renewed for two additional years.
Eligibility

Candidates of any nationality who have obtained their first Ph.D. degree by the deadline of this call can participate. Those who will obtain their first Ph.D. degree no later than six months after the date on which the Call is published can also participate and be awarded a scholarship conditionally on the achievement of the degree within this deadline.

Applicants must also have an excellent command of English and possibly a second or third language. They must present a research project on a subject relevant to the research program.
Salary and Benefits

The salary is € 35,000 per year (the scholarship is tax-exempt. The fellow must contribute to the Italian pension fund). Each fellow will receive an annual research budget of circa € 4,000.

The Fellowship program begins in February 2025.

Candidates of any nationality who have obtained their first Ph.D. degree by the deadline of this call can participate. Those who will obtain their first Ph.D. degree no later than six months after the date on which the Call is published can also participate and be awarded a scholarship conditionally on the achievement of the degree within this deadline.

Applicants must also have an excellent command of English and possibly a second or third language. They must present a research project on a subject relevant to the research program

Applications will only be accepted via the online application system:
Application Deadline: 15 October 2024

For further information, please contact ghg@ssmeridionale.it

Details on the research programs and instructions on the application process can be found here.

Applicants must submit

1) a CV,

2) a research project (2,500 words max),

3) a syllabus of a 10-session course,

4) a copy of the PhD dissertation,

5) a maximum of 3 publications,

6) a copy of an ID,

7) a statement of truth.

For the CV, the research project, and the statement of truth, please use the templates provided on the website.
Selection process

The members of the committee responsible for selection are only assigned after the deadline.