Fully-funded PhD fellowship in Medieval Environmental History

[Finn Arne Jørgensen]

Dear all,

The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at University of Stavanger is recruiting a new PhD student. 

The research theme for the position is medieval environmental history, which investigates the ways that people from ca. 300-1500 understood and interacted with their natural world, how people have impacted the environment, how natural forces (such as climate and disease) affected human societies, and how in turn their socio-cultural structures influenced how people worked within environments. The candidate can propose a project on any place, time, or topic that fits within the frame of 300-1500 within Europe. Though all topics are welcome, we particularly invite candidates with an interest in histories of water, animals, saints, or environmental storytelling.

The project will be supervised by Professor Dolly Jørgensen with co-supervision by Dr. Ellen Arnold. The PhD will be associated with the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities (see www.uis.no/greenhouse). The fellow will be expected to participate actively in the Greenhouse community. This position is open to international recruitment, and the PhD will be written in English. Candidates should already have the ability to work with the medieval languages needed for the project. 

Application deadline: 18 April

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/259365/phd-fellowship-in-environmental-history