MSCA-IF: Joint application at the University of Granada. Department of History of Art.

Professor Miguel Ángel Espinosa Villegas, from the Department of History of Art at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) in 2020 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (more information: http://sl.ugr.es/0aNV).

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the UGR’s commitment to continuously improve its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also a leading institution in research, located in the top 5/10 of Spanish universities by a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, or international funding.

UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking (http://sl.ugr.es/0aw0). The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) places the UGR in 268th position in the world and as the 4th highest ranked University in Spain, reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. From the perspective of specialist areas in the ARWU rankings, the UGR is outstanding in Documentation (ranked in the 36th in the world) or Food science technology (ranked 37th in the world), Mathematics and Computer Science (ranked among the top 76-100 in the world).

The UGR has 4 researchers at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list in the Computer Science area. With regard to broader subject fields, the UGR is ranked in 45th position in the universities worldwide in the discipline of Engineering. It is also well recognized for its web presence (http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i) taking 36th place in the top 200 Universities in Europe. Internationally, we bet decidedly by our participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the last two Framework Programmes, the UGR has obtained a total of 66 projects, with total funding of 18.02 million euros, and for H2020, 80 projects with total funding around 20.6 million euros.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group

The Research Group HUM222 - PATRIMONIO ARQUITECTONICO Y URBANO EN ANDALUCÍA (ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN HERITAGE IN ANDALUSIA), has 36 members, practically all with higher degrees. It is directed by Prof. Professor (Emeritus) Mr. Ignacio Henares Cuéllar. It has two fundamental lines of research that house many other topics and objectives related to architecture, urban planning and art history:

-Construction of a Center specialized in the Investigation and Protected Documentation of the Andalusian Urban and Architectural Heritage

-Analysis of the Architectural and Urban Relations between Andalusia and Latin America

The group is attached to the Department of Art History that is part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Granada. Established in accordance with Decree 1977 of June 26, 1973 (B.O.E. of August 22), it is the basic body in charge of coordinating and developing the teachings attached to the area of knowledge of Art History at the University of Granada. It is also in charge of promoting research and promoting the activities and initiatives of the teaching staff that form it in accordance with the teaching and research programming of the University of Granada.

Project description

This project aims to return to the city its past forgotten, since an effective interdisciplinary approach, and to rehabilitate a space whose existence was always mythical and unreal to the urban history and memory. Data on the Granada Jewish population indicate the existence of a large neighborhood that expects rescue and whose location is still palpable in the street, despite the time and transformations. New technologies applied to the field of geolocation and geospatialization, such as Geographic Information Systems, ensure the detailed study of a passive object that is in serious risk of disappearance by neglect and oblivion. It is not just only to reveal its physical existence with the relevant documentation, but to propose too its value on the urban level and their reintegration into the city as an active cultural space.

Objectives:

1.To identify documentary and cartographically the spaces historically occupied by the Jewish community in the city.

2.To locate, recovery and do the treatment of domestic and urban remnants of our interest, through joint work of philological analysis, archaeological, historical and artistic dating, leading to formal revaluation.

3.This is accompanied by a plan of information and awareness of current users and owners of the areas under study.

4.To reconstruct the history of Judaism in Granada through the identification of its actors.

Research Area

Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor Miguel Ángel Espinosa Villegas (espinosa@ugr.es):

• CV
• Letter of recommendation (optional)