The Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale, based at the Collège de France in Paris, will hire a researcher for a one-year post-doctoral contract starting 1st September 2014 to study the perception of animal diseases in southeast Asia (including China, India and Indonesia).
This position takes part to the project Social representations of pathogens at the frontiers between species, sponsored by the Axa Research Fund and led by Philippe Descola and Frédéric Keck. The goal of this three-year project is to compare the perception of animal diseases by breeders and health authorities in different parts of the Asia-Pacific area. In the course of this project, three positions will be available: Central Asia (2013), South-East Asia (2014) and Australia (2015).
Requirements:
- Applicants must have been awarded a PhD before the start of the contract
- Language skills and expertise related to the area of concern
- Experience in ethnographic description and comparative theory
- Ability to engage in a collaborative research with publications and participation to scholarly activity
- Knowledge in human/animal relationships and/or medical anthropology would be appreciated
In the framework of this post-doctoral contract, the applicant will:
- receive a €2,100 net salary from 1st September 2014 to 31st August 2015
- benefit from the environment of the Collège de France: high-quality libraries, research seminars and teaching at the centre of Paris
- have the financial means to do fieldwork in the area of concern under the tutorship of renowned experts of this field
- acquire knowledge on animal diseases and participate to the activities of the team Relations hommes/animaux: questions contemporaines
- Organize a workshop to maintain the international network of the project created by the launching workshop : Zoonoses and emergence of new infectious diseases: when biology meets anthropology
Candidates must send before April 15 a CV, a sample of writing (article or PhD chapter) and a statement of suitability (less than 3,000 words).
