[ecrea] Research Assistant / Doctorate in Communication Sciences - USI Lugano (Switzerland)

The Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG), Faculty of Communication 
Sciences at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI-Lugano), 
Switzerland, invites applications for a research assistant and a Ph.D. 
student position in the area of media and telecommunications history.



We offer an opportunity to work on a research project (founded by the 
Swiss National Science Foundation) on the origins of radiotelegraphy at 
European level. This projects aims to study the political, economic, and 
social construction of European wireless from the first international 
conference in which radiotelegraphy was considered (Berlin 1903) to the 
first in which radio broadcasting was definitely regulated (Washington 
1927). A detailed description of the project proposal can be found at: 
http://search.usi.ch/progetti/704/Inventing-European-Wireless-A-cultural-history-of-wireless-from-point-to-point-telegraphy-to-one-to-many-broadcasting-1903-1927.



We are particularly interested in candidates with an interdisciplinary 
approach, that can combine different fields of research and possess a 
master degree in media studies, communication sciences, history, 
international relations, or geography. Fluency in written and spoken 
English is a must as well as basic knowledge of French and German.



The position is fully funded for a minimum of three years (contingent on 
satisfactory progress). During this period the appointee will undertake 
his/her doctoral studies and will have the possibility to interact with 
people within the Institute of Media and Journalism studying different 
fields of media research, from politics to economics, to consumption. 
Furthermore, the candidate is expected to join an international network 
of scholars in the field and to become a credible member of the 
university‘s community. The research activities will be carried out in 
different European archives, but the candidate should take residence in 
Lugano, Switzerland.



Contact:

Please send your application, incl. detailed CV (with 2 references), 
university grade transcripts, and a letter of interest electronically to 
Gabriele Balbi, (gabriele.balbi /at/ usi.ch)



Deadline:

The call is open until the position is filled, but envisaged to be 
appointed as soon as possible (the project will start in September 2014 
and so applications will be considered from now to late June-early July 
2014).

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