Segnaliamo l’apertura di una posizione per un PhD in “Food Protest in Early Modern Northern Italy”, nel contesto del progetto “Daily Bread”, presso l’Università di Amsterdam.
UvA is looking for a PhD candidate who will focus on the subproject on famine, urban protest, and food cultures in the Milanese state (ca. 1550-1800). The preference is for the PhD to focus on the city of Milan. Milan saw significant demographic crises in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, caused by epidemics and famines. Certain famine-related protests loom large, such as a famous Rivolta del Pane in 1628; others have left few traces in the literature and are yet to be analyzed. This subproject will explore the ways in which these protests developed, what their impact was, and trace how they have been recorded in both archives and early modern writing. Moreover, this project offers the possibility of examining how the introduction of new food stuffs interacted with food protests.
Deadline: 10 aprile 2025
