MSCA DN offer: Looking for Doctoral Candidate (PhD) in Legal History – MSCA DN TESTAMENT – Charles University, Prague

We are looking for a Doctoral Candidate in Legal History at Faculty of Law (Charles University Prague), within the MSCA Doctoral Network “TESTAMENT”. The project studies 15th‑c. testamentary law, focusing on Hussite movement membership and its impact on last wills in the Czech Kingdom. The DC will conduct research in Prague and Kraków, participate in international seminars, and contribute to a unique interdisciplinary network across five European universities.

Responsibilities

• researching the regulatory framework and societal and religious context of the testamentary practice in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the 15th-16th centuries;

• preparing a doctoral dissertation on the role of membership of the Hussite movement for the contents of last wills and the application and development of testamentary law in the fifteenth century;

• actively participating in the activities of the TESTAMENT-network (summer and winter schools, monthly online meetings, concluding conference);

• presenting the research at at least one international conference;

• writing at least one peer-reviewed scientific article;

• actively participating in the activities of the Research Unit and of the Doctoral School of CU Prague;

• conducting a six-month research stay at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków [which can be divided in several shorter terms];

• conducting a three-month internship at the Centre of Medieval Studies (part of the Czech Academy of Sciences), where the DC will be involved in a project aimed at the creation of a database of historical sources, which will facilitate the gathering of material for the DC’s dissertation.

Profile

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements:

• You are creative and ambitious, hard-working, and persistent.

• You have a master’s degree in law or history or you will have it by August 2026.

• You have good communicative skills, and the attitude to partake successfully in the work of a research team.

• You have a good command of the English language (spoken and written).

• You are able to work independently (perhaps with the partial help of a dictionary or AI) with historical texts written in Czech, German and Latin.

Offer

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. In addition, we offer you: 

• Full-time employment for three years, with an intermediate evaluation (go/no-go) after 1 year.

• The gross amount of the doctoral salary (before taxes and insurances) will be approximately 80 000 Kč (cca 3 300 EUR) per month if you are single with no dependent family members. It will be increased by the familly allowance if you are married or you have a registered partner and/or dependent child(ren).

• Additional benefits are in accordance to Charles University’s regulations.

• High-quality training programs and other support to grow into a self-aware, autonomous scientific researcher.  

Apply by Apr 20 via e-mail to testament@prf.cuni.cz / Apr 30 (online)on https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/login.php?do=prijimacky (official application for the CU – you have to attach a dissertation project of about 7 pages, CV and list of professional activities).

Full details: https://www.euraxess.cz/jobs/415052