Deadline (IHC): 19 March 2023
Deadline (FCT): 3 Ma7 2023
Place of work: Institute of Contemporary History
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 six-years Research Contracts, funded by the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, acting as host institution, in the framework of the sixth 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 200 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 high schools.
The IHC has facilities both at NOVA University Lisbon and at the University of Évora. We are also a member of the newly-created 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 thus 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 eighteenth century and the present time.
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’, ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishery’, ‘Earth and environmental sciences’, ‘Economics and Business, Social’, ‘Economic Geography’, and ‘Educational sciences’. The IHC has accomplished over 20 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 Stimulus of Scientific Employment programme. Applicants with a relevant track record of securing funding for their research activities are especially welcomed.
To apply, please send us the following documents and information by 19 March 2023:
- A summary of the work plan (in English; max. 5000 characters);
- The applicable contract level (Junior/Assistant/Principal/Coordinator) and panel;
- A detailed Curriculum vitae;
- A motivation letter explaining your trajectory in the last five years and the relevance of your achievements (max. 5000 characters);
- One copy of a relevant publication.
Please submit your application material or any questions that may arise to Vasco Marques via the email ihc.concursos@fcsh.unl.pt.
Download the call for applicants (PDF)
