Post-doctoral research level 1 or 2, School of History, UCD, Dublin.

4-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at University College Dublin

Fellowship Date: January 1, 2025 Location: Co. Dublin, Ireland Subject Fields: Economic History / Studies, Environmental History / Studies, Middle East History / Studies, Rural History / Studies This is a 4-year post-doctoral fellowship for the ERC-Consolidator Grant project ‘Global Capitalism and Rurality: Agency, Commodification and Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Middle Eastern Countryside, 1870-1945’ (CAPITALEAST). CAPITALEAST compares the Middle Eastern tribes of diverse origins (Syria, Iraq, Southern Turkey, and Northern Arabia) examining the ‘capitalization’ of their agriculture and the commercialization of their livestock. It adopts a translocal and global approach to reveal the connectedness of the diverse social entities to the wider world like the nomadic, semi-settled, and settled tribes living in cultivable, desert, and mountainous ecologies. The project examines intertwined processes such as commodification, the scientification of cultivation and animal breeding, mechanization of agriculture, ‘automobilization’, and new patterns of land ownership among the tribal communities of the Middle East, resulting in an impressive repositioning of tribal agency in the physical environment and a noticeable increase in urban-rural and global-local relations. This is an advanced academic research role, building on your prior experience as a post-doctoral fellow, where you will conduct a specified programme of research supported by research training under the supervision and direction of a Principal Investigator. The primary purpose of the role is to develop new or advanced research skills and competences, on the processes of publication in peer-reviewed academic publications and scholarly dissemination, the development of funding proposals, and the supervision and mentorship of graduate students along with the opportunity to develop your skills in research-led teaching. In addition to the Principal Duties and Responsibilities listed below, the successful candidate will also carry out the following duties specific to this project:

• Carry out highly innovative research, mentored by the PI
• Produce a research monograph and 2 articles in high-impact journals
• Contribute to the special issues/edited volumes
• Present research at workshops and conferences
• Help to expand international networks of the team
• Contribute to the project’s social media presence

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct a specified programme of research and scholarship under the supervision and direction of your Principal Investigator.
• Engage in appropriate training and professional development opportunities as required by your Principal Investigator, your School or Institute, or the University.
• Support your Principal Investigator and research group in the design and development of the research programme.
• Support, if required, the development of proposals for research funding.
• Engage in the dissemination of the results of the research in which you are engaged as directed by and with the support of and under the supervision of your Principal Investigator.
• Engage in the wider research and scholarly activities of your research group, School, and Institute.
• Take responsibility as requested for day-to-day advice and support of graduate research students associated with your research group.
• Mentor and assist, as appropriate and as directed, the research graduate students in your School and Institute.
• Carry out administrative and management work associated with your programme of research.

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