Missions

The post-doctoral fellow will be associated with the research project “The Common Notion. Science and Consensus in the Seventeenth Century” (NOTCOM, ERC AdG 2023-2027) and employed on French contract with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). NOTCOM is a European project of the Horizon Europe framework programme that explores the social epistemology and the methods and practices of collective science in early-modern natural philosophy. Information about the project can be found here: https://notcom.hypotheses.org/.

Activités

The post-doctoral fellow will work alongside the principal investigator and the project team on completing the research objectives of NOTCOM. They will pursue a personal research project within the remit of NOTCOM, but are also expected to contribute to the organisation of research events, participate in team meetings, collaborate with associated research partners in Lyon, Oxford, and elsewhere, and contribute to the preparation of an edited volume. They will moreover be assigned specific data packages to contribute to the construction of a project database.

Compétences

Applicants holding a doctorate in the history of early-modern philosophy, history or science, or sociology of science are particularly encouraged to submit. Please note that the post-doc must have the ability to work effectively in both English and French. The ability to read texts in Latin and/or German and/or Italian is an advantage.

Contexte de travail

NOTCOM is administratively split between two units of CNRS: The Maison Française d'Oxford (MFO) and the research centre IHRIM at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon). The post-doctoral fellow will be employed at the ENS de Lyon but will also spend a total of about 4-6 weeks per annum in Oxford, distributed over the academic year according to a coordinated team calendar. The mobility is funded by the project. The post-doctoral fellow will moreover be afforded a budget for conference travel.
The IHRIM (Institute for the History of Representations and Ideas in Modernity) is a trans-secular (16th-20th century) and multidisciplinary unit (philosophy, French and foreign literature, musicology, theater studies, art history, history of science and technology). The specificity of its research consists of a historicized approach to literary, symbolic, artistic and scientific ideas and representations.
The position reports directly to the NOTCOM project manager.

Contraintes et risques

Candidates must hold a valid passport allowing for frequent travel between France and the United Kingdom.

Informations complémentaires

To apply, please send a cover letter, project description, and a current CV including contact information for 2 references. The dossier can be in English or French, according to preference. Cover letter and project description can be uploaded as a single file if needed. The application deadline is 10 May 2025 (NB: submit application on 9 May the latest). Before submitting their application, applicants are welcome and encouraged to first contact the NOTCOM Principal Investigator Mogens Lærke (mogens.laerke@cnrs.fr) for additional information about the project, the terms of employment, and how to apply. Interviews will be conducted the last week of May, by videoconference.