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Utrecht University’s department of History and Art History, in collaboration with the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study the colonial history of Botanic Gardens within the EU-HORIZON-funded project “Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations” (COLUMN).
The postdoctoral researcher’s work should primarily offer further insight into the colonial history of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens. More broadly, the project will contribute to the key aim of developing policy recommendations and educational interventions on Botanic Gardens as colonial university heritage.
For more information and to apply, see this webpage
Desired qualities:
- A PhD degree in History or a related discipline;
- experience with archival research;
- experience and/or affinity with history of science and/or colonial history, including botanic gardens and the history of botany;
- an interest in exploring botanic collections in both the Netherlands and Suriname;
- the ambition to contribute to academic publications on the topic;
- a commitment to working in an international and interdisciplinary team;
- proficiency in both Dutch and English;
- experience and/or affinity with critical heritage studies is a plus.