[EN] Международный институт социальной истории приглашает аспирантов для участия в исследовательской программе «Четыре века трудовых лагерей: война, реабилитация, этнос»

The IISH conducts advanced research on the global history of work, workers, and labour relations and to this end gathers data, which are made available to other researchers as well.

As of 1 January 2013, there will be an opening in the research department of the IISH for a

PhD student (m/f)
0.8 working time for four years, location: IISH

to work on the:
Research program Four Centuries of Labor Camps: War, Rehabilitation, Ethnicity
Project: “Tsarist Katorga and Soviet Gulag in Western Siberia: War, Colonization and the Making of «Socialist Man,» 19th-20th Centuries” (http://socialhistory.org/en/jobs/phd-student)

The research program Four Centuries of Labor Camps: War, Rehabilitation, Ethnicity is a joint enterprise of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD) and the International Institute of Social History (IISH), both located in Amsterdam. The aim of the program is to produce an integrated, worldwide history of labor camps which will overcome chronological boundaries. Program leader is professor Pieter Spierenburg who will closely collaborate with professors Marcel van der Linden (IISH) and Peter Romijn (NIOD) as members of the program’s steering committee. See the project description at our website.

Job requirements

• Master in history or another discipline with a historical component
• Fluent in English and Russian

Appointment

This is a part-time position of 30.4 hours per week for a period of four years at the Stichting IISH.

We offer

The position involves a temporary appointment with the Stichting IISG for 4 years with a 2-month period of probation. The gross salary will be € 2.083,- per month in the first year, rising to € 2.664,- per month in the fourth year (scale P, for a PhD position, CAO-Dutch Universities) based on a full working week (38 hours).
The Stichting IISH offer an extensive package of fringe benefits, such as 8,3% year-end bonus, 8% holiday pay, a good pension scheme, 6 weeks holiday on an annual basis and the possibility to buy or sell vacation hours.

More information

The project description can be viewed at our website at socialhistory.org. Inquiries may be directed to the Program Leader at NIOD, professor Pieter Spierenburg, e-mail address [email protected].
For more information about the appointment, please contact Marjoleine Cornelissen (Head Human Resources & Facilities) or Ben Stroomberg (Human Resources Advisor), e-mail address [email protected]. IISH may be contacted at +31 (0)20-6685866.

Interested?

We welcome your proposal, accompanied by an explanatory letter of intent and CV, all in English. Please submit them to [email protected], attention Marjoleine Cornelissen, with the subject line “PhD Katorga”. Closing date is 15 december 2013. Interviews will take place at the end of December 2013 or the beginning of January 2014.
No reactions from recruiters please.

Department: Research
Deadline: 15 December 2013