Postdoctorat en histoire de la psychiatrie à Calgary

Postdoctoral Scholar Position in history of neuroscience & psychiatry (University of Calgary)

Call for applications

Area: History of Medicine (history of neuroscience & psychiatry)
Duration: 2 Years (potential for 3rd year)
Start Date: September 1, 2014
Salary: Commensurate with Experience

The Department of Community Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Neuroscience & Psychiatry for a research project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Job Description:

The UofC has an active research and educational community in the wider field of the science studies (programs in the History of Medicine and Health Care, History and Philosophy of Science, as well as Science and Technology Studies). The successful applicant will work with a team of historians and science scholars based in the Faculty of Medicine with strong links to the Faculties of Arts/Science/Nursing, the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the Institute for Public Health. The applicant will help to advance the groups’ historiographical research program and engage with (inter)national collaborators to examine the impact of émigrés physicians and researchers in North American neuroscience. The research program is aligned with current work to investigate the impact of the forced migration of German-speaking émigré psychiatrists, neurologists and basic brain researchers in Canada and the USA (see:www.homhcp.ucalgary.ca).

The successful candidate will teach 1 course per term in an area related to the History of Medicine/History/History and Philosophy of Science and contribute 40% of her/his time to research, data-banking, and publication activities of the research program. Participation in the ongoing seminars and lecture series of the program is also required. All other time, she/he can devote to her/his grant-writing activities, publications, and collaborations.

Qualifications:

Applications are invited from recent PhD graduates (<3 years from degree) in history/sociology/STS/ philosophy/anthropology/classics with a demonstrated background in history of medicine/science/neuroscience and interest in the subject of the local research program. International applications are likewise strongly encouraged. Data-banking experience and additional knowledge of German, Hebrew, Polish, or French is appreciated; and demonstrated experiences with oral history methodology would be an advantage.

Application details:

Review of applications will begin April-30, 2014 continuing until successful recruitment (anticipated start date: Sept-1, 2014). Applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter with statement of research experience, 2 writing samples (articles or books chapters), a brief outline of personal research interests along with 2 reference letters to:

Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch, Associate Professor

AMF/Hannah Professorship in the History of Medicine and Health Care

Department of Community Health Sciences & Department of History

TRW Building, Room 3E41, 3280 Hospital Drive NW

Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4Z6

Email applications (with all supporting materials) are preferred. Applicants wishing more information are encouraged to contact Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch (fwstahni@ucalgary.ca) or Mrs. Beth Cusitar (bcusitar@ucalgary.ca).