PhD Coping with Drought
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Employer: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) |
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Job location: Amsterdam Netherlands |
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Apply before: 17 Oct 2019 |
Summary
You will work as a PhDstudent in the research project ‘Coping with drought. An environmental history of drinking water and climate adaptation in the Netherlands’, financed by NWO. You will cooperate with the project leader Prof. dr. Petra J.E.M. van Dam, the postdocs and other other project members. Please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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This PhD-project focuses on the history of drinking water in early modern cities in the eastern Netherlands, 1600-1850. Of specific interest are the well-communities in the IJssel cities. The main research questions you will start from are: What practices and norms and values contributed to the technological, social-economic, political and cultural adaptability of both water providers and users to multi-year, seasonal and daily irregularities in water supplies as caused by the weather? What norms and values existed concerning the (cultural) perceptions of water quality and how did that influence usage patterns of drinking water and hygienic practices? You will study a variety of sources, including city administration documents.
Your duties
developing and executing a PhD-project resulting in a dissertation and journal articles
attending relevant courses at a research school
participating in the teaching and research activities of the Chair Group of Water and Environmental history and the Environmental Humanities Center
REQUIREMENTS
a completed Research Master in History or Master in History
strong academic record and experience with research in early-modern archives
excellent skills in written and spoken Dutch and English
affinity with the topic and with scholarly research
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
A challenging position in a socially involved organization. The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel and amounts €2,325 (PhD) per month during the first year and increases to €2,972 (PhD) per month during the fourth year, based on a full-time employment. The job profil is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0.8 FTE. The appointment will initially be for 1 year. After a satisfactory evaluation of the initial appointment, the contract will be extended for a duration of 3-4 years.The position includes ample funding for research and travel.
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