Global history and governance (GHG) – Assegnisti di ricerca

The program in Global History and Governance focuses on comparisons, connections, and processes of globalization that have characterized different areas of the planet between the 16th and the 20th centuries. It concentrates on the relational dimension of historical processes, legal regimes, and the organization of power; on the interconnections between economic, political, legal, cultural, and social factors; and on circulation, exchange, and interconnection of ideas, persons, institutions, legal cultures, political models, concepts, rights, and goods at a global scale.

Each year, the SSM offers several fellowships for postdoctoral historians, law scholars and political scientists who are chosen from a diverse and competitive pool of applicants.

Successful applicants are expected to be in residence at SSM.

Postdoc fellows continue their research at the SSM by participating in seminars and conferences and engaging with SSM faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students. They are also expected to participate in the coursework by teaching a 20-hour course for SSM undergraduate or graduate students. 

Fellowships are initially for one year but can be renewed for two additional years, pending satisfactory performance and continued funding.

THE CALL FOR 2026 SCHOLARSHIPS IS NOW OPEN. CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND TO APPLY

Admissions are by public competition according to the Italian Law. A selection committee appointed after the call deadline assesses proposals, publications, and qualifications and establish a shortlist. Shortlisted candidates are invited to an interview.

Daniel Forrest Banks, PhD European University Institute 
Research project (2025-2026): The Floating Revolution: Seaborne Radicalism and the Transformation of the Western Mediterranean, 1850–1875 

Mohamed Ali Adraoui, PhD Sciences-Po, Paris 
Research project: USLAMISM: One Century of United States-Muslim Brotherhood Relations (2020-2023)

Giacomo Canepa, PhD SNS, Pisa-Sciences-Po, Paris
Research project: Demographic change and the crisis of welfare state (1960s-1990s). France and Italy in the international context (2023-2024)

Alessandro Bonvini, PhD U. Salerno
Research project: Risorgimento Colonialism. Adventurers, Pioneers and Settlers beyond the Western Frontiers (2020-2023)

Marie Bossaert, PhD EPHE, Paris 
Research project: Tutti italiani! Politica e richieste di cittadinanza e di protezione italiana nell’Impero ottomano (anni 1860-anni 1930) (2020-2023)

Fabio Dell’Aversana, PhD U. Napoli Federico II
Research project: Rights and freedoms on the Internet. Democratic institutions, economic models and legal culture (2020-2023)