Vacancies: 2 postdoc positions ERC Consolidator project ‘Sharing Knowledge in Literary and Learned Networks (SKILLNET) – The Republic of Letters as a Pan-European Knowledge Society, 1400-1800’

The Department of History and Art History of Utrecht University seeks to appoint two three year postdoc positions to conduct research on the Republic of Letters, starting on 1 September 2018; one for a sociological project and one for text mining. The research is a sub-project of the ERC Consolidator project 'Sharing Knowledge in Learned and Literary Networks (SKILLNET) – The Republic of Letters as a pan-European Knowledge Society', led by Dr Dirk van Miert.

For the vacancies and more information, see the AcademicTransfer website:

Postdoctoral Researcher The Republic of Letters as an Institution for Collective Action (1.0 FTE)

Postdoctoral Researcher A digital discourse analysis of the Republic of Letters’ idealistic language, 1400-1800 (1.0 FTE)

The postdocs will preferably start as of 1 September 2018. The deadline for application is 11 June 2018. Enquiries can be made to Dirk van Miert, via d.k.w.vanmiert@uu.nl. An extended research description is available upon request. Also see the project website at skillnet.nl.