The Faculty of Humanities wishes to strengthen research in international history and is therefore advertising two doctoral research fellowships. The successful candidates will be working in one or two of the following departments: Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH), Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) and Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS).
The selected candidates will investigate questions pertaining to the history of non-Nordic countries. The topic of the dissertation may be national/regional history, transnational history or international relations in a historical perspective.
The selected candidates are expected to affiliate with an existing research milieu or network and to contribute to the further development of these.
The project description must be written in English. The dissertation itself is to be written in English or another non-Nordic language of particular relevance to the topic of the dissertation.
The position is available for a period of three years. The successful candidates must assume their positions no later than 1. October 2008. If the applicant has worked as a doctoral research fellow previously to being hired at the Faculty of Humanities, that period of time will be deducted from the allotted 3 year period. Candidates who are accepted must participate in the Faculty of Humanities researcher education programme (cf. regulations and supplementary provisions for the faculties' researcher education) and must also engage in the designated research activities on a 100% basis. The designated aim of the project is to complete a doctoral dissertation to be defended at a public disputation for the Ph.D.-degree.
The Ph.D. programme at The Faculty of Humanities is organized in seven different courses of study. The candidates in question must choose between either History or History of Culture and Religion, Archaeology and Asian and African Studies.
Requirements:
· A Norwegian 5 year Master degree, or equivalent, in an area relevant to the writing of a doctoral dissertation in international history.
In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the dissertation within the given time frame. The short-listed candidates may be called to an interview at the University of Oslo.
The University of Oslo has a goal of recruiting more women in academic positions.
Women are encouraged to apply.
The University of Oslo also has a goal of recruiting more immigrants to Norway in academic positions. Immigrants are encouraged to apply.
The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the University of Oslo may be obtained at http://www.hf. uio.no/english/ research/ doctor/index. html
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