Doctoral student in History, within the National Graduate School in Historical Studies

The doctoral programme

The doctoral students will be part of the National Graduate School of Historical Studies.

The National Graduate School of Historical Studies is located at Lund University. Through the Graduate School, doctoral students are able to interact with other doctoral students and academic staff engaged in historical research at Lund University, the University of Gothenburg, Linnaeus University, Malmö University and Södertörn University. About 80 doctoral students and about 100 supervisors are taking part. Subjects included are History, Human Rights, Media History, History of Ideas and Sciences, Ethnology, Art History and Visual Studies, Book History, Musicology, Historical Archaeology, and Classical Archaeology and Ancient History.

The National Graduate School is a Swedish speaking doctoral programme. Participation requires ability to absorb academic texts as well as discussions in Swedish.

For more information about the National Graduate School of Historical Studies, see: https://www.hist.lu.se/forskarskolan/en/.

Information about doctoral studies at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology can be found at https://www.ht.lu.se/en/education/doctoral-studies/.

Work assignments

Doctoral education. Departmental work, such as teaching and administrative tasks, can be assigned.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for doctoral studies in History are specified in the general syllabus, available at https://www.ht.lu.se/en/utbildning/forskarutbildning/dina-doktorandstudier/general-syllabi/.

Assessment criteria

The selection process will primarily take into account the applicants’ ability to benefit from third cycle studies. This is assessed against the criteria quality, quantity, progression and relevance.

Application

Instructions for applying for a doctoral student position can be found here: https://www.ht.lu.se/en/education/doctoral-studies/become-a-doctoral-student-at-the-ht-faculties/application-and-admission/.

The application must include:

• CV/list of qualifications including relevant administrative and educational qualifications
• cover letter
• records of first- and second-cycle studies (attested copies of official transcripts of records)
• documentation of language skills of relevance for the research studies
• first- and second-cycle theses/degree projects
• any scholarly publications
• project plan (1500 words max. excluding references).

Please note that you need to upload all documents with your application in PDF format.

For these specific doctoral positions, we prefer that you write your application in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English.

Type of employment

Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.