Call for Collaboration: Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

 Call for Collaboration: Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

The project “Unlocking Maths: Teaching and Learning Practices in the Habsburg Lands: 1750s–early 1800s” (https://unlockmaths.wordpress.com/) as part of the Centre for Science, Technology and Society Studies (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences) is prepared to assist candidates in preparing an application for the following postdoctoral opportunities:

A postdoc from the Czech Academy of Sciences (https://www.flu.cas.cz/images/dokumenty/verejne/jine/2025/PPPLZ_2025_text-web-newsletter.pdf)

Postdoctoral Fellowships Incoming, from the Czech Science Agency (GAČR) (https://gacr.cz/en/types-of-grant-projects/)

Knowledge of the Czech language is not required.

In particular, we are especially interested in in supporting research proposals that focus on:

The cultural history of mathematics and sociology of mathematics, with a focus on the development of practical and military mathematics during the long eighteenth century

The history of education, including institutional histories, with a non-exclusive emphasis on the Habsburg lands or Central and Eastern Europe during the long 18th century

The application of digital humanities methodologies to the history of science and mathematics, especially with a focus on the 18th century

Interested candidates in either call are invited to send their application to Davide Crippa (crippa@flu.cas.cz) by March 01, 2025. The application must include:

* a preliminary version of the research project (max 2 pages)

* a short curriculum vitae (with a clear presentation of publications and the date of the Ph.D. defense or its equivalent. For candidates who have not yet defended, the expected date of the defense must be provided, which must occur before the fellowship commences.)

Selected applicants will receive guidance on their project and support in preparing the final submission.

Questions can be directed to: crippa@flu.cas.cz

Davide Crippa (https://stss.flu.cas.cz/all/people/davide-crippa)

Image: Lehrbuch der Arithmetik und der praktischen Geometrie, Cod. Sal. VII,96; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg; Heidelberg; Bundesrepublik Deutschland.