Cultural contacts in Late Middle Ages and the Early modern period – Looking for MSCA-PF candidates

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Cultural contacts in Late Middle Ages and the Early modern period – Looking for MSCA-PF candidates

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• Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active and international research environment?
• Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher looking for a competitive project?

Professor , established at , Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest of potential candidates for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF) 2025 call. Prof. Morrás is willing to endorse doctoral projects on the Late Middle Ages and the Early modern period. The lines of research include a variety of options with emphasis on cultural and literary contacts within the Iberian Peninsula, and a comparative perspective between the Iberian literatures and the European ones such as Humanism, religious culture and its contact with Humanism, History of the book, and reception of Classical Tradition in Vernacular, circulation of texts and ideas, and bilingualism Latin-Vernacular, patronage and literary production, with a focus on the 14th. and 15th.c, among other; the application of Digital Humanities methodology to pursue the projects is specially encouraged.The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme (MSCA-PF) is a prestigious European funding programme that supports mobility, career development, and training within and beyond Europe. The scheme offers highly competitive salary and research costs. d its relation to political power.About usProf. Morrás is associate Professor of Spanish Literature at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, (UPF Barcelona). PhD at Univ California Berkeley and at the Univ Autónoma of Barcelona. Visiting professor at Univ California Berkeley, Università di Pavia, U de Ferrara, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Univ. of Chicago; Visiting Researcher at Univ of Cambridge, Univ California Berkeley of Nottingham and Queen Mary (UCL). Her research interests focus on Iberian Middle Ages, from the reception of Classical tradition and the introduction of Humanism in 15th.-c. Spain ( Los libros de Tulio de Alfonso de Cartagena, 1996; Ética para cada día, 2000, Manifiestos del Humanismo, 2002) to cancionero poetry ( Poesía completa de Jorge Manrique, 2002), with incursions in Golden Age theater (editions of Lope de Vega’s theater in 1997, 2003, 2010). Her work is oriented to the exploration of the history of ideas, and the role of literature in shaping and responding to intellectual and historical contexts. Her current research deals on forms of female sanctity and its relation to political power.She has published also over 60 articles on textual criticism, Humanism, translations in the Middle Ages, wisdom literature, female sainthood and digital humanities in national and international journals. Editorial Boards/regular peer reviewer: Anuario Lope de Vega, Dicenda, Troianaalexandria, Revista de poética medieval, Revista de Literatura Medieval, Revista de Literatura, Cuadernos de tradução, Erasmo, La Corónica, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Medievalia. Member of the Scientific Board of The Mediterranean Seminar (Univ California Berkeley California, Santa Cruz-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales (UNED, Madrid). PI of a Project on “The Emergency of Female Authority in Spain (1400-1550): Convent and court”, coordinated with R. Sanmartín, pendant of approval.

Prof. Morrás has already supervised 3 postdoctoral researchers under this scheme. Therefore, she is very knowledgeable of its characteristics and will be able to assist in the preparation of the project.Eligibility criteriaMSCA-PF are for Postdoctoral Researchers of up to 8 years after the PhD. Applicants from any country may apply, but must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the submission deadline to the European Commission (10/09/2025). If selected by the European Commission, candidates will have to live in Barcelona or its surrounding area.Selection processApplicants should check that they fulfil all the eligibility criteria and then send an expression of interest consisting of a CV, a summary presentation of the research proposal (c. 2 pages) and the contact information of at least two referees.Expressions of interest must be submitted by email by February 28, 2025. The title of the e-mail must be “MSCA application – Prof. María Morrás – your name and surname”Proposals will be preselected on the basis of internal evaluation.Support programIn addition to receiving multiple feedback from your supervisor, if chosen to submit the proposal to the European Commission, you will also receive advice from a dedicated research advisor at UPF’s Research Service and from the Knowledge Manager at the Humanities department, who will provide you feedback. Additionally, you will be invited to join an internal Info session where you will get to know the do’s and don’ts of these fellowships.Share this page

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Sun, 26 Jan 2025 01:20:34 GMT

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