3 x 36-month postdoctoral research fellowships: Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE
The fellowships relate to the environment and to science and technology in the Mediterranean in the first millennium CE, and will be held at Ca' Foscari University, Venice, on the ERC research project, Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE (SSE1K, grant agreement no. 101044437). All postdocs are for 36 months in the first instance.
The research project SSE1K: Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE (ERC Consolidator Grant, Grant Agreement No. 101044437) invites applications for three postdoctoral research fellowships, each of 36 months in the first instance, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice.
1) Science and the environment in the eastern Mediterranean in the first millennium CE
36 months with possible renewal for 12 months
Deadline: 17th June 2023, 12.00 CET
"The post-doctoral researcher will carry out original research into the history of science in the eastern Mediterranean in the first millennium CE, and the connections between the study of pre-modern science and the environmental contexts of the writers. ..."
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2) Society and environmental change in the western Mediterranean in the first millennium CE
36 months
Deadline: 17th June 2023, 12.00 CET
"The postdoctoral researcher will be an environmental archaeologist interested in socio-ecological systems. They will carry out original research into the relationships between society and environmental change in the western Mediterranean in the first millennium CE. ..."
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3) Water, landscapes and environmental history in the medieval Islamic Mediterranean, c. 600-1050 CE
36 months
Deadline: 14th June 2023, 12.00 CET
"The post-doctoral researcher will examine the social and intellectual history of water in the Muslim-ruled territories around the Mediterranean from the seventh century to the early eleventh. ..."
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For any questions please contact Prof. Helen Foxhall Forbes.