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2 PhD candidates, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following <br>vacancy in its Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) <br> <br> <br> 2 Doctoral candidates (PhD student) in the field of contemporary <br> history/history of technology (M/F) <br> <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 <br> <br> <br> Your Role <br> <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). <br> <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. <br> <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. <br> <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. <br> <br> <br> Activities <br> <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> <br> <br>For more information about C²DH, please visit: https://www.C2DH.uni.lu <br> <br> <br>The job advertisements can also be found here: <br>http://emea3.mrted.ly/23zm1, http://emea3.mrted.ly/23zn5 <br> <br> <br> Your Profile <br> <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> <br> <br> We offer <br> <br> * An interesting position within an international research centre; <br> * Dynamic and multicultural research environment; <br> * Personal work space at the University <br> <br> <br> Further Information <br> <br>Candidates should submit the following documents: <br> <br> * Motivation letter <br> * Curriculum vitae <br> * Copies of diplomas <br> * List of publications (if applicable) <br> <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. <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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