Annonce 2 post-docs – Projet FluidCurtain (Trente)
Chères et chers collègues,
Je vous transmets ci-dessous l’annonce de deux contrats postdoctoraux à l’université de Trente. Les personnes recrutées intégreront l’équipe pilotée par Francesco Magno.
La date limite est proche (15 octobre), mais le dossier de candidature est relativement léger.
Bien à vous,
Andreas Guidi
Maître de Conférences / Associate Professor
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)
Département Europe / CREE
65 Rue des Grands Moulins – 75013 Paris
Membre Junior de l’Institut Universitaire de France
Latest publications:
Special Issue « Imperial Youth in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century », Journal of Social History, 59-3, 2026.
Special Issue (ed. with Sarah Frenking) « Between Deviance and Marginalisation. Gendering the Transnational ‘Underworld’ » , Crime, histoire et société / Crime, History, and Society, 29-2, 2025.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO
We are looking for TWO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS to join the FluidCurtain team and work on the history of Danube management during the Cold War.
The first postdoctoral researcher will work on the Danube in West Germany and, more specifically, on the post-World War II history of the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. To what extent did Cold War dynamics affect the dream of a unified European inland waterway network? How did German firms and political actors engage with and influence the project? These are the main research questions that our future team member will be asked to address.
The second postdoctoral fellow will work on Yugoslavia. The successful candidate will examine how the Yugoslav government utilized the Danube and its major tributaries in an effort to transform the country into a central hub for European inland waterway transport and hydroelectric power production.
Possible lines of inquiry include:
– The construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric power plants.
– The Morava–Vardar Canal project.
– Candidates are also highly encouraged to propose alternative research topics that contribute to the broader objectives of the project.
DEADLINE: October 15th, 2026, 12.00 am.
GROSS ANNUAL SALARY: 34.223,14€
EXPECTED START OF BOTH PROJECTS: 1 st December 2026 – or a later date in agreement with the P.I. of the research project.
Link to the application: https://lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/contratti-di-ricerca/dipartimento-di-lettere-e-filosofia-bando-di-selezione-il-conferimento-di-n-2-contratti-di-ricerca
Anyone who would like to know more about the project is very welcome to get in touch with the P.I. at francesco.magno@unitn.it
Francesco Magno
Tenure Track Researcher (RTT) – International History / Eastern European History
P.I. of the FIS3 research project Fluid Curtain. Managing the Danube River During the Cold War
School of International Studies and Department of Humanities
University of Trento
Via Tommaso Gar 14, 38122, Trento