The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus invites applications for a full-time (140 hours/ month) Postdoctoral Researcher position to work in close collaboration with Dr Natasha Constantinidou. The successful candidate will work on Book History (15th-16th centuries); in particular, she/he will focus on an aspect of Greek books produced in Western Europe in the 16th century (esp. in areas such as France, the Holy Roman Empire, the Italian States, or the Low Countries).

The position will be funded by the GrECI (Greek heritage in European Culture and Identity) Twinning project funded by the WIDERA/Twinning call for proposals of the Horizon Europe programme for Research and Innovation of the European Union. The successful candidate will also benefit from the collaboration with the University of Oslo (Prof. Han Lamers, UiO, Norway) and Université Franche-Comté (Prof. Marie Barral-Baron UFC, France).

The project team will meet regularly, both virtually and physically, and is committed to the well-being and career development of all our members.

The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to conduct a research project that sheds new light on the history of Greek books in early modern Europe (publishing, printing, distribution, use etc.). Research results should be presented in the form of conference papers and a number of journal articles. Relevant backgrounds include book history, history of knowledge and scholarship, classical reception studies, classics, Byzantine and Greek studies, Neo-Latin studies, Renaissance and Reformation studies. 

The candidate is expected to present a research project closely connected to the main project, that also considers the role of Greek books and Greek learning in the formation of identities – be it national, European, or religious.