University of Southampton
Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History)
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position
The University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the European Research Council-funded project Uncharted Maritime Worlds (UMW): An Integrated Digital History of Seaborne Trade from European Archives, led by Professor Craig Lambert.
About the Project
Uncharted Maritime Worlds is a major European Research Council project investigating the development of seaborne trade, shipping and maritime networks from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It will bring together large quantities of previously fragmented archival evidence from across Europe to reconstruct patterns of maritime activity and develop new ways of analysing the people, ships, ports and trading networks that connected the early modern world.
Role and Responsibilities
The Research Fellow will take primary responsibility for identifying, collecting and analysing evidence from Spanish archives relating to maritime trade, shipping and overseas commerce between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Key responsibilities include:
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- Undertake extensive archival research in Spain
- Identify and transcribe early modern Spanish manuscript sources
- Extract and structure historical information for incorporation into the project's integrated digital database
- Work closely with other members of the UMW team to integrate Spanish evidence with archival data collected elsewhere in Europe
- Contribute to the project's comparative historical research
Requirements
- PhD (or equivalent) in History or a closely related discipline
- Research expertise in early modern Spain and/or the Spanish Atlantic, maritime or commercial history
- Excellent written and spoken Spanish and English
- Advanced ability to read sixteenth- to eighteenth-century Spanish handwriting
- Experience of conducting research in Spanish archives
- Experience of extracting and analysing historical information from archival sources and working with historical datasets, databases, or digital humanities methods
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Opportunities
You will join an interdisciplinary research team of historians and digital specialists and will have opportunities to:
- Develop your own research and publications within the wider aims of the project
- Contribute to collaborative publications, conferences, digital resources and other UMW outputs
Position Details
The post will be based in History in the School of Humanities at the University of Southampton and will involve periods of archival research in Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
Application Process
Please apply by uploading your CV and a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Craig Lambert at c.lambert@soton.ac.uk.
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