<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">SIGCIS folks,</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Sharing an exciting two year post-doc opportunity in the history of cryptography, focused broadly in the latter third of the twentieth century to the present. Reach out to me and/or </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:christof.paar@mpi-sp.org" data-linkindex="0" title="mailto:christof.paar@mpi-sp.org" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">christof.</span><span data-ogsc=""><span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">paar</span></span><span data-ogsc="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">@mpi-sp.org</span></a></span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"> with any questions. Please distribute widely in your networks.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Cheers, Matt</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"></span></p><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Matthew L. Jones</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Smith Family Professor of History</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Princeton University</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">@nescioquid</span></div><br><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">The Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) in Bochum, Germany, is offering a position for</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">One Postdoctoral Scholar (m/f/d)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"><span data-ogsc="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">for 2 years, with employment contract: TVöD-Bund (pay scale E14)</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">to begin in June 2026 or later.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">We seek a postdoctoral scholar working in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"><b data-ogsc="">history of cryptography and information security</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">
after 1970, with a robust research agenda. The successful applicant
will conduct their own research within these guidelines, will undertake a
series of oral history interviews, and will organize a workshop on the
history of cryptography with a focus on the last 50 years. The project
aims to support innovative scholarship on cryptography, both the
individual project of the successful candidate and the broader work in
the community. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">The
project will be conducted in collaboration with the Max Planck
Institute for the History of Science in Berlin (Etienne Benson) and
Princeton University (Matthew Jones).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"><b data-ogsc=""> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">The
successful candidate will organize and undertake, along with the
director at MPI-SP and the collaborators, to secure high quality,
technically and historiographically informed oral history interviews of
the major figures in the development of cryptography. Special attention
should be given to the 1970s, when cryptography began to emerge as a
research field outside government agencies, and to the 1990s, when
concerns about privacy and state surveillance became prominent with the
rise of the internet. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">The position will be centered at Christof </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"><span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Paar</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">’s
group at MPI-SP and offers a unique opportunity to work within two
intellectually stimulating environments: the history-of-science
community, with a focus on technology and information technology, and
the global cryptography community. The hosting institute together with
the collaborating institutions are well connected in both communities at
the international level. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black">To apply, please submit the following documents: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" type="1" data-listchain="__List_Chain_151"><li style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" data-ogsc="">Cover Letter;</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="">Curriculum vitae; including publication list;</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="">Research prospectus in which you outline your planned contribution to the research theme (maximum 1,500 words);</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="">An English writing sample communicating your own research to academics or the general public. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" data-ogsc="">Preferably a published piece.</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" data-ogsc="black"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="">Contact information for two referees. </span></li></ol><p style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">Applications must be received by February 28, 2026, and should be sent to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"><br></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:christof.paar@mpi-sp.org" data-linkindex="0" title="mailto:christof.paar@mpi-sp.org" data-ogsc=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" data-ogsc="">christof.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif" data-ogsc=""><span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">paar</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" data-ogsc="">@mpi-sp.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black"> with the subject line “history of cryptography”. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">Applications
will be reviewed in March 2026 and short-listed candidates will be
interviewed in March and possibly April of 2026. Only successful
candidates will be notified.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">Please note that we can only accept electronic applications submitted through the portal.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p><p style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US" data-ogsc="black">The
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy stands for a
collaborative, diverse and inclusive workplace culture and promotes
equal opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from members of
any underrepresented group in our research area. In particular, we
invite and encourage women and individuals with disabilities to apply.</span></p><br></div>
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