Dear list members After having received a Swiss National Science Foundation grant for a research project on the role of microcomputers in the social, cultural and ecenomic transformations in Western and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, I am advertising, once again, a fully funded PhD position in history at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland: Sub-project 2, "The Microcomputer as a Medium of Communication Within the Eastern Bloc and Across the Iron Curtain": https://www.unilu.ch/universitaet/personal/personaldienst/offene-stellen/phd... Due to lack of interest in the original position, I broadened the scope a bit: Now, the PhD project should be a case study exploring the role microcomputers played in practices of communication within the Eastern Bloc or across the bloc divide in a domain of the candidate's own choosing - be it hobbyist (hackers, gamers etc.), political (dissident networks), religious, artistic etc. Application deadline is 11 March 2024. Please feel free to share the information and pass it on to interested potential candidates. Thank you! Best wishes, Gleb -- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gleb J. Albert SNSF Starting Grant Assistant Professor for General and Eastern European Contemporary History Department of History, University of Lucerne Universität Luzern Historisches Seminar Frohburgstrasse 3 Postfach 4466 CH-6002 Luzern Switzerland Room 3.A29 Tel. +41-41-2295527