The Eui Has An Open Vacancy For A Firenze

The Eui Has An Open Vacancy For A
Firenze
Toscana, Firenze

The EUI has an open vacancy for a

**Research Fellow in the

**Department of History and Civilization

**Florence, 06 February 2025

**Reference: V/RF/HEC/2/2025

**Who we are

- The **European University Institute** (EUI) at a glance:

- an **international organisation** set up in 1972;

- a research university focusing exclusively on **postgraduate**, **doctoral** and **post-doctoral studies**, and

- advanced research;

- located in the hills overlooking the city of Florence, Italy.

The Institute also hosts the Historical Archives of the European Union.

The Department of History and Civilisation (HEC) offers a distinctive four-year Ph. D. programme of transnational

and comparative European history supported by a uniquely international and multicultural faculty.

Our PhD programme combines individual supervision with cohort-based collective teaching and feedback,

broad-based training in recent disciplinary trends, and active engagement with the EUI's interdisciplinary

research clusters.

We encourage a culture of conversation among researchers and faculty.

Professors and

researchers work together to develop ideas and each year we invite experts from around the world in numerous

fields to visit our department to discuss their research.

We have a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and

above all, to inclusivity in all aspects of life.

The international character of our community of scholars with its

wealth and diversity of academic interests and training is our particular asset.

**Employment details

**Contract type**100 % (30/30, 40 hours/week)

**Length of contract**Up to 6 months, start date negotiable: 16 April 2025

Academic contracts may be further renewed (several times and conditional to the

availability of funds), leading to an extension of the period of service up to a total of

5 years, including the first contract period.

**Salary indication and**Grade: CDR3 step 1

**grade

The basic net monthly salary after taxes is approximately **3620** Euro, plus

allowances if applicable.

More information about conditions of employment is available here.

**Place of work**Florence (Italy)

**About the project

**Project Director**Prof. M'hamed Oualdi

**Project details**SLAVEVOICES - Slave Testimonies in the Abolition Era.

European Captives,

African Slaves and Ottoman servants in 19th century North Africa, funded by the

ERC

Funded by the European Research Council, SLAVEVOICES aims at renewing our

approach to the end of slavery by collecting and studying the testimonies of North

African, West African and European slaves and their descendants written in Arabic,

Ottoman Turkish and other European and African languages from the mid-18th

century to the 1930s.

Researchers involved in the project SLAVEVOICES explore the reshaping of the

connections that groups of slaves built up within North African societies and

between this part of the Muslim world and other adjoining societies in Africa, Asia

and Europe in the abolition era.

**Job description**The Research Fellow will carry out research work in an independent manner and

collaborate on the research work in relation to the history of slavery in North Africa

and the Mediterranean from the mid-18th century to the 1930s.

Main tasks include:

- Conducting research on primary sources dealing with enslavement, captivity and

liberation from slavery in **_sufi/mystical islamic source.

_

- Being responsible for the identification, collection, transcription, and translation

into English (or French) of primary sources.

The focus is on documents conveying

the experiences of enslaved men and women in a North African context.

- Contributing to writing and publishing papers in peer-reviewed journal and or a

monograph related to the ERC research topic;

- Presenting research papers at international workshops and conferences;

- Being responsible for the popular dissemination of the research results;

- organizing workshops, seminars, and other events to foster knowledge exchange;

- supporting the preparation of funding proposals and strategic partnerships.

**Qualifications and experience

**Qualifications and Essential**:

**Experience**- PhD in anthropology or in history;

- Strong presentation skills relevant to the research area, demonstrated by previous academic or professional presentations;

- Excellent writing skills demonstrated through previous reports, publications

or academic work;

- Familiarity with relevant literature in anthropology, history, or the specific

research area, evidenced by coursework or prior research;

- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively as part of a team,

proven by previous professional experience;

**Desirable**:

- Track record of academic publications;

- Experience working with archival sources, demonstrated through research

projects or prior work.

**Languages**Excellent knowledge of English, both spoken and written (CEFR level: C1 or

above).

Knowledge of Arabic (to read primary sources relev