PhD in History

PhD position within the project LangPro/nProfessional Opportunities in the Early Modern Language Sector (1550-1650) (1.0 fte, 4 years)/The PhD candidate will be working within the ERC Starting Grant research project LangPro, funded for 2026-2031 by the European Research Council, and directed by dr. Alisa van de Haar (university lecturer in historical French literature at Leiden University). Prof. Nadine Akkerman (professor in early modern literature and culture at Leiden University) will be the co-supervisor of the PhD candidate./The LangPro project examines the notion of the language sector in early modern North-West Europe: that part of early modern societies and economies which relied primarily on language skills./This PhD project will examine how language professionals supported each other by uniting in guilds, societies, and associations in early modern North-West Europe. To this end, the PhD candidate will study early modern archives of guilds and associations related to the language industry in the Low Countries, France, Germany, and England, between 1550 and 1650.