**Job Description**
The University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam School for Regional and Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) announce a fully-funded 4-year Ph.D. position. The successful candidate will join the project ‘Royalist Radicals: Royalist Opposition and the Making of Parliamentary Democracy (France and Europe: 1814-1830)’, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and led by Dr Matthijs Lok. This project challenges deterministic narratives of democracy in 19th-century Europe by examining the ambivalent democratic legacy of royalist radicals in early 19th-century France and Europe. The Ph.D. candidate will study how royalist radicals appropriated and developed parliamentary democracy instruments despite ideological opposition, with a main focus on France and consideration of the European and imperial/global context.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Good passive and active command of the French language
• Professional proficiency in English
• Ability to work both independently and as a team member
• Demonstrable interest in academic research and a strong drive to grow in the profession
• Ability to relate historical research to contemporary political debates
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• History
• Philosophy
• French Studies
• Political Thought
• A related field (Master’s degree by 1 October 2025)
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