This PhD position is part of the interdisciplinary research project “Innovation through Education: Pioneering Change in Law and Theology in Louvain’s Golden Age”. The project is led by an interdisciplinary team of KU Leuven researchers consisting of LECTIO members Prof Wim Decock (Roman Law and Legal History, spokesperson), Prof Wouter Druwé (Roman Law and Legal History), Prof Randall Lesaffer (Roman Law and Legal History), Dr An Smets (KU Leuven Libraries) and Prof Violet Soen (Early Modern History), with the support of Prof Mark Depauw (Ancient History/Digital Humanities), Prof Wim François (History of Church and Theology) and Prof Jan Papy (Latin Literature). The successful candidate will be affiliated to the Department of Roman Law and Legal History at KU Leuven's Faculty of Law (https://www.law.kuleuven.be/romrecht/engels). For more information about LECTIO, please visit http://lectio.ghum.kuleuven.be/
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The
Dutch Revolt put questions of the constitutional and political order of
the Netherlands at the centre of academic and public debate during
early 17th century. The question of the international legitimacy of the
Revolt spurred interest in the laws of war and peace. The secession of
the northern provinces from the Habsburg conglomerate in the Netherlands
fostered debate on the reconstitution of the Habsburg ‘state’ in the
Southern Netherlands, first under the Archdukes Albert and Isabel
(1598-1621), and then under the restored Spanish regime after Albert’s
death. The Leuven faculty of secular law and its professors rose to the
challenge of the reconstitution of the Habsburg state, with its implied
need for legally-trained officials who were attuned to the changing
context, by exploring novel pathways in the understanding and teaching
of the learned, Roman law. The project on two leading Leuven law
professors from the early 17th century: Petrus Gudelinus (1550-1620) and
Antonius Peresius (1583-1672). The research project aims to map and
analyse three major innovations in the teaching and study of law.
Firstly, in line with a wider European movement, the Leuven law
professors pioneered the gradual emergence and gradual emancipation of
public law, and its international pendant the law of nations, into
autonomous legal categories. Secondly, it will be assessed whether and
to what extent these Leuven law authors operated a theory and discourse
of natural law as part of a strategy to define, defend or limit royal
authority in relation to individual rights. Thirdly, there is the role
of the influence of the humanist revival at Leuven on the Leuven
jurisprudence to consider.
This vacancy is part of the large-scale project "Innovation through Education. Pioneering Change in Law and Theology during Leuven's Golden Age”, which will be conducted by 5 PhD students and their supervisors in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Theology. It investigates how Louvain professors in law and theology during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries adapted the content and methods of their teaching to the changing needs of society, in order to prepare the future elites for tackling the religious, political and economic challenges of their time. The source material consists of student notes that will be compared with printed material such as treatises and textbooks of the professors involved.
This vacancy is part of the large-scale project "Innovation through Education. Pioneering Change in Law and Theology during Leuven's Golden Age”, which will be conducted by 5 PhD students and their supervisors in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Theology. It investigates how Louvain professors in law and theology during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries adapted the content and methods of their teaching to the changing needs of society, in order to prepare the future elites for tackling the religious, political and economic challenges of their time. The source material consists of student notes that will be compared with printed material such as treatises and textbooks of the professors involved.
Profile
•
You have a master's degree in law, history, Latin language and
literature or equivalent, with excellent results. Students who will
obtain their master’s degree in 2020 are invited to apply.
• You have an interest in the history of constitutional and international law.
• You are able to read printed and/or written historical sources from the new era.
• You have good Latin skills or are willing to brush them up.
• You have good paleographic skills or are willing to acquire them.
•
You have a good command of modern languages (oral and written),
especially of English, French, German and Italian. Knowledge of Spanish
is an asset.
• You are prepared to carry out library and archive research in Belgium and abroad.
• You are good at dealing with deadlines.
• You are communicative, creative, cooperative and interdisciplinary, given the team-based character of the project.
• You will be present at your office in Leuven several days a week.
Offer
The
net amount of the scholarship will be approx. 2000 euro/month,
depending on age, professional experience and family status; in
addition, the fellowship provides for social and health benefits, office
space and a benchfee for research expenses.
Subject to
positive evaluation after the first year and the second year, the
scholarship has a total duration of 48 months (1+1+2).
The start date of the doctoral position is negotiable, but should not be later than 1 September 2020.
KU
Leuven offers a wide variety of courses for PhD candidates, a minimum
of which must be followed as part of the compulsory doctoral training
program, the specific content of which may vary from one faculty to
another.
The PhD candidates will benefit from a
unique experience in an interdisciplinary environment with junior and
senior experts in the fields of book history, digital humanities,
history of law, history of church and theology, early modern history,
religious history, and philology.
Interested?
For
more information please contact Prof. dr. Randall Lesaffer, tel.: +32
16 32 53 32, mail: randall.lesaffer@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Wim Decock,
tel.: +32 16 32 52 39, mail: wim.decock@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than May 15, 2020 via the online application tool
KU
Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish,
regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or
impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or
support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.
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