Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement (History of Ancient Science)
TOPOI Humboldt University Berlin
A postdoctoral fellowship in research group (D-1) Space of Nature:
The Exact Sciences of the Cosmos of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, starting October 1, 2015, is now open to applicants who have obtained exemplary results in their doctoral studies in History of Science, Classics, Assyriology, Egyptology, or another branch of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean philology.
Pursuant to DFG guidelines, the fellowship will be awarded for two years and will include a stipend of 1853 euros per month (including research allowance). A child allowance will be made available in accordance with DFG guidelines.
The successful recipient will pursue an original research project on the history of ancient science (e.g. astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine, mathematics) or its social or institutional context. The research will be conducted as a member of the research group D-1, which focusses on thehistory of the exact sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g. Babylonia,Greece, Greco-Roman world, Ptolemaic Egypt) between 500 BCE and 200 CE.
Project advisor will be Prof. Dr. Mathieu Ossendrijver
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Philosophie).
Applications, together with the documents listed below, should be emailed to ruti.ungar@topoi.org by August 25, 2015.
Weblink: http://www.topoi.org/news/announcement/
For more information, please visit www.topoi.org
Application documents:
Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Project plan and schedule
Official copies of degree certificates
Two letters of recommendation
List of publications