Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

Starting date: the earliest October 1, (the latest January 01, )Full- Or Part-Time: Part-time (35 hrs/week)CEU’s Department of Historical Studies is announcing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations” ().Regional and chronological specializations are open, but applicants should demonstrate the ability to engage in research on transregional phenomena in Eurasian history (with the focus on the areas from Central Europe to South Asia) between c. and c. , based on expertise in one or more languages used locally or regionally. The chief intellectual goal of the CoE is to reorient the study of Eurasia from a global history approach based largely on the sources in Western languages, to the rich textual and material resources from the region, thus setting the basis for greater diversity and appreciation of cultural heritage in both research and teaching curricula. With questions of both comparison and connectivity in mind, the research agenda of the Cluster focuses on various imperial formations and discourses (as well as resistances to them); dynamics between ecological and economic trends; cultural and linguistic diversity; mobility and communication; constructions of identities, etc.The successful applicant will be affiliated with the CEU’s Department of Historical Studies (please see the international faculty profiles of the new Department of Historical Studies here and here). As a Cluster member, they would also join a dynamic network of specialists in over twenty regional languages and scripts, historians, art historians, as well as experts in Digital Humanities from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Host Institution), University of Vienna, University of Innsbruck, and CEU. In addition to eligibility criteria listed below, the successful candidate is expected to actively contribute to Cluster-related research and training activities as well as transfer of knowledge (i.e. public-facing activities such as podcasts, poster sessions, short educational videos, educational video games, participating is Vienna-wide public forums like Children’s University, etc).Eligibility and Requirements: PhD in hand by the start of the fellowshipresearch project related to one of the research nodes and/or transversal working groups of the Cluster (see