The Humanities Center at Texas Tech University invites applications for its Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, to be held over the 2024-2025 academic year, beginning on September 1, 2024.
Review of applications will begin April 22, 2024.
This fellowship is open to all recent PhDs across humanities disciplines, but the Center will prioritize applicants whose work complements our recent scholarly emphases and research strengths, including social justice, environmental studies, anti-racism, and public health. Priority will also be given to scholars whose work contributes to the Humanities Center's scholarly programming theme for 2024-2025, "Celebrating Indigenous Resilience and Cultural Survival: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Red River War." We are also interested in receiving applications from scholars whose work might contribute to the institutional strategic research themes identified by TTU's Office of Research and Innovation. Visit the ORI website here<https://www.depts.ttu.edu/research/>.
This post-doctoral fellowship will target early career scholars with the potential to move in to a tenure-track position after the term of the award, and who would benefit from dedicated research and writing time as well as professional development mentoring.
To apply please visit: Post-Doctoral Fellowship<https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5635#jobDetails=858116_5635>
Major/Essential Functions
The visiting fellow will be expected to:
* work in residence on the TTU Lubbock campus on a full-time basis during the award tenure;
* prepare and deliver to the TTU community a 45-minute public talk on their research in the Spring 2025;
* attend Humanities Center events, including public talks and receptions, during the tenure of the award.
The Fellow will be provided with an office and computer at the Humanities Center and full library privileges, including access to special collections, online databases, and interlibrary loan services. Housing is not included, but the Humanities Center can assist with finding it if requested. The Center's visiting scholar will be paired with two faculty mentors at Texas Tech: one directly aligned with the Fellow's field of research study, and a second at-large mentor available for broad consultation about the academic profession. This fellowship is primarily intended to support new research in the humanities, and as such, the fellow will have no assigned teaching with this position.
Required Qualifications
Scholars in any humanities field are welcome to apply, but special consideration will be given to applicants who plan to use libraries, archives, and other resources at Texas Tech and/or the Lubbock area.
The selected Fellow must hold the Ph.D. by the start of the award, but must not have earned the degree before 2020.
The Center will also prioritize scholars with experience working in under-represented communities and/or with topics specific to the challenges faced by under-represented communities, in line with one of the goals of the Texas Tech Strategic Plan: "Advance and sustain a campus climate and culture characterized by accessibility, inclusiveness, and high academic quality."
Special Instructions to Applicants
For additional information, contact Dr. Michael Borshuk, Director of the Humanities Center at Texas Tech atDiese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >.
Required Attachments
* An abstract of no more than 250 words describing your project.
* A narrative of no more than 1000 words describing your project, and how, specifically, you propose to use our resources if selected for the Fellowship.
A C.V. of no more than 3 pages with an emphasis on work showing your suitability for undertaking the project you propose.
* A narrative of no more than 1000 words describing your project, and how, specifically, you propose to use our resources if selected for the Fellowship. This narrative should include a description of how the applicant's experiences working in under-represented communities and/or with topics specific to the challenges faced by under-represented communities will contribute to the project and the opportunity.
* A scholarly writing sample of 20-25 pages.
* The names and contact information of three people whom we may contact for recommendations. Brief descriptions of their work/discipline and relationship to the candidate would be appreciated.
Pay Statement
The Fellowship carries a salary of $48,000, distributed over 9 months, plus fringe benefits, to be paid by the Center.
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/humanities-center/Post_Doc_Fellows/postdoctoralfellow.php
Review of applications will begin April 22, 2024.
This fellowship is open to all recent PhDs across humanities disciplines, but the Center will prioritize applicants whose work complements our recent scholarly emphases and research strengths, including social justice, environmental studies, anti-racism, and public health. Priority will also be given to scholars whose work contributes to the Humanities Center's scholarly programming theme for 2024-2025, "Celebrating Indigenous Resilience and Cultural Survival: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Red River War." We are also interested in receiving applications from scholars whose work might contribute to the institutional strategic research themes identified by TTU's Office of Research and Innovation. Visit the ORI website here<https://www.depts.ttu.edu/research/>.
This post-doctoral fellowship will target early career scholars with the potential to move in to a tenure-track position after the term of the award, and who would benefit from dedicated research and writing time as well as professional development mentoring.
To apply please visit: Post-Doctoral Fellowship<https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5635#jobDetails=858116_5635>
Major/Essential Functions
The visiting fellow will be expected to:
* work in residence on the TTU Lubbock campus on a full-time basis during the award tenure;
* prepare and deliver to the TTU community a 45-minute public talk on their research in the Spring 2025;
* attend Humanities Center events, including public talks and receptions, during the tenure of the award.
The Fellow will be provided with an office and computer at the Humanities Center and full library privileges, including access to special collections, online databases, and interlibrary loan services. Housing is not included, but the Humanities Center can assist with finding it if requested. The Center's visiting scholar will be paired with two faculty mentors at Texas Tech: one directly aligned with the Fellow's field of research study, and a second at-large mentor available for broad consultation about the academic profession. This fellowship is primarily intended to support new research in the humanities, and as such, the fellow will have no assigned teaching with this position.
Required Qualifications
Scholars in any humanities field are welcome to apply, but special consideration will be given to applicants who plan to use libraries, archives, and other resources at Texas Tech and/or the Lubbock area.
The selected Fellow must hold the Ph.D. by the start of the award, but must not have earned the degree before 2020.
The Center will also prioritize scholars with experience working in under-represented communities and/or with topics specific to the challenges faced by under-represented communities, in line with one of the goals of the Texas Tech Strategic Plan: "Advance and sustain a campus climate and culture characterized by accessibility, inclusiveness, and high academic quality."
Special Instructions to Applicants
For additional information, contact Dr. Michael Borshuk, Director of the Humanities Center at Texas Tech at
Required Attachments
* An abstract of no more than 250 words describing your project.
* A narrative of no more than 1000 words describing your project, and how, specifically, you propose to use our resources if selected for the Fellowship.
A C.V. of no more than 3 pages with an emphasis on work showing your suitability for undertaking the project you propose.
* A narrative of no more than 1000 words describing your project, and how, specifically, you propose to use our resources if selected for the Fellowship. This narrative should include a description of how the applicant's experiences working in under-represented communities and/or with topics specific to the challenges faced by under-represented communities will contribute to the project and the opportunity.
* A scholarly writing sample of 20-25 pages.
* The names and contact information of three people whom we may contact for recommendations. Brief descriptions of their work/discipline and relationship to the candidate would be appreciated.
Pay Statement
The Fellowship carries a salary of $48,000, distributed over 9 months, plus fringe benefits, to be paid by the Center.
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/humanities-center/Post_Doc_Fellows/postdoctoralfellow.php
The doctoral program in Ancient Heritage of the Universities of Venice, Udine and Trieste, is one of the largest of its kind in Italy.
It offers this year (start: September/October 2024; application deadline: May 23rd, 2024) 11 fully funded PhD positions:
- 10 are aimed at candidates with proposals falling into one or more of our three main areas of research - broadly speaking: Greek and Latin philology, literature and linguistics, papyrology, palaeography etc. // ancient history of the Mediterranean, including Greece, Rome and the Ancient Near East, as well as epigraphy, history of religions, numismatics etc. // pre- and proto-historic, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Italic, and Medieval archaeology;
- 1 belongs to the ERC project "Communication in Ancient Anatolia" run by Annick Payne (Univ. of Venice), and concerns the topic "Acculturation Processes" (knowledge of ancient Eastern languages and/or Greek and Latin is here required).
Prospective candidates must have obtained their first degree no more than 10 years before applying.
The admission procedure is two-step:
- first, a written exam to be taken in person in Venice on June 10th, 2024 (translation from Greek or Latin for those applying for the philology curriculum; an essay on a given historical or archaeological topic for those applying for the respective areas, or for the ERC position);
- candidates with a score of at least 24/35 in the written test will then be admitted to an oral interview (to be held, either in person or via Zoom, on June 17-19, 2024) focusing on their research proposal and previous experience.
Both the written and the oral exams may be taken in English. The PhD program, however, is run and taught in Italian; proficiency in English is required at B2 level, and knowledge of one further European language is mandatory.
PhD students will have plenty of time to study; their mobility during their doctoral training is strongly encouraged (and supported); they will take part in the "doctoral weeks" organised every year by each of the three universities, as well as in a number of other activities.
All the details can be found at the following links (see esp. p. 34 of the call):
Italian: https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/<https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/bando-annuale>
English: https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161<https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161/annual-call>/
For any further doubts that may arise you can write (administrative issues) to the office in charge of the admission procedure:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >
or (scientific issues) to the Coordinatore of the doctoral program:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >
It offers this year (start: September/October 2024; application deadline: May 23rd, 2024) 11 fully funded PhD positions:
- 10 are aimed at candidates with proposals falling into one or more of our three main areas of research - broadly speaking: Greek and Latin philology, literature and linguistics, papyrology, palaeography etc. // ancient history of the Mediterranean, including Greece, Rome and the Ancient Near East, as well as epigraphy, history of religions, numismatics etc. // pre- and proto-historic, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Italic, and Medieval archaeology;
- 1 belongs to the ERC project "Communication in Ancient Anatolia" run by Annick Payne (Univ. of Venice), and concerns the topic "Acculturation Processes" (knowledge of ancient Eastern languages and/or Greek and Latin is here required).
Prospective candidates must have obtained their first degree no more than 10 years before applying.
The admission procedure is two-step:
- first, a written exam to be taken in person in Venice on June 10th, 2024 (translation from Greek or Latin for those applying for the philology curriculum; an essay on a given historical or archaeological topic for those applying for the respective areas, or for the ERC position);
- candidates with a score of at least 24/35 in the written test will then be admitted to an oral interview (to be held, either in person or via Zoom, on June 17-19, 2024) focusing on their research proposal and previous experience.
Both the written and the oral exams may be taken in English. The PhD program, however, is run and taught in Italian; proficiency in English is required at B2 level, and knowledge of one further European language is mandatory.
PhD students will have plenty of time to study; their mobility during their doctoral training is strongly encouraged (and supported); they will take part in the "doctoral weeks" organised every year by each of the three universities, as well as in a number of other activities.
All the details can be found at the following links (see esp. p. 34 of the call):
Italian: https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/<https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/bando-annuale>
English: https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161<https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161/annual-call>/
For any further doubts that may arise you can write (administrative issues) to the office in charge of the admission procedure:
or (scientific issues) to the Coordinatore of the doctoral program:
University of Bologna, Campus of Ravenna
The Department of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna, campus of Ravenna, seeks to appoint one 24-month PostDoctoral Researcher (Assegno di Ricerca, approx. € 22,000/year) working on “Performance of power and audience response in ancient Greece”, as part of the Research Unit of Ravenna of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “Performing power: political communication, consensus and audience in the ancient cities”, grant number J53D23017640001.
The Researcher will work under the supervision of Dr Matteo Zaccarini and within the broader framework of the PRIN, which aims to investigate, in a comparative perspective, the forms and ways of ancient political communication through a number of meaningful case studies: rhetorical strategies, individual-group dynamics, role of emotions, deliberative and decision-making processes, leadership and negotiation.
The Researcher will design and carry out their own project, working on ancient Greece in a broad sense, up to and including the Imperial period. Possible areas of research are leadership and speaker-audience interactions; non-verbal expressions of power and command; the ways of response by the general audience and/or specific social groups; challenge and contestation (violent or non-violent) of power; satire and criticism of authority; further relevant topics are possible, and applicants are invited to propose their own project within the PRIN framework. The Researcher’s project will contribute to understanding how power is established, exercised, received, supported, challenged, mocked, etc., through the study of documents and literary texts concerning the civil, political, and/or military spheres, in a period between the 5th century BCE and the 2nd century CE. The Researcher will also contribute to the PRIN activities (organisation of workshops and conferences, outreach activities, etc.).
Remote working is possible to a certain extent.
The post is available from 1 February 2024. The starting date is negotiable, but it shall be no later than 28 March 2024.
Applications must be submitted online, by the deadline of 1 December 2023, at: https://concorsi.unibo.it
The shortlist of candidates selected for the interview will be published on 11 December at: https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca
Interviews (in person or via MS Teams) will be held on 12 December.
Contacts:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. > (scientific information); Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. > (bureaucratic).
The Department of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna, campus of Ravenna, seeks to appoint one 24-month PostDoctoral Researcher (Assegno di Ricerca, approx. € 22,000/year) working on “Performance of power and audience response in ancient Greece”, as part of the Research Unit of Ravenna of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “Performing power: political communication, consensus and audience in the ancient cities”, grant number J53D23017640001.
The Researcher will work under the supervision of Dr Matteo Zaccarini and within the broader framework of the PRIN, which aims to investigate, in a comparative perspective, the forms and ways of ancient political communication through a number of meaningful case studies: rhetorical strategies, individual-group dynamics, role of emotions, deliberative and decision-making processes, leadership and negotiation.
The Researcher will design and carry out their own project, working on ancient Greece in a broad sense, up to and including the Imperial period. Possible areas of research are leadership and speaker-audience interactions; non-verbal expressions of power and command; the ways of response by the general audience and/or specific social groups; challenge and contestation (violent or non-violent) of power; satire and criticism of authority; further relevant topics are possible, and applicants are invited to propose their own project within the PRIN framework. The Researcher’s project will contribute to understanding how power is established, exercised, received, supported, challenged, mocked, etc., through the study of documents and literary texts concerning the civil, political, and/or military spheres, in a period between the 5th century BCE and the 2nd century CE. The Researcher will also contribute to the PRIN activities (organisation of workshops and conferences, outreach activities, etc.).
Remote working is possible to a certain extent.
The post is available from 1 February 2024. The starting date is negotiable, but it shall be no later than 28 March 2024.
Applications must be submitted online, by the deadline of 1 December 2023, at: https://concorsi.unibo.it
The shortlist of candidates selected for the interview will be published on 11 December at: https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca
Interviews (in person or via MS Teams) will be held on 12 December.
Contacts: