The History of Earth Sciences Society

A two year postdoctoral position is offered at EHESS/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
 

This position is funded by the WP SHS of the Origins project
(https://pepr-origins.fr/axes/une-approche-en-sciences-humaines-et-sociales/).
 

It will be part of the sub-project dedicated to the history of the  exploration, collection and exhibition of the origins of life and the  Earth. The research will focus on the history of the geology collections  at the French Natural History Museum, that may  be studied in a comparative perspective.
 

The successful candidate will be jointly supervised by Dr. Charlotte  Bigg, historian of science, and by Dr. Pierre Sansjofre, geologist and  curator of the Earth and Universe collections at the National Museum for  Natural History.
 

The successful candidate will join the Centre Alexandre Koyré  (CNRS-EHESS-MNHN), one of the most important units for the history,  sociology and anthropology of science and knowledge at the national  level. They will belong to a dynamic community of over a hundred  researchers, university teachers, postdoctoral and doctoral researchers  in this field.
 

They will also work closely with the IPMC unit at the National Museum for Natural History and its geological collections.
 

For further information and applying, please visit https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8560-CHABIG-009/Default.aspx?lang=EN