Hum-Inv-Indf-2025-03 Erc Funded Post-Doctoral Position In Archaeology

Department : Department of Humanities

Research Field : History » Archaeology

Researcher Profile : Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions : PhD Positions

Country : Spain

Application Deadline : 17 May 2025 - 23 : 59 (Europe / Madrid)

Type of Contract : Temporary

Job Status : Full-time

Offer Starting Date : 8 May 2025

Funding : Horizon Europe - ERC

Reference Number :

Research Infrastructure : No

Offer Description

Job Description

We invite applications for a fully funded, part-time, 4-year Post-doc position to work within the research line : Gender, Material Culture, and Maintenance Activities in Colonial Situations. Funded by the ERC project : ERC-2023-AdG Material Culture, Gender, and Maintenance Activities in Making and Resisting Early Modern Colonial Globalization. A Long-term Perspective from the Mariana Islands (MaGMa).

The candidate will investigate the impacts of Catholic missions on health systems, careways, and attention to others in the Mariana Islands (16th-19th centuries).

The successful candidate will join the research team led by Professor Sandra Montón Subías at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The research will involve analyzing data from archives, archaeological collections, and excavations to explore :

• Practices and institutions related to healing, healers, surgeons, Jesuits in the Mariana Islands.
• Information on childbirth.
• Material culture and remedies related to healing (pre-colonial and colonial).
• Maintenance activities and healing practices.
• Health status (pre-colonial and colonial).
• Gendered healing patterns.
• Social values attached to healing.
• Gendered effects of care on human bodies, including post-mortem uses.
• Transmissions of care-giving knowledge, skills, and technology across continents (e.g., medicinal botany via Manila galleons).
• Ethnobotany and archaeobotany.

The candidate should be willing to live and work in Barcelona.

Project and Funding

Funded by ERC project : ERC-2023-AdG Material Culture, Gender, and Maintenance Activities in Making and Resisting Early Modern Colonial Globalization. A Long-term Perspective from the Mariana Islands (MaGMa).

Official Reference Number

Research Fields

Archaeology, History

Requirements

General

These criteria must be valid at application and contract signing.

Terms and Conditions

The postdoctoral contract is a fixed-term, full-time research position at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, with an annual gross stipend of approximately €35,594.04, lasting 4 years.

Work space will be at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, in shared offices.

Selection Process

Applications will be evaluated based on merit, with a maximum of 50 points distributed as follows :

The minimum passing score is 30. CVs must clearly demonstrate relevant experience. Interviews or references may be used for further assessment.

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit :

Applications are to be submitted via the Interfolio platform.

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