The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following
<br>vacancy in its Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH)
<br>
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<br> 2 Doctoral candidates (PhD student) in the field of contemporary
<br> history/history of technology (M/F)
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<br> * /Ref. 50012960 and ///50012961/ – (R-AGR-3499-10-C), Acronym: REPAIR/
<br> * Fixed-term contract 14 months, renewable up to 4 years, full-time
<br> (40h/week)
<br> * Student and employee status (48 months studies programme)
<br> * Latest possible start date 1 September 2019
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<br> Your Role
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<br>The candidate will be a member of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary
<br>and Digital History (C²DH), which is one of the three Interdisciplinary
<br>Centres of Luxembourg University. The C²DH is a research centre for the
<br>study, analysis and public dissemination of contemporary history of
<br>Luxembourg and Europe with a particular focus on digital methods and
<br>tools for doing innovative historical research. It serves as a catalyst
<br>for innovative and creative scholarship and new forms of public
<br>dissemination and societal engagement with history.
<br>
<br>The PhD student will work under supervision of assistant professor
<br>Stefan Krebs in the FNR funded research project “Repairing Technology –
<br>Fixing Society? History of Maintenance and Repair in Luxembourg
<br>(1918-1990)” (C15/SC/12547405). The REPAIR project will be the first
<br>systematic historical study of repair practices, networks and
<br>infrastructures in the short 20^th century (c. 1918-1990).
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<br>So far, repair and maintenance have been understudied sites and moments
<br>in the history of technology. The focus on innovation has obscured the
<br>importance of maintenance and repair; instead the bulk of research
<br>focused on design, manufacturing and use of technology. It is generally
<br>assumed that practices of repair and reuse have gradually declined along
<br>with the rise of 20th-century mass consumption societies. However, it is
<br>safe to argue that maintenance and repair have not become obsolete in
<br>modern consumer societies. And the recent repair movement, visible in
<br>local repair cafés and fix-it clinics, highlights the timeliness of
<br>studying the history of repair.
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<br>The REPAIR project will analyse the changes and continuities in the
<br>history of maintenance and repair, using Luxembourg as a key example of
<br>a Western consumer society. The project encompasses three research
<br>strands: the first investigates the maintenance and repair of one of the
<br>quintessential 20^th century consumer technologies: the telephone; the
<br>second traces the decline of professional repair services; and the third
<br>focuses on the development of post-war self-repair practices, situated
<br>between leisure activity and political activism.
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<br>Analysing the maintenance of technical infrastructures, urban repair
<br>offers and cultures of self-repair will advance our historical knowledge
<br>of the large material, organisational, knowledge and discursive
<br>investments needed to keep technologies functioning. By revealing when,
<br>why and how technical objects were maintained, repaired or scrapped, the
<br>project will provide crucial insights into the historical and political
<br>contexts of the emergence of consumer identities, the hidden societal
<br>and environmental dimensions of repair, and the quest for more
<br>sustainable consumption practices.
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<br> Activities
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<br> * Write a thesis on “Infrastructures of Repair: Maintaining the
<br> Telephone System in Luxembourg” OR “The Development of Urban Repair
<br> Networks: the City of Luxembourg and Esch-sur-Alzette”
<br> * Contribute to research in the field of contemporary history, history
<br> of technology and/or environmental history (and related fields)
<br>
<br>For further information please contact: stefan.krebs@uni.lu
<br>
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<br>For more information about C²DH, please visit: https://www.C2DH.uni.lu
<br>
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<br>The job advertisements can also be found here:
<br>http://emea3.mrted.ly/23zm1, http://emea3.mrted.ly/23zn5
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<br> Your Profile
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<br> * Master’s degree or diploma in history, history of technology or
<br> related field
<br> * Good command of the following languages: English, French and/or German
<br>
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<br> We offer
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<br> * An interesting position within an international research centre;
<br> * Dynamic and multicultural research environment;
<br> * Personal work space at the University
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<br> Further Information
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<br>Candidates should submit the following documents:
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<br> * Motivation letter
<br> * Curriculum vitae
<br> * Copies of diplomas
<br> * List of publications (if applicable)
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<br>Please send your application online by *22 April 2019 *to
<br>stefan.krebs@uni.lu
<br>
<br>The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.
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