Full-time research and teaching position in the center for the history of law and legal anthropology

Job description

The Centre d’histoire du droit et d’anthropologie juridique (CHDAJ) of the ULB (https://www.chdaj.ulb.ac.be) is offering a full-time position for an assistant from October 2025.

The assistant will be required to produce a scientific research in the field of Legal History or in the field of Legal Anthropology and will also be responsible for practical work in the BA block 1 

The assistant will be :

• required to finalize a doctoral thesis in the field of Legal History or in the field of Legal Anthropology;
• required to publish works in relation with the doctoral thesis
• required to participate in CHDAJ activities
• responsible for practical work in Introduction to Law and/or Legal Methodology and/or Legal History 
• to carry out the various tasks incumbent on members of the Faculty's scientific staff (exam supervision and marking, attendance at student fairs and open days, involvement in faculty life, etc.)

The assistant's research work will fall within at least one of the research axes of the Center for the History of Law and Legal Anthropology or its members. For more information on the content of these axes, see the CHDAJ website: https://chdaj.ulb.ac.be/

The full-time assistant mandate is granted for an initial period of 2 years, renewable after evaluation by the competent bodies for two further periods of 2 years, i.e. a total duration of 6 years. As the aim of each term is to construct and finalise a doctoral thesis, tasks will be divided equally between research, teaching and participation in the life of the Centre and the Faculty. These tasks and the content of the teaching assignment may be reviewed at regular intervals.

Required educational level : Master level in Law / Master level in History / Master level in Social Sciences

Required Languages :

Français : native

English : excellent

Dutch : good

Interested ?

For more information, please contact Mr Jérôme de Brouwer (Jerome.De.Brouwer@ulb.be)

Your application will consist of a Curriculum Vitae(if you wish, a standard CV can be downloaded from the website: https: //www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques-cv-type) and a document completed using the template available at this URL address https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/4e-applic-form-assistant-docx  

 This Template structures your application by including the following elements: 

• an application letter  
• a note on the applicant’s PhD research project (4 pages) 
• two letters of reference 

 Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee. 

Where to go to apply? 

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For any connection problems or questions about our application, consult our FAQ : e-recrut-mode-d-emploi-candidat-en-_1734942996246-pdf 

Equal opportunities policy

ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.

We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.

Would you like to be provided with reasonable accommodation in the selection procedure because of a disability, disorder, or illness?  Please contact Marie Botty, the person in charge of diversity aspects for the academic and scientific staff (marie.botty@ulb.be). Be assured of the confidentiality of this information.

More details on the ULB gender and diversity policy are available at https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/gender-equality-at-ulb. 

You will find all the regulations relating to research careers on our site at http://www.ulb.ac.be/emploi/academique.html.

Reference : 2025/S012

Application deadline : 31/03/2025

Start date: 01/10/2025