Imagining Space and Drawing Boundaries: Geography, History, and Cartography of the Dominican Order, 13th- 14th Centuries

Position: Post-doctoral research appointment Institute: Uni. Pavia
Posted on: 07/04/2026 Deadline: 15/05/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

11/HIST-01 - Medieval History

Description

The research focuses on the Notitia provinciarum et domorum ordinis praedicatorum, compiled in the early fourteenth century by Bernard Gui (c. 1261–1331), a Dominican friar and prolific writer. The Notitia lists male and female convents, including foundation dates and other details, offering a valuable basis to analyse the typology, spread, chronology, and density of the Order’s expansion—approached here through this specific early fourteenth-century snapshot. The data will be organized into a structured database and mapped using GIS to produce an interactive digital cartography showing spatial and temporal patterns at multiple scales. The Notitia will also be studied as a textual construct, in comparison with Gui’s other works and with contemporary developments in spatial and temporal representation.

Funding body

Università di Pavia

Selection process

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The application for admission to the selection procedure (dated and signed),the documents and publications considered useful for the evaluation must be submitted, under penalty of exclusion, electronically, by visiting the following web page: https://pica.cineca.it/unipv/tipologia/idr selecting the Competition Notice you have chosen. In order to register with the system, you must have an email address. Following the guidelines published in the procedure, the applicant must enter all the information required for the application, enclosing all documents in electronic .PDF format. The selection of candidates is carried out on the basis of qualifications and interview, supplemented by a test of knowledge of the foreign language (see Art. 1 par. 1 Call for applications). The public call with detailed attendance and selection rules (Art 4 and 6) can be found at: https://pica.cineca.it/unipv/tipologia/idrThe selections are open to candidates, Italian or foreigner, in possession, on the date of the deadline for submitting applications for the admission to the selection, of a research doctorate (PhD) or equivalent qualification obtained abroad, or, for the sectors concerned, a medical specialization qualification. The educational qualification has to concern the research theme.Further specific assessable qualifications (see Art. 1 par. 1 CaQualification for academic teaching (habilitation) in Italyand/or abroad. Extensive experience in internationalresearch institutionsll for applications):Qualification for academic teaching (habilitation) in Italy and/or abroad. Extensive experience in international research institutions