The Institute of History of the Research Centre for Humanities, Hungary\u2019s leading non\u2010university research facility, is inviting applications for a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow (f*m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to collaborate on a ERC project, Negotiating Sovereignty: Challenges of secularism and Nation Building in Central Eastern Europe since 1780, led by Dr. Andr\u00e1s Fej\u00e9rdy. The project SOVEREIGNTY is the first comparative investigation of the combined history of the conflicts between transnational institutions and modern states with a claim to sovereignty in the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states (Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania) between 1780 and 1990. The project provides this investigation by examining the history of the conflicts concerning the oaths of allegiance required of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church by secular powers. It advances the hypothesis that the history of East Central Europe was decisively shaped by the conflicts and negotiations between the modern state and the church, each of which asserted claims to sovereignty. The goal of the project is not simply to explore the history of a well-known legal-political \u201cinstitution\u201d which was used to ensure the loyalty of the clergy but which has only been partially examined in Central Eastern Europe. By examining the reasons for the state\u2019s insistence on oaths of loyalty, the reactions of the church, and changes in the forms of the oaths and the practices surrounding them as a ritual by era and country, the project will identify elements of continuity and discontinuity in the relationship between church and state in the contexts of Josephinism, secularisation, secularism, nationalism, nation (state) building, and communism. The investigation of local relations, conflicts, and interactions of nationalism and Catholicism will also shed new light on the evolution of how the Holy See dealt with nationalism and \u201cnational Catholicisms\u201d over time. Thus SOVEREIGNTY is a completely collaborative project which draws on the historiographies, archives, and languages of six European countries in its focus on the historical contexts of conflicts concerning the oaths of loyalty against the different cultural and political backdrops in these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Job description<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We seek applicants with strong interest in the research aera, familiarity with the historical context of Eastern and Centrale Europe and the history of Church-State relations. Postdoctoral researchers will be expected to take into consideration the cultural history of oath of loyalty, the evolution of the relationship between church and state and between Catholicism and the nation as well as the challenges posed by the catholic Church as a transnational institution to state sovereignty in Yugoslavia (Croatia\/Serbia\/Slovenia) in the twentieth century. Researchers will be required to focus particularly on the creation, use, survival and modification of model oaths: 1. in the age of new nationalisms after the First World War, an examination of the practices of new nation states and the processes which led, through compromises, to new oath (1918\u20131945). 2.\/ Study of the practices of state socialism concerning the oath (i.e. the period from 1945\u20131990).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Researchers are not requested to be based in Budapest, but they can stay in the examined region to foster on site work in libraries and archives. Collective work and continuous communication among the members of the research group will be ensured through regular online consultations as well as by workshops held twice a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Please send your complete application package as one single pdf file to: titkarsag@abtk.hu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The applications will be processed starting 1 February 2023. The position will remain open until filled. After pre-selection based on the application file, possible candidates will be invited for an online interview. Interviews are planned from 13 February 2023 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further information on the position please contact the research assistant Orsolya Kotnyek at kotnyek.orsolya@abtk.hu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Privacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n The privacy of your personal information is very important to us. We collect, use, and store your personal information in accordance with the requirements of the applicable data privacy rules, including specifically the General Data Protection Regulation. To learn more about how we manage your personal data during the recruitment process, please see our Privacy Notice at: www.abtk.hu\/en<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eligibility Criteria<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selection process<\/p>\n\n\n\n The applications will be processed starting 1 February 2023. The position will remain open until filled. After pre-selection based on the application file, possible candidates will be invited for an online interview. Interviews are planned from 13 February 2023 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further information on the position please contact the research assistant Orsolya Kotnyek at kotnyek.orsolya@abtk.hu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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