Utrecht University invites requests for post-doctoral researcher on the Consolidator ERC project “fighting epidemics from the bottom: global cooperation for public health in the north and south in the Middle East and North Africa, 1792-1942 (cooperation).”

Your work

As a researcher after a doctorate, you will work on a sub-project within the cooperation of the Consolidator Praant project (2024-2029) funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and its removal before Dr. Ozan Ozfashi (The main investigator, PI) at the Ministry of History and Technical History. The project of lost archives and historical knowledge in international cooperation for public health between the “global north” and “the global south” through the analysis of the first and longest cases: health councils in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In Tangier, Alexandria, Tunisia, Istanbul and Tehran, these unprecedented institutions were established against epidemics and epidemics between the 1990s and the forties. European and American founders and citizens have created new models to fight epidemics from the bottom and stop diseases in their paths. They have been constantly sought to overcome the familiar barriers to cooperation that the competition between imperialism in a multi -polar world, economic inequality destinations, protests against restrictions on quarantine and ethnic and eastern biases are among other things. The Cooperation Project will write an intertwined history of health cooperation, by converting the concentration from operations from top to bottom up. Consulting archival sources in Europe, Mina and North America, will determine the historical pre -terms of effective international cooperation for public health.

You will be responsible for sub -project 1: Morocco, which will discuss the dynamics of cooperation in the field of public health in the city of Tangier.

you will:

• Conducting research during the appointment period in the Netherlands as well as in the archives in Europe, North America, the Middle East and North Africa;
• Publishing the article of the Journal of the Lazers and Distinction of a Book;
• Help organize a workshop on the health international in the Middle East and North Africa;
• Participate in project meetings and close cooperation with other members of the research team;
• Help prepare project data;
• Help in publishing knowledge of the project;
• The results of current research in national and international workshops and conferences.

Your characteristics

• You hold a doctorate in a related field (for example the nineteenth and early twentieth century, imperial history, history of medicine, the history of the Middle East/North Africa, etc.) at the time of appointment.
• You have a busy record of academic publications and public communication.
• You have an excellent and written English driving.
• You have a very good reading capacity for one or more European language.
• You have a very good reading capacity for the Middle East and North Africa languages ​​or their willingness to improve your language skills.
• You have an archive search experience.
• You are flexible to travel.
• You are a collective and have a responsible relationship with co -workers.
• You are a team player and independent thinker.

We showed us

• 12 months’ position, with the possibility of extending 12 months (24 months in total);
• A working week ranges between 30.4 – 32 hours and a total monthly salary of 4,728 euros in the event of full -time employment (salary scale 11 under the collective employment agreement for Dutch universities (Cao Nu));
• 8 % holiday salaries and 8.3 % bonus at the end of the year;
• The retirement scheme, the partially paid parents ’leave and flexible recruitment conditions based on Cao Nu.

In addition to Conditions for employment Utrecht University has also been placed in Cao Nu, and it also offers a range of its own plans for employees. This includes arrangements for Professional developmentDifferent types of leave, and options for Sports and cultural activities. You can also customize your recruitment conditions with our recruitment options form. In this way, we encourage you to continue to invest in personal and vocational development. For more information, please visit Work at Utrecht University.

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Mir information

For more information about this situation, please call Dr. Ozan Ozfashi in hoozavci@uu.nl.

Candidates for these vacancies will be recruited by Utrecht University.

Sollicitatie

As the Utrecht University, we want to be a house For everyone. We appreciate employees with various backgrounds, perspectives and identities, including cultural, religious, or ethnic background, sex, sexual tendency, disability or age. We strive to create a safe and comprehensive environment in which everyone can prosper and contribute.

To apply, please send your CV, and a two -page statement explaining how to intend to contribute to the project, via the “Now application” button.

The candidates who will be invited to conduct an interview will be asked to submit two reference letters that were sent directly by their references. The first round of interviews is expected to take place online on November 13, 2025.

The date of the position of the position is March 1, 2026. It can start early at an agreement with the PI.

The applicant’s deadline is November 2, 2025.