Prazo de candidatura (IHC): 15 de Setembro de 2024
Prazo de candidatura (FCT): 29 de Novembro de 2024
Local de trabalho: Instituto de História Contemporânea — NOVA FCSH / Universidade de Évora

Call for applicants:

The Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), a leading Portuguese research centre in the field of Modern and Contemporary History, welcomes applications for three-years Research Contracts, funded by the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, acting as host institution, in the framework of the seventh edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus.

Working at the IHC means to be a member of a multicultural, creative, collaborative, and publicly engaged environment that gathers about 130 PhD researchers arising from the fields of History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology, Arts, and others. As a Modern and Contemporary History research centre working on a broad range of topics, we regularly collaborate with the media, museums, archives, municipalities, and schools.

The IHC has facilities both at NOVA University Lisbon and at the University of Évora. We are also a member of IN2PAST, the Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory, and the host of the Digital Humanities Lab, an interdisciplinary space where knowledge in the Arts and Humanities converges with methodologies from the Computational Sciences. The IHC fosters interdisciplinary approaches and covers a wide range of topics concerning the conceptualisation, contextualisation, and interpretation of the historical reality for the period between the 18th century and the present time. The IHC encourages research approaches that overcome the limits of methodological nationalism and fosters the critical practice of comparative, transnational, and global history; it also considers the centrality of the colonial and anti-colonial question for the history of the contemporary world.

Evaluation panels for this call will include ‘History and Archaeology’, ‘Arts’, ‘Sociology’, ‘Media and Communications, Law and Political Science’, ‘Languages and Literature’, ‘Philosophy, Ethics and Religion’, among others. The IHC has accomplished over 30 successful applications in the last five editions of this competition in diverse panels such as ‘History and Archaeology’, ‘Arts’, ‘Media and Communications, Law and Political Science’, and ‘Philosophy, Ethics and Religion’.

Prospective applicants should present their research plan bearing in mind the IHC’s scientific agenda, as reflected on our Research Groups, as well as the conditions set forth in the Scientific Employment Stimulus programme. Applicants with a relevant track record of securing funding for their research activities are especially welcomed. If hired, researchers are expected to be in-residence at the IHC, actively participating in the intellectual and administrative life of the Institute.

To apply, please send us the following documents and information by 15 September 2024:

1. A summary of the work plan (in English; max. 5000 characters);
2. The applicable contract level (Junior/Assistant) and panel;
3. A detailed Curriculum vitae;
4. A motivation letter explaining your trajectory in the last five years and the relevance of your achievements (max. 5000 characters);
5. One copy of a relevant publication.

Please submit your application material or any questions that may arise to Rosa Fina via the email ihc.concursos@fcsh.unl.pt.

Descarregar a chamada para manifestações de interesse (PDF, em inglês)