MSCA PF Offer: Department of History - Supervisor dr. Leonte

The Department of History at Palacký University Olomouc has a longstanding tradition in the study of the Middle Ages. Its dynamic academic programs feature comparative and interdisciplinary graduate and postgraduate education, spanning historical and cultural developments from Antiquity to the twenty-first century. The department conducts numerous research initiatives and attracts an expanding community of international students and scholars, involved in innovative scholarship. Current projects emphasize global perspectives while maintaining a strong foundation in regional and thematic specializations.

Supervizor:

Dr. Florin Leonte is an Associate Professor at Palacký University Olomouc where he teaches on Late Byzantine and medieval history, literature, and society. Over the past decade, he conducted research on Byzantine rhetorical communication, epistolography, imperial ideology, education, and the reception of the classics. With extensive experience from previous research and teaching at institutions in the US and Europe, like Harvard University and Villa I Tatti, Research Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Dr. Leonte holds extensive experience and knowledge in the field of Byzantine studies.

Preferred Research Topics:

Topics from Byzantine studies: intellectual traditions, political and social history, literature, manuscript studies, education, gender, and society.

Candidate Requirements:

• PhD no longer than 8 years (exceptions for career breaks) in Byzantine studies,history, medieval studies, classics or a related field.

• Previous residence in the Czech Republic no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years.

Submit the following to florin.leonte@upol.cz by 15.4.2026:

• Research outline (including research objectives, novelty, state of the art and methodology),and

• your CV with most important publications of the 5 last years.