The Centre for Social Studies (CES) – Associate Laboratory – University of Coimbra (Portugal), opens a call for applications for one (1) Research Assistant in the project TRACE – Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe – Grant Agreement 101044915, funded by the European Union within the scope of the European Research Council (ERC), and coordinated at CES by Ana Cristina Santos.
CES provides a stimulating intellectual environment in social sciences and humanities. The project is part of Thematic Line 2 “Democracy, Justice and Human Rights” of the Centre for Social Studies.
a. Project Description:
TRACE – Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe. In recent years, ageing has been considered a priority area in both governmental policies and research agendas. Sitting at the intersection between Gender and LGBTI Studies, on the one hand, and Age, Ageing and Life Course Studies on the other, and bringing together distant memories and the current daily management of intimate life, TRACE sociologically explores the impacts in later life of growing up in a time when legal recognition was not available for LGBTI+ people. TRACE pays particular attention to issues related to health and well-being, care and intimacy.
Taking queer citizenship as a set of criteria through which democracies can be evaluated, TRACE also explores the extent to which the EU has influenced local political and socio-legal advancements in LGBTI+ rights, narratives and experiences over time. To respond to this aim, TRACE develops an innovative age-sensitive, analytical lens focused on ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics through which progress and backlash in countries that experienced substantial changes in their intimate citizenship regimes are investigated.
Expected duration of the project: 48 months, started on January 1, 2023.
b. Scientific field:
Social Sciences and/or Humanities: Anthropology, Archival Studies, Documentation and Information Sciences, History, Sociology; other fields in Social Sciences and/or Humanities.
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e. Workplace:
The tasks will be performed at the Centre for Social Studies facilities or in other locations when necessary for the good implementation of the work plan, under the scientific supervision of the Principal Investigator, Ana Cristina Santos.
(…) “tasks require proficiency in written and spoken Portuguese and English.”