2 Post-Doctoral Fellowships Classics/history of medicine/history of science
2 Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Classics/History of
ancient medicine/History of ancient science
Excellence Cluster 264 "Topoi - The Formation and
Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations", with
funding from the Excellence Initiative at the Freie Universität Berlin and the
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 2 postdoctoral fellowships to
begin on January 1, 2014. In accordance with DFG guidelines, the fellowship
will be awarded for two years (with the possibility of renewal for a third year)
and will include a stipend of between 1468 and 1570 euros per month (including
research allowance). A child allowance will be made available in accordance
with DFG guidelines.
The research group traces the development of materialist theories on the localization of cognitive
faculties in the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. Fellowship recipients should pursue an original research project on
the later history of Pneumatist medicine, focusing on the doctrines of
Athenaeus of Attalia or on the doctrines of Archigenes of Apamea and Posidonius
of Byzantium. The project advisor will be Prof. Dr. Philip van der Eijk
(Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin).
Applicants specializing in classics, the history of
ancient medicine or the history of ancient science are invited to apply.
Applications, together with the documents listed
below, should be emailed to ruti.ungar@topoi.org
by November 15, 2013.
For more information, please visit http://www.topoi.org/group/d-2/
For informal inquiries please write to: philip.van.der.eijk@hu-berlin.de
Application documents:
- Cover letter (2 - 3 pages)
- Research project synopsis
- Work plan and schedule
- Résumé
- Official copies of degree certificates
- Two letters of recommendation
- Writing sample (15 - 20 pages)
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Dr. Ruti Ungar
Koordinatorin, Research Area D
Excellence Cluster Topoi
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sitz: Hannoversche Str. 6, 10115
Berlin
Tel. +49.30.2093-99087