"Chair in the History of Science"

The Department of History invites applications for a Chair in the History of Science. Consideration will be given to candidates in the history of scientific knowledge and scientific practices broadly conceived (including technology, the environment, the social and life sciences, and medicine), with a particular emphasis on the period from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Preferred candidates will have the ability to teach and supervise PhD research across a wide range of topics, chronologies and geographies, and enhance departmental strengths in transnational and global history and the study of Europe in the World. Candidates with an orientation towards interdisciplinary and collaborative research are strongly invited to apply.

Interested applicants should consult Open competitions for academic posts • European University Institute (eui.eu) for further particulars. Deadline for receipt of applications: 8 January 2026.