PhD Position in Political and Intellectual History

**Job Description**
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Amsterdam School for Regional and Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) are pleased to announce a fully-funded 4-year PhD position in Political and Intellectual History. 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 will examine the ambivalent and multifaceted democratic legacy of royalist radicals in early nineteenth-century France and Europe. The PhD candidate will study why and how royalist radicals appropriated and developed parliamentary democracy instruments despite their ideological opposition, and how they legitimized this strategy, with a main focus on France but also considering the European and imperial/global context. The project can be adapted to meet the individual interests and skills of the PhD candidate.

**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:
• Master’s degree in History
• Master’s degree in Philosophy
• Master’s degree in French Studies
• Master’s degree in Political Thought
• Master’s degree in a related field
(Master’s degree required by 2025-10-01)

**Experience**
Other:
• First Stage Researcher (R1) profile

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