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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
The History Department at University College London is now recruiting for two permanent lectureships (equivalent to tenure-track assistant professorships in the US system). One is in the History of the Ancient Middle East, to replace Karen Radner who is moving Read more…