The PhD student will be a member of the Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg. He/she will work under supervision of Ass-Prof. Dr. Benoît Majerus.

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual, international research university.

The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following vacancy in its Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH):

Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in the field of social and economic history (M/F)

• Ref. I3-50010433 / OTP R-STR-8044-41-B Acronym: EHI
• Initial 14 months fixed-term contract, renewable up to 4 years maximum
• Full-time (40 h/week)
• Student and employee status

The PhD student will be a member of the Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg. He/she will work under supervision of Ass-Prof. Dr. Benoît Majerus.

Your Role

• Write a thesis on how cities were changed by the development of financial centres in the second half of the 20^th century
• Participate at the lighthouse project “Glocal histories of the financiarisation in the 20th century”

For further information please contact: benoît.majerus@uni.lu

Your Profile

• Master’s degree or diploma in History, Sociology, Anthropology or Geography
• Language knowledge : command of the following languages: German, English and French

We offer

• Personal work space at the University 
• Dynamic and multicultural environment

Application guidelines

Candidates should submit the following documents:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Copies of diplomas

Please send your application online by 30 November 2019.

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.