2 job vacancies at the University of Birmingham (UK):
The Department of History at the University of Birmingham seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for two years and a Research Assistant for one year, to work with Dr. Jelle van Lottum on his new project 'Migration, human capital and labour productivity: the international maritime labour market in Europe, C. 1650-1815', which was recently funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This project will investigate the link between economic development and labour migration in Europe before the Industrial Revolution, with a specific focus on the contribution of skilled labour migrants to economic performance.
For more information see:
Research Fellow
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADY337/research-fellow/
Research Assistant
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADY336/research-assistant/