Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is one of the leading European universities, with a tradition reaching back more than 500 years. In 2012, the university established the Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies ‘Distant Worlds’ with the funding of the German Excellence Initiative. The Graduate School is an interdisciplinary research network Read more…
Details and areas at <http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/about-queens/vacancies/> The Governing Body of The Queen’s College invites applications from graduates of any university for election to a three-year post-doctoral position as a Junior Research Fellow in Manuscript and Text Cultures, with a research specialism in knowledge-production and text-transmission in pre-modern literate societies. Fellowships are Read more…
With funding to start in summer 2016, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative will allow up to 20 scientists and scholars who are under threat from political persecution to continue their research at German universities and research institutions The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is launching the Philipp Schwartz Initiative today. The programme Read more…
ELIGIBILITY: The applicant: • must have refugee status or, at the moment they apply for the fellowship, have submitted an application for refugee to the immigration office of a member state of the European Union; • must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Belgium Read more…
Bei der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur – Mainz ist im Rahmen des Akademievorhabens ›Das Corpus der hethitischen Festrituale: staatliche Verwaltung des Kultwesens im spätbronzezeitlichen Anatolien‹ (HFR) ein bis zu dreijähriges Doktorandenstipendium zu vergeben. Das Stipendium steht im Kontext der Weiterqualifizierungsinitiative der Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften. Ziel ist es, einen Read more…
The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a Stanford H. Taylor Postdoctoral Fellowship. Area of research specialization within Near Eastern Studies is open, but the successful candidate will expand rather than replicate current areas of faculty expertise. The term of the fellowship is two years, with the appointment Read more…
Bei der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur – Mainz sind für das Akademievorhaben „Das Corpus der hethitischen Festrituale: staatliche Verwaltung des Kultwesens im spätbronzezeitlichen Anatolien“ (HFR) zum 1. April 2016 und zunächst befristet bis zum 31. Dezember 2018 folgende drei Stellen zu besetzen: 1,0 Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in EG 14 TV-L, ggf. teilbar Read more…
Announcement: Visiting Professorship in Assyriology IHAC, NENU, Changchun (China) Position: Visiting Professor of Assyriology The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, Jilin Province, P. R. China, invites applications for a full-time Visiting Professorship in Assyriology. The appointment will be fixed term from 1st March 2016 through Read more…
Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions, Oriental Institute Museum The University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute is an internationally recognized research center for studying the archaeological and textual record of the ancient Near East. A primary unit within the Institute is its Museum, which houses over 300,000 objects Read more…
The Oxford-Wolfson-Ullendorff Graduate Scholarship in Semitic Philology is open to new students studying a Humanities subject, specialising in Semitic Philology. For further details, please visit the page: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/scholarships/ullendorff