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colleagues,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I’m pleased
to announce that I have an open, fully-funded PhD position in the history of public and/or
political cybernetics. The PhD project will investigate how cybernetics
influenced new ideas and practices regarding public and/or political
institutions in the post-1945 period. Beyond this, the successful candidate
will be free to shape the scope and focus of the project (geographical, chronological,
etc.). You can read more about the position here: <a href="https://www.academictransfer.com/en/325445/phd-candidate-in-the-history-of-public-cybernetics-faculty-of-arts-and-social-sciences-department-of-history-10-fte-4-years/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.academictransfer.com/en/325445/phd-candidate-in-the-history-of-public-cybernetics-faculty-of-arts-and-social-sciences-department-of-history-10-fte-4-years/</a>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The
application deadline is April 5^th, and the preferred starting date
for the position is September 1^st. I will be the lead supervisor and
the promoter/co-supervisor will be Prof. Cyrus Mody. Please forward this to any
interested candidates, who can contact me on my work e-mail (<a href="mailto:j.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">j.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl</a>)
if they have further questions about the position. Apologies for cross-posting,
and thank you for reading.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Best
wishes,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Jacob</span></p>

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<i>Assistant Professor (tenured) in History and STS</i></span></p>

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History/MUSTS Research Cluster</span></i></p>

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Arts and Social Sciences</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(118,120,120)">Maastricht University</span></i></p>

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</span></i><span lang="FR-BE"><a href="mailto:j.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">j.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl </span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:blue"><br>
</span></u><span lang="FR-BE"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maastrichtuniversity.nl%2Fp70066608&data=05%7C01%7Caurelien.goutsmedt%40uclouvain.be%7C2df6ee4ad7a84084d34b08db1a23d679%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C638132514363194586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Hof5S03WT8jZ409BL%2BjemkW1Ws2%2FtXzjCI8nTfo8GWQ%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/j.ward</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(118,120,120)"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 72pt 0.0001pt 0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(118,120,120)">Visiting address: 2.031,
Grote Gracht 80-82, 6211 SZ Maastricht <br>
Mailing address:</span></p>

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University</span></p>

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Box 616</span></p>

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MD Maastricht, </span></p>

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