Marie Curie Application Writing Seminar

The Research group Medieval history – Religion and Everyday Life, placed at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at the University of Bergen, and the Medieval Research Cluster at the University of Bergen invite early career scholars to a Marie Skłodowska-Curie application-writing seminar in Bergen on August 18, 2023, to prepare applications to be submitted in September 2023 to EU for an individual Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant to do postdoctoral research at the University of Bergen. 

During this one-day-seminar, we will explain the general principles of applying for Marie Curie fellowships, discuss the pre-circulated drafts for application with other applicants and match you with your local host person. The aim of the workshop is to help you to make a better application.

We will invite 4 potential candidates to the workshop. The selected candidates must all have an interesting research proposal, a strong academic record, and they must commit themselves to do the postdoctoral project at the University of Bergen. 

To apply for attending the seminar, please send a detailed draft (3-4 pages) of your project and CV no later than June 30, 2023, to Kirsi Salonen and Irene Baug. The successful applicants will be notified latest on July 10, 2023.

Possible research topics:

We welcome as applicants anyone working with a theme relevant to the central themes for the Research group Medieval history – Religion and Everyday Life, which are the following:

• Christianization of Norway and its manifestations and effects upon all sides of the society 
• The transition from a heathen to a Christian society
• The creation and development of ecclesiastical and state administration and jurisdiction, and their relation to each other
• The material evidence of the effect of the Church in Norwegian society (buildings, burials, documents, all kinds of items) 
• The medieval religiosity and everyday life (donations to churches and monasteries, relics, saints, liturgy)
• The relationship to the papacy and other ecclesiastical networks (incl. University students and religious orders)

Although the group focuses on Norwegian history, an international, comparative perspective is particularly welcome for the Marie Curie projects.

As the research group is interdisciplinary, applicants can have a background in any relevant disciplines, for example: history, theology, religious studies, manuscript studies, philology, archaeology, legal history, or other relevant disciplines. 

The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion will be covering travel and accommodation for selected candidates to attend the seminar.

For further information, please contact Professor Kirsi Salonen, leader of the Research group Medieval history – Religion and Everyday Life or researcher Irene Baug, coordinator of the Medieval Research Cluster.