Job Offer: 1 paid PhD position in early modern philosophy/science.
One PhD scholarship is available at the Department of Philosophy and Moral
Sciences and the Centre for History of Science (www.sarton.ugent.be) at
Ghent University, on the research project "Experiment and observation in
seventeenth-century meteorology and natural philosophy. A comparative study
of Descartes's Météores and Fromondus's Meteorologicorum Libri Sex" funded
by the Science Foundation Flanders, and led by Maarten Van Dyck and Sven
Dupré.
The candidate is expected to have a strong background in philosophy and/or
history, and a proven interest in history of philosophy and/or science, with
excellent reading knowledge of Latin, fluency in English, and preferably,
reading knowledge of French. S/he is expected to work on the topics
identified in the project (respectively "the role of observations and
experiments in the generation of new knowledge" and "the natural
philosophical status of meteorological phenomena"), and to publish in
international specialist journals. Interested candidates can receive a
detailed description of the project on request.
Salary: approx. 1700 euro/month (net).
Length: 4 years.
Starting date: between March 1st and October 1st 2010.
Required degree: Master's (or equivalent) in philosophy, history, classics
or any other field relevant to the project.
Applications should be received no later than January 15th, and should
contain: (1) a letter of interest, (2) a CV, detailing courses taken that
are relevant for the project, and possibly including a list of talks and
publications, (3) any further documents (such as pieces of writings) that
might be relevant for the application.
Email to: maarten.vandyck@ugent.be
Sciences and the Centre for History of Science (www.sarton.ugent.be) at
Ghent University, on the research project "Experiment and observation in
seventeenth-century meteorology and natural philosophy. A comparative study
of Descartes's Météores and Fromondus's Meteorologicorum Libri Sex" funded
by the Science Foundation Flanders, and led by Maarten Van Dyck and Sven
Dupré.
The candidate is expected to have a strong background in philosophy and/or
history, and a proven interest in history of philosophy and/or science, with
excellent reading knowledge of Latin, fluency in English, and preferably,
reading knowledge of French. S/he is expected to work on the topics
identified in the project (respectively "the role of observations and
experiments in the generation of new knowledge" and "the natural
philosophical status of meteorological phenomena"), and to publish in
international specialist journals. Interested candidates can receive a
detailed description of the project on request.
Salary: approx. 1700 euro/month (net).
Length: 4 years.
Starting date: between March 1st and October 1st 2010.
Required degree: Master's (or equivalent) in philosophy, history, classics
or any other field relevant to the project.
Applications should be received no later than January 15th, and should
contain: (1) a letter of interest, (2) a CV, detailing courses taken that
are relevant for the project, and possibly including a list of talks and
publications, (3) any further documents (such as pieces of writings) that
might be relevant for the application.
Email to: maarten.vandyck@ugent.be