Post Doctoral Researcher, History
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY, Ireland
- Institution
- MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
- Country
- Ireland
- Position type
- PhD
- Salary
- €47,273 – €47,880 p.a.
- Hours
- Full Time
- Location
- IE
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
Department: History
Vacancy ID: 043683
Closing Date: 11-Oct-2026
We are seeking an excellent scholar to join a project team led by Prof. Raul Cârstocea, who has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for a project entitled Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project (INTEMPO). The postdoctoral researcher will be part of a team undertaking a novel analysis of fascism during the interwar period and the Second World War, understood as a global phenomenon. They will engage in archival research, co-organise the activities of the project and contribute to the publications ensuing from them, and co-lead with the PI one of the work packages of the project, as detailed below. They will have the opportunity to develop their research, both individually and as part of a team of ambitious scholars.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2026) Salary scale: €47,273 – €47,880 p.a. (2 points)
Closing Date:
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 11th October 2026
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University
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