<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;" lang="x-unicode">The University of Luxembourg
invites applications for the following vacancy in its Centre for
Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH):
<br>
<br>
Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in the field of contemporary
history/history of technology (M/F)
<br>
<br>
- Ref. OTP R-AGR-3499-10-C, Acronym: REPAIR
<br>
- 14 months fixed-term contract, renewable up to 4 years,
full-time position (40h/week)
<br>
- Student and employee status (48 months studies programme)
<br>
<br>
The PhD student will be a member of the Public History research
unit within the C²DH at the University of Luxembourg. He/she will
work under supervision of Dr. Stefan Krebs in the FNR funded
research project “Repairing Technology – Fixing Society? History
of Maintenance and Repair in Luxembourg (1918-1990)”
(C15/SC/12547405). The REPAIR project will be the first systematic
historical study of repair practices, networks and infrastructures
in the short 20th century (c. 1918-1990). Within the context of
this emerging topic in the field of the history of technology, the
project will analyse the changes and continuities in the history
of maintenance and repair, using Luxembourg as a key example of a
Western consumer society. REPAIR questions the prevailing master
narrative of the emergence of a consumer society and concomitant
decline of repair, helping to better understand when and how
people care for the technologies they routinely use and thereby
highlighting the hidden importance of maintenance and repair.
REPAIR encompasses three research strands: the first investigates
the maintenance and repair of one of the quintessential 20th
century consumer technologies: the telephone; the second traces
the decline of professional repair services in Luxembourg, using
Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette as case studies; and the
third focuses on the development of post-war self-repair
practices, situated between leisure activity and political
activism. Analysing the maintenance of technical infrastructures,
urban repair offers and cultures of self-repair will advance our
historical knowledge of the large material, organisational,
knowledge and discursive investments needed to keep technologies
functioning. By revealing when, why and how technical objects were
maintained, repaired or scrapped, the project will provide crucial
insights into the historical and political contexts of the
emergence of consumer identities, the hidden societal and
environmental dimensions of repair, and the quest for more
sustainable consumption practices.
<br>
<br>
Your Role:
<br>
<br>
- Write a thesis on “Urban Repair Networks: the City of Luxembourg
and Esch-sur-Alzette”
<br>
- Contribute to research in the field of contemporary history,
history of technology and environmental history
<br>
<br>
For further information please contact: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:stefan.krebs@uni.lu">stefan.krebs@uni.lu</a>
<br>
<br>
Your Profile
<br>
<br>
- Master’s degree or diploma in history, history of technology or
related field
<br>
- Experience in qualitative research methods
<br>
- Good command of the following languages: English, French and/or
German
<br>
<br>
We offer
<br>
<br>
- Personal work space at the University
<br>
- Dynamic and multicultural environment
<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 13 January 2019 to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:stefan.krebs@uni.lu">stefan.krebs@uni.lu</a>
<br>
<br>
Or apply online: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://emea3.mrted.ly/21ab7">http://emea3.mrted.ly/21ab7</a>
<br>
<br>
The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.
<br>
<br>
</div>
</body>
</html>