Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), 2 positions in transimperial forestry history University of Eastern Finland in Finland

Two fully funded PhD positions are available in Environmental and Global History , with a focus on forestry knowledge and transimperial history . The positions are part of the TreeKnow Project at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies , University of Eastern Finland . These doctoral researcher openings are suited to applicants with a strong background in history , especially those interested in environmental history , global history , archival research, and historical methods. The...

Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria, is offering up to five funded PhD places in Comparative History for the 2027/28 academic year. The four-year programme is accredited in Austria and the United States and welcomes interdisciplinary research proposals examining interconnected historical cultures and geographies. Historical Studies at CEU has particular strengths in the history of Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, while faculty research also covers areas ranging from...

The University of Eastern Finland is advertising six Doctoral Researcher positions within the doctoral programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The posts are based at the faculty in Kuopio or Joensuu and are linked to the university’s multidisciplinary research environment, where social sciences and business studies are described as theoretically and methodologically diverse and closely connected to the university strategy. One position will be filled in each of the facu...

McGill University’s Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), Department of History & Classical Studies, is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers to join a project on the history of the Indian Ocean World from c.1800 to the present. The positions examine the impacts of either sulphur-rich volcanic eruptions or cyclones on societies and environments across a macro-region stretching from East Asia to Eastern Africa. The project is especially interested in candidates whose research engages with the exper...

[Up to 5 funded PhD places for academic year 2027/28; full tuition waiver, monthly stipend, and a research allowance currently 5,200 EUR for the duration of the program.] Central European University is offering up to 5 funded PhD places in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies for the 2027/28 academic year. This is a four-year doctoral program accredited in Austria and the United States, designed for students interested in historical research spanning late antiquity through the early m...