"THE CASE OF SWEDEN" ERC-COG-2023 EU-GUNS SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARDING OF N. 1 RESEARCH GRANT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES - UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA, ITALY
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Offer DescriptionThis postdoctoral fellowship is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant 'A Disarmed Continent? Gun Culture,Gun Control and the Making of Western Europe (c. 1870-1970)'. The project is a comparative studyintegrating legal, cultural, social and practical analyses of the lawful use and possession of small firearms.Within the general framework of the project, the postdoctoral scholar will study the case of Sweden.Over the course of a century (c. 1870-1970), Europe experienced a silent revolution that led to theimplementation of gun control measures and the depoliticisation and cultural deglamourisation of guns.This transition has become one of the foundations of public order, social peace and the smoothfunctioning of political systems. The overall aim of the project is to explore the causes and historicalprocesses that have led to this change and its implications for European history.In the light of the existing literature and within the chronological framework of this fellowship (1870-1945),the postdoctoral scholar will select case studies on which to focus the research, identifying the mostappropriate sources and methodologies. The postdoctoral scholar will carry out a research project basedon an integrated approach to the legal, cultural, social and practical aspects of the lawful use andpossession of small firearms by law-abiding civilians. The methodologies envisaged by the project, andwhich the postdoctoral scholar will be invited to select and implement, include: a) security studies; b)entangled legal history; c) guns as material objects; d) advertising; e) gender studies.The researcher must be highly motivated and collaborate with the entire research group.The researcher must be willing to be based and work, except for periods of research abroad, at the Department.RequirementsResearch Field History » Contemporary history Education Level PhD or equivalentSkills/QualificationsPlease seeSpecific RequirementsPlease seeAdditional InformationEligibility criteriaPlease seeSelection processPlease seeWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute University of Padova - Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World Country Italy GeofieldWhere to apply WebsiteContact State/ProvinceItaly CityPadova WebsiteStreetVia del Vescovado, 30 Postal Code35141 E-Maildip.dissgea@unipd.itSTATUS: EXPIRED