The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University invites applications from exceptional junior scholars who have demonstrated a capacity for innovative research and cross-disciplinary thinking. We seek candidates who best augment or complement the present strengths of the Joukowsky Institute community. We are particularly interested in Read more…
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum as Project Curator: Ur Cuneiform Digitisation. The successful candidate will work in a project team and will assist with the British Museum’s contribution to the joint University of Pennsylvania/British Museum Ur of the Read more…
Tel Aviv University – Department of Hebrew Culture Studies Senior Academic Position in Semitic Linguistics The Department of Hebrew Culture Studies at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position in Semitic Linguistics, effective from October 2016. The position requires the ability to conduct independent research in the Read more…
Oriental Institute Collections Research Grant The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is an interdisciplinary research center whose goal is to integrate archaeological, textual, and art historical data to understand the development and functioning of the ancient civilizations of the Near East from the earliest Holocene through the Medieval Read more…
‘Domesticating the Sumerians in Mandate Iraq: contextualising Woolley’s excavations at Ur (1922-1934)’ Applications are invited for a doctoral studentship tenable at University College London (UCL) History Department, in collaboration with the British Museum (BM). This doctoral award is funded though the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Collaborative Read more…
The Institut für Altorientalistik, Freie Universität Berlin calls for applications. See below and see http://www.fu-berlin.de/service/stellen/st_2015/st-20150309/index.html. Please note that the address of the institute has changed: Institut für Altorientalistik Freie Universität Berlin Fabeckstr. 23-25 14195 Berlin, Germany Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften Institut für Altorientalistik Wiss. Mitarbeiterin / Wiss. Mitarbeiter (Postdoc) befristet auf 3 Read more…
The Laboratory of excellence RESMED (“Religions and societies in the Mediterranean world”) offers 3 one-year postdoctoral fellowships starting in September 2015. Candidates should submit a resarch project on one of the following profiles: *Profile 1: *Conversions and controversies between Semitic and Greco-Roman worlds *Profile 2: *The image of Islam in Read more…
Two scholarships Available: MA Program in Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa The International Maritime Civilizations MA Program provides students with an understanding of the sea and maritime civilizations and prepares them for research in their chosen areas of specialization. Haifa’s coastal location and the Mediterranean region’s rich maritime history provide the Read more…
20 Incoming Postdoc Fellowships at Freie Universität Berlin Call for Applications for 2016 The “Postdoc International” POINT research fellowship program – co-financed by the German Excellence Initiative and the Marie Curie Program of the European Commission – provides funding for outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines to conduct their own Read more…
UniversitätsassistentIn – Postdoc (Ersatzkraft) Chiffre PHIL-HIST-8299 Beginn/Dauer: • ab 01.07.2015 • bis 30.06.2018, längstens jedoch bis zur Rückkehr der Stelleninhaberin/des Stelleninhabers Organisationseinheit: • Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik Beschäftigungsausmaß: • Ersatzkraft – 40 Stunden/Woche Hauptaufgaben: • Durchführung eines klar definierten Forschungsprogrammes mit Ziel Habilitation; interdisziplinäre Forschung • Selbstständige Abhaltung qualitativ hochwertiger Read more…