Last application date Nov 15, 2024 00:00
Department RE21 - Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law
Contract Limited duration
Degree You hold a doctoral degree in law, history or a related field (social sciences or the humanities).
Occupancy rate 100%
Vacancy type Research staff
The Ghent Institute for Legal History is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the project “Rethinking Emergency from a Legal Historical Perspective: Contexts, Actors, Practices 1914-2020” (EMERGE), funded by the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant 2022, no. 101087876). This project is housed within the Faculty of Law and Criminology, a vibrant academic environment known for its diverse and ground-breaking research in legal history, with a particular emphasis on legal theory and contextual analysis.
As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will investigate the historical use of emergency powers and legislation in Europe during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The EMERGE project posits that the enactment of emergency legislation leads to significant and enduring changes in fundamental rights, the rule of law, and the commitment to liberal values such as equality before the law and the universality of rights. This hypothesis will be examined through five pivotal moments in the constitutional and legal history of five European jurisdictions from approximately 1914 to 2020.
Your contributions will include producing research outputs that conceptualise and place within a theoretical framework the historical contextual findings of the project. You shall also participate in the training, coordination, and mentoring of PhD researchers. Additionally, you will assist in creating a digital archive of emergency legislation, curating relevant documents for both public and specialist use.
Note that the grant can only be awarded within the framework of international scientific mobility. This is the case if:
the researcher has resided abroad for at least 24 months out of the 3 years prior to the start date of the postdoctoral fellowship and has not worked or studied in Belgium during that period. However, short-term stays in Belgium are allowed during 24 months, such as holidays, participation in conferences or a short stay to prepare for the period as a postdoctoral researcher ;
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Interested candidates are invited to submit the following documents:
1. A cover letter detailing their research interests and experience and how they align with the EMERGE project.
2. A curriculum vitae (CV) including a list of publications.
3. A research proposal (max. 3 pages) outlining the intended research project.
4. Contact information for two academic references (references will be sought at a later stage).
Deadline for Applications:
Date: 15/11/2024
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in the second half of November.
Contact Information:
For further inquiries, please contact Professor Cosmin Cercel at cosmin.cercel@ugent.be
Ghent University is one of the top 100 universities in the Dutch language area, with more than 44,000 students and 15,000 staff members.
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