The UKRI-funded 5-year project, 'Colombo: Layered Histories in the Global South City', selected for funding by the European Research Council under its 'HORIZON' programme, is recruiting to a doctoral studentship.

This is a fully funded full-time international studentship for three years, commencing October 2026. The prospective doctoral student will focus their attention within the broad field of the 'environmental and/or cultural history of Colombo', ideally in the early modern or modern era. Given the project's aim to generate dialogue between Sri Lanka and Europe, candidates applying from Sri Lanka are especially encouraged.

Colombo Has a Deeply Layered Imperial Past. It Came Under a Succession Of European Empires, Portuguese (first Trading Post In 1518), Dutch ) And British ). It Was Also Pivotal To The Early Globalisation Of Islam And Has Housed a Series Of Diasporic And Minority Communities. This Project Interrogates How Invaders And Residents Made a City ...