PhD Scholarship on Nordic Historiography beyond Methodological Nationalism, Denmark

PhD Scholarship on Nordic Historiography beyond Methodological Nationalism, Denmark

The Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities at University of Copenhagen, Denmark invites applications for a joint PhD scholarship between the Faculty of Humanities and the NORDCORP research program ‘Nordic Historiography beyond Methodological Nationalism’

Study Subject: Nordic Historiography beyond Methodological Nationalism
Employer: University of Copenhagen,
Level: PhD

Funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) hosted by the University of Tampere, Finland .The successful applicant will define his/her own research project within the area of Nordic historiography after 1850 applying a transnational/comparative perspective. He/she is expected to be enrolled at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities in Copenhagen from 1 September 2011. The PhDscholarship is a three-year position.

Research proposals should explore Nordic norms, standards and practices of academic knowledge production in the field of history. Furthermore, they should focus on a) the role of Nordic networks in the construction of history, and/or b) the role of history and historians in the construction of ‘Norden’ as a historical region.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 16 May 2011 at 12 noon


For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net