Two Postdoctoral Positions in the Research Project ‘Nordatlantiske Hverdagshistorier’

The Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University invites applications for two 18-month postdoctoral positions in the research project ‘North Atlantic Everyday Histories’ (Nordatlantiske Hverdagshistorier) financed by the Velux Foundations Museums Programme 2024-2027. The project is a comparative examination of everyday life over time through local oral histories and vernacular archives in Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.

The appointments begin on September 1, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

The university is keen for its staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their personal background.  

Research context 

We are looking for two innovative scholars with a background in Social Anthropology, History, Cultural Heritage Studies, or related disciplines, preferably with a specialisation in oral histories, vernacular archives, memory work, and living cultural heritage. Experience with sound recording equipment, sound editing, and podcast production as well as experience with video-filming is an advantage but not a prerequisite for applying. Fluency in written and spoken Icelandic or Faroese, and English is also an advantage.  

About the research project 

What roles do oral histories and family archives play in understandings of history and how can these be collected, registered, and communicated in new ways? Based in interdisciplinary collaborations with local, regional, and national partners and institutions in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Denmark, the project ‘North Atlantic Everyday Histories’ preserves and communicates oral histories and family archives, providing new knowledge of their importance to our collective history. The project integrates three significant approaches within contemporary anthropology and cultural heritage research: affect, narrative, and material theory, and contributes to scientific knowledge-sharing, digitization of site-specific histories and archival material, and to the communication of shared north Atlantic cultural heritage based in experimental approaches to co-creation, workshops, and exhibition-making.   

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