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mit 50% der regelmäßigen wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit (zzt. 19,9 Stunden/Woche) befristet für die Dauer von 3 Jahren (mit Verlängerungsmöglichkeit um bis zu weitere 3 Jahre) zu besetzen. Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt nach Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L.
Ihre Aufgaben
- Mitwirkung an den Lehrveranstaltungen gem. § 31 NHG und bei den Leistungsprüfungen im Umfang von 2 SWS
- Beratende und verwaltende Tätigkeiten im Bereich Studium und Lehre (Fachstudienberatung, Lehrplanung, Betreuung von Akkreditierungen und Austauschprogrammen, Mitarbeit in den betreffenden Gremien)
Ihr Profil
- abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master, Magister) oder Promotion in den klassischen Altertumswissenschaften
- sehr gute Kenntnis der einschlägigen Quellensprachen (Latein, Altgriechisch)
- Forschungsschwerpunkt in der griechischen Kultur- und/oder Religionsgeschichte von Vorteil
- Erfahrung in der Lehre sowie mit Studienorganisation und -beratung erwünscht
Die Stelle soll der Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses dienen und bietet die Möglichkeit zur Promotion oder Habilitation.
Die Universität Göttingen strebt in den Bereichen, in denen Frauen unterrepräsentiert sind, eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils an und fordert daher qualifizierte Frauen nachdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Sie versteht sich als familienfreundliche Hochschule und fördert die Vereinbarkeit von Wissenschaft/Beruf und Familie. Die Universität hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, mehr schwerbehinderte Menschen zu beschäftigen. Bewerbungen Schwerbehinderter erhalten bei gleicher Qualifikation den Vorzug.
Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen werden bis zum 15.11.2019, gerne auch in elektronischer Form, erbeten an Prof. Dr. Tanja Scheer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Althistorisches, Seminar, Humboldtallee 21, 37073 Göttingen, E-Mail: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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Ausschreibung Kleine Mommsentagung 2020Aug 30Freitag, 30. August 2019
Die Mommsen-Gesellschaft e. V. veranstaltet alle zwei Jahre eine Kleine Tagung. Als nächster Termin ist der Spätherbst 2020 vorgesehen. Bewerben können sich alle deutschsprachigen altertumswissenschaftlichen Institute.
Die Tagung sollte interdisziplinär ausgerichtet sein und die drei großen Disziplinen Klassische Philologie, Alte Geschichte und Klassische Archäologie berücksichtigen.
Die Mommsen-Gesellschaft unterstützt die Tagung mit 3.000 Euro. Die Organisation der Tagung obliegt dem Veranstalter.
Bewerbungen richten Sie bitte an den Ersten Vorsitzenden der Mommsen-Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hammerstaedt (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!) mit Angabe des vorgesehenen Themas der Tagung und einem Terminvorschlag.
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Ausschreibung zum 9. Walter de Gruyter - Seminar der Mommsen-Gesellschaft:Aug 12Montag, 12. August 2019
Emotions and Gestures in Greek and Roman Imagery
mit Prof. Dr. Salvatore Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa).
Ort: Leucorea, Wittenberg
Datum: 15.-17.11.2019
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.09.2019
Das Walter de Gruyter-Seminar bietet allen Teilnehmenden die Gelegenheit, ihr Thema in einem 30minütigen Vortrag zu präsentieren und zur Diskussion zu stellen. Zu jedem Vortrag wird (nach vorheriger Zuweisung) ein ca. 10minütiges ‚response’ vorbereitet, das die jeweilige Diskussion eröffnet. Weiterhin haben alle Teilnehmenden reihum die Aufgabe, einen Vortrag und die folgende Diskussion zu moderieren. Nach der inhaltlichen Diskussion der präsentierten Themen sollen auch die eingereichten Abstracts und weitere formale Aspekte besprochen werden.
Bitte richten Sie Ihre Bewerbungen mit CV, kurzem Motivationsschreiben und Skizze Ihres Vortragthemas (max. 1-DIN-A4-Seite) bis zum 15.09.2019 per eMail an Prof. Dr. Stephan Busch (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!). Die Bewerbung kann auf Deutsch erfolgen, das Seminar wird in englischer Sprache abgehalten. Die Kosten der Teilnahme werden von der Mommsengesellschaft und der Walter de Gruyter-Stiftung übernommen. Weitere Informationen und Teilnahmebedingungen finden Sie auf: http://www.mommsen-gesellschaft.de/veranstaltungen/walter-de-gruyter-seminar
Emotions and Gestures in Greek and Roman Imagery
Late-Medieval and Renaissance artists found in Classical art a fully articulated ‘vocabulary’ of gestures, that lavishly inspired and transformed their representational strategies. The very act of borrowing from the Antique a number of bodily stances and attitudes for expressive and narrative purpose has been considered by cultural historians a constitutive feature of the Renaissance, meant as (literally) Wieder-Geburt der Antike. On the other hand, art historians conveniently compared the conventional and iterative nature of artistically crafted gestures, especially those labelled Pathosformeln by Aby Warburg, to that of literary topoi, and therefore categorized them as a quasi-linguistic element. In Gertrud Bing’s words, «In der Rhetorik wird eine zur Konvention gewordene Form, die laufend verwendet wird, um eine Bedeutung oder eine Stimmung mitzuteilen, Topos genannt. Warburg stellte das Vorhandensein von etwas Analogem in der bildenden Kunst fest.»
Yet a much closer analysis is required in order to weigh and assess the implicit assumption that Greek and Roman artistic and cultural practices entailed full awareness of a gestural ‘language’, or rather of a repertoire of expressions at hand. If, for instance, Polygnotus was praised as worthy of imitation «for his akribeia and his pathos and ethos, as well as for the schemata he employed» [Aelianus, Varia Historia IV,3], does this mean that the Greek painter developed a specialized vocabulary of iconographical schemata, or gestures, tailored according to a number of distinct meanings or emotions? Should we interpret in this sense Aristotles’ mention of Polygnotus among artists able to «imitate various forms of ethos» (Polit., 1340a)? How far did theatrical conventions influence artistic practice in fixing meaning for each and every schema, as apparently implied by a scholion mentioning Aeschylus’ characters «posing according to different schemata, either of pain, or wonder, or of another pathos» (Eustathius, in Odyss. ε 115)?
While the very notion of a (tendentially) systematic gestural lexicon betrays an intensely morphological orientation that appears foreign to antique experience, some level of mutual correspondence between basic human emotions (such as love, fear, anger, shame, pain…) and bodily postures is evidenced by descriptions of artworks in Classical texts as well as by the repeated use of a number of well defined gestures, in full constancy of meaning, all throughout Classical art. Three questions stand up in this framework: first, to what extent, and when, may we assume that Greek (and Roman?) artists might have been aware of using, implementing, and handing down some sort of gestural vocabulary?
Second, how much the Greek opposition (and/or complementarity) of ethos and pathos can help us understanding the relationship between emotions and gestures in the Classical world? Third (but by no means least), given the culturally determined nature of whatever classification of emotions, how far are our own definition(s) and use(s) of emotions and gestures, and their mutual relationship, comparable to the Classical ones?
Salvatore Settis
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Postdoc project (1.0 fte, 18 mos), University of GroningenSep 18Mittwoch, 18. September 2019
Title: Anchoring Roman Power in the Greek World: The Political Culture of Roman Athens
(Anchoring Work Package 4, Politics, Law, Economics, and Warfare)
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr O.M. van Nijf (University of Groningen).
Project description:
The history of the Greek city under Rome is that of a paradox. It used to be thought that the Greek polis died after the battle of Chaironeia, but a new orthodoxy has emerged that emphasises its continuity well into the Roman period. The polis did not simply survive—it actually flourished with the active support of Rome. Traditional politics continued, even though old practices and values had to be integrated into a new imperial framework. Modern historians of Greek political history have not always taken this political activity seriously, dismissing it as an antiquarian façade, or empty gesturing. However, this fails to explain the continuing attraction of the traditional polis model to local élites and Roman authorities alike. Moreover, recent debates on Roman imperial culture have paid little attention to local Greek politics in discussions of how loyalty to the imperial system was created.
This project aims to study the political culture of Roman Athens. Athens is an ideal laboratory to explore the entanglement of Rome with the political and cultural world of the Greek city. It is exceptionally well-documented in terms of events, political and cultural institutions, historical actors, and the built environment. It offers a unique window on long-term political history, as well as on the complex relationships that Roman authorities maintained with Greek political practice. It paired strong local political traditions with high levels of interference by Roman authorities. Moreover, the élite was well-integrated into the imperial aristocracy, which shared its intellectual engagement with Athens’ classical past. A stream of publications over the last few years has elucidated the complex processes of cultural interaction with the classical past. However, the political processes are less well
understood. This project will investigate how a new political constellation was anchored in the long-term political culture of the city. How was the political inheritance received? Which ideas, or practices were kept, or re-invented? Which were rejected or reformed? The project will make a special study of the political language and discourse (e.g. honorific inscriptions or surviving decrees). The postdoc will carry out a semantic and rhetorical analysis of the strategies by which these texts engaged with the classical past and anchored contemporary political experiences in local traditions.
Candidates are invited to design a research project to study this theme. The results are to be laid down in at least two substantial articles that employ the concept of anchoring in the context of the long-term political culture of Athens and make a contribution towards the development of a theory of Anchoring. The successful candidate will also contribute to the design of a wider research programme on the Language of Empire that will be carried out under the auspices of the Anchoring initiative.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts.
For more information, see:
www.rug.nl/let, and www.rug.nl/research/icog.
Position:
Postdoc project, 1.5 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week). Part-time constructions are possible, in which case the total length of the appointment will be extended. There may be additional hours of teaching available. Starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 March 2020.
Salary:
€ 3.637,- to € 4.978,- gross per month for a full-time appointment (38 hours) depending on prior education and working experience (pay scale 11, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension scheme for employees; favourable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants.
Tasks of the postdoc will include:
o Design and development of personal research project;
o Preparation and publication of at least two peer-reviewed articles;
o Active contribution to the design and development of a collective research
programme;
o Presenting papers at conferences, both in the Netherlands and internationally;
o Active participation in staff meetings of the Groningen team and the
intellectual life of the department and the institute;
o Active participation in the academic community of the national research school
OIKOS, and the wider Anchoring Innovation project.
Requirements:
o A PhD in Ancient History, preferably on a related topic;
o Excellent research track record, including relevant publications that show
promise and potential for the project;
o Excellent command of ancient Greek and English;
o Knowledge of Greek epigraphy;
o Willingness to move to Groningen for the duration of the fellowship.
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the
same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
o Cover letter;
o CV, including a list of publications and distinctions, and the contact
information of two academic referees;
o Transcript of records;
o Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and
(if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two
pages A4);
o Copy of relevant diploma or a statement by the supervisor that the applicant
will hold the required degree at the time of the appointment.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator
of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living
abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
More information about this position may be obtained from Prof. Dr O.M. van Nijf,
Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den
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Postdoc project (1.0 fte, 18 mos), Leiden UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: Agents of Change
(Anchoring Work Package B, Theory and Methods)
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr Ineke Sluiter.
Job description:
New ideas and inventions that affect social life cannot thrive unless they are somehow embedded in the society for which they are intended. Innovation will always be connected somehow—both in the ways it is communicated and perceived, and in terms of content—to what people know, believe, want, value, and can understand. This is true even of radical, path-breaking, ‘revolutionary’ ideas and insights. This phenomenon of ‘anchoring’ is central to the new research agenda of the Dutch classicists, Anchoring Innovation.
Work Package B of the Anchoring Innovation program is responsible for forging and preserving connections between all the different thematic groups studying Anchoring Innovation in such different domains as politics, science, religion, philosophy, the law, material culture, literature, and linguistics.
Within this Work Package, we are looking for a Postdoc (1.0 fte, 18 mos) who will help design and organise a transversal workshop on ‘Agents of Change’ across all of these domains, as well as some of the team meetings. We invite candidates to submit a research proposal that will lead to two peer-reviewed publications on a theme or themes related to that of the workshop.
Innovation is about forms of purposeful or intentional change to solve newly identified problems or to cope with old issues in as yet unexplored ways. We use the term ‘invention’ to refer to the production of that intentional change in the form of ideas, practices, techniques, or objects. Invention, then, is part of the innovation process, but not coextensive with it. Innovation is what is perceived or constructed as innovation, the successful adoption of something new. It constitutes a development in which we must assume, or can identify, agency of one or more agents, who intended, instigated, invented, adopted, or promoted something new. We will distinguish between the history of the innovation itself (how it is embedded in the history of its discipline, for example) and issues of adoption and acceptance, of public discourse and representation, rhetoric and debate. The type of agency involved will be of interest throughout: the classical world is obsessed with (individual) ‘inventors’, but in many cases it is impossible to identify one specific source of an ‘invention’/’innovation’. Innovation often takes place at sites of cultural contact, as a process of synergy with important roles for ‘translators’ and ‘cultural brokers’.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
For more information see:
The Faculty of Humanities: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities.
The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, LUCAS: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-arts-in-society.
Position:
Postdoc project, 1.5 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 March 2020.
Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3%), training, and career development. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. For more information, see: www.workingat.leiden.edu.
Salary:
€ 3.637,- to € 4.978,- gross per month for a full-time appointment (38 hours) depending on prior education and working experience (pay scale 11, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).
Tasks of the postdoc will include:
- Organising an international, interdisciplinary workshop to be held in 2021; possibly preparing results for publication;
- Researching, writing and publishing two research papers;
- Presenting papers at conferences, both in the Netherlands and internationally;
- Taking part in the life of the Classics Department at Leiden University, and participating in the academic community of LUCAS, the national research school OIKOS, and the wider Anchoring Innovation project.
Requirements:
- A PhD in Classics, preferably in Greek Literature (held by time of appointment);
- An excellent research and publication record relative to stage of career;
- Independent thinker; team player;
- Excellent command of English;
- Excellent competence in ancient Greek and Latin; reading competence in French, German, and Italian;
- Practical; organizer (experience desirable); finisher.
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
Enquiries about the position can be addressed to the supervisor: Prof. Dr Ineke Sluiter, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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PhD project (4 years, 1.0 fte), Leiden UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: The Transfer of Power and/or Learning (translatio imperii and/or translatio studii) as an Anchoring Device in Early Modern (Neo-Latin) Literature
(Anchoring Work Package 6, Reception of Antiquity)
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr A.B. Wessels (Leiden University), Dr S.T.M. de Beer (Leiden University).
Job description:
This project studies the reception of a ‘Denkform’ from classical antiquity: the notion that there is a natural ‘transfer’ or succession from one culture to the other (the so-called translatio). In antiquity, authoritative schemes of translatio were, e.g., the translatio studii (transfer of intellectual culture or learning) from Greece to Rome, or that of the translatio imperii (transfer of empire) from Troy to Rome. In Early Modern (Neo-Latin) literature this same notion of ‘transfer’ was employed in order to legitimize innovative shifts of power or learning. This ‘Denkform’ anchors these innovations in two ways: first by establishing a connection between the new power or centre of learning and Antiquity via such ‘transfer’; second, by establishing a connection between the Early Modern and ancient notions of ‘transfer’.
The PhD project is part of the programme described above. Possible topics are the legitimization of new centres of power by means of creating a genealogical connection with Troy, or the legitimization of new centres of learning, new forms of literature, or even ‘new’ literary languages by creating a connection with the literature of Rome and Greece.
Candidates are invited to design their own research project, set out in a structured PhD proposal (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus). Their research should be primarily based on Neo-Latin sources, but projects in which a comparison with vernacular sources is included are also (and even especially) welcome. In any case, the project should contribute to the overall research programme and address the following research questions: in what ways is the translatio-scheme used as an (anchored) anchoring device? How does it help author(s) to legitimize or generate prestige for new centres of power or new forms of literature? And what does their use of this scheme as anchoring device teach us about the concept of anchoring innovation itself?
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
For more information see:
The Faculty of Humanities: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities.
The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, LUCAS:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-arts-in-society.
Position:
PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially a contract will be given for 12 months, with an extension for the following 36 months on condition of a positive evaluation.
Salary:
€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours).
Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:
- Completion of a PhD thesis within four years;
- Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
- Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
- Participation in the training programme of the Graduate School of Leiden University and the National Research School OIKOS (to be supplemented with modules from the research schools Huizinga or Mediëvistiek if desirable for the project);
- Participation in staff meetings of the Leiden Classics team and the intellectual life and PhD community of the department and the institute;
- Some teaching in the second and third years of the appointment.
Requirements:
- A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Classics, with a MA-thesis on a topic from Latin or Neo-Latin literature, or a Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Renaissance Studies (or comparable programme), with a MA-thesis that demonstrates solid expertise in Latin literature, held by time of appointment (if the degree is not yet obtained at the time of application, a statement by the applicant’s supervisor should confirm that it will be obtained by time of appointment);
- Excellent research skills;
- A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
- Excellent command of English.
Application:
In order to be considered, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma;
- If necessary (see requirements), statement by supervisor confirming that the applicant will hold the required degree at the time of appointment.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
More information about this position may be obtained from Dr Susanna de Beer, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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PhD project (4 years, 1.0 fte), Utrecht UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: Medical Innovation in Early Hellenistic Alexandria
(Anchoring Work Package 5, Technology, Science, and Material Culture)
Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr T.L. Tieleman (Utrecht University).
Job description:Alexandria in the early Hellenistic period was a hothouse of innovation in a variety of fields: politics, religion, literature, science, and technology. This project is concerned with the innovations associated with two medical theorists and practitioners in particular: Herophilus of Chalcedon and Erasistratus of Ceos, both active in Alexandria during the first half of the 3rd century BCE. How did they build on, adapted, and broke away from earlier models of human biology, most notably that represented by Aristotle and his school? What motivated their innovative work? What made it possible? A salient case is represented by human anatomy: both men engaged in the dissection of human (as opposed to animal) bodies, regarding anatomy and physiology as fundamental to (clinical) medicine. What explains the emergence of dissection of human bodies as an integral part of medicine, in spite of traditional religious and moral scruples as well as scientific objections? And its abandonment soon after Herophilus and Erasistratus? A fresh perspective may be opened by studying this case of attempted innovation in terms of anchoring. Apart from medicine itself, social, moral, and religious aspects need to be taken into account. Applicants are invited to respond creatively to the problematic as sketched above and develop their own proposal (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus) for a research project dealing with Alexandrian medicine from a historical perspective.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
Position:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. For more information, see: www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-humanities.PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially a contract will be given for 18months, with an extension for the following 30 months on condition of good performance and a positive evaluation.
Salary
€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours).
Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:
- Completion of a PhD thesis within four years;
- Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
- Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
- Participation in the training programme of the National Research School OIK
Requirements:
- A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Classics, Ancient History, History of Philosophy or Science or Medicine, with a demonstrable interest in ancient medicine, such as a relevant MA-thesis, held by the time of appointment (if the degree is not yet obtained at the time of application, a statement by the applicant’s supervisor should confirm that it will be obtained by time of appointment);
- Excellent research skills;
- A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
- Excellent command of Englis
Application:
In order to be considered, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. Excluded are the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together m two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma;
- If necessary (see requirements), statement by supervisor confirming that the applicant will hold the required degree at the time of appoi
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
More information about this position may be obtained from Prof. Dr Teun Tieleman, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, anchoring@let.ru.nl.
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PhD Position (4 years, 1.0 fte), Radboud UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: Adapting and Anchoring the Infrastructure of the Roman Empire in its Northwestern Provinces
(Anchoring Work Package 5, Technology, Science, and Material Culture)
Supervisors:
Dr S.T.A.M. Mols (Radboud University), Dr M. Polak (Radboud University), Prof. Dr E.M. Moormann (Radboud University).
Job description:
In the first century BCE and early first century CE the territory of the Roman state was extended on an unprecedented scale. The reign of Augustus was crucial for the development of a Roman infrastructure in the Northwest, with the road network rolled out by Agrippa as its backbone. The candidate investigates the impact of the Roman presence on the landscape of the northwestern provinces, focusing in particular on the relationship between technical innovations and the way in which these were anchored in existing infrastructure or local customs.
The candidate will investigate thechallenges posed by the different landscapes, as well as the relation between physical changes in the environment. Cultural transformation will also be an important field of study. Were man-made environmental changes a result of a carefully planned operation or of a series of ad hoc decisions made by Roman authorities? What was the role of the local population? Was the existing indigenous infrastructure used as a starting point, and, if so, which were the consequences for existing settlements and for the foundation of new ones? Did the Romans adopt existing local solutions for technical problems regarding infrastructure?
We invite structured PhD proposals (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus) which further explore this theme. The overarching research problem to be addressed is: in what ways was the establishment of a new infrastructure in the northwestern provinces anchored in already existing infrastructure and what does this process teach us about the concept of anchoring innovation itself?
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:Radboud University, Faculty of Arts.
For more information, see: www.ru.nl/facultyofarts.
Position:
PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially the employee will receive a one-year contract, with extension for the following 36 months on condition of a positive evaluation.
Salary:
€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours).
Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:
- Completion of peer reviewed articles and a PhD thesis within four years;
- Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
- Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
- Participation in the training programme of the local Graduate School for the Humanities at Radboud University and the National Research School in Classics (OIKOS).
Requirements:
- A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Archaeology or equivalent, with a specialization in Roman Archaeology and a MA-thesis on a topic concerning the northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire, held by time of appointment (if the degree is not yet obtained at the time of application, a statement by the applicant’s supervisor should confirm that it will be obtained by time of appointment);
- Excellent research skills;
- A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
- Excellent command of written English, reading skills in German, French, and Dutch.
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of material and textual sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma;
- If necessary (see requirements), statement by master thesis supervisor confirming that the applicant will hold the required degree at the time of appointment.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
More information about the position may be obtained from Dr S.T.A.M. Mols, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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wissenschaftliche_n Mitarbeiter_in (w/m/d) - GöttingenSep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Einrichtung: Althistorisches Seminar (ID 14586)
Ansprechpartner: Herr Dr. Martin Lindner
Besetzungsdatum: 01.04.2020
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 13.09.2019
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Postdoc project (1.0 fte, 18 mos), Utrecht UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: Anchoring Innovation in Greek Sanctuaries
(Anchoring Work Package 3, Philosophy and Religion)
Supervisory team:
Prof. Dr J.H. Blok (Utrecht University) and Dr F. van den Eijnde (Utrecht University), in collaboration with prof. Dr T. Tieleman (Utrecht University) and prof. Dr O. van Nijf (University of Groningen).
Job description:
Greek sanctuaries were places where humans interacted not only with the gods but also with one another. Regulating human conduct through formalized rules, they served as the quintessential institutions of Greek society. The neutral space provided by the temenē of the gods was a fertile ground for communication between various groups both within and beyond the polis. As nodes within a wider local, regional, or international network, Greek sanctuaries were eminently suitable for a variety of coded messaging with regard to social status, political intent, and intercultural exchange. Such statements were incessantly anchored in the collective consciousness through a wide variety of media, not least among which inscriptions, monuments, dedications, ritual acts, and feasting practices.
If such cultic elements actively shaped the relations between humans in the context of a wider religious framework, they were nevertheless meant to be stable and unchangeable. Yet change they did, in many ways: new gods were introduced; groups or individuals were included or excluded from a cult; new architecture, sacrifices, or cultic rules were introduced; financial arrangements were changed. In short, sanctuaries were continuously adapted to new circumstances. How did cultic expressions anchor innovative notions of political status and cultural identity? How could all these changes be accommodated to a pattern of thought and action, which claimed to be entirely in line with ‘just as our ancestors did it’? Which means were available or created to anchor such innovations in the essentially traditional cultic sphere? Did this anchoring process usually succeed, or do we see cases of failure? What made the difference?
Candidates for this postdoc project are invited to submit a 1500 word proposal concerning the anchoring of innovation in archaic and classical Greek sanctuaries. We are looking for historical research, based on archaeological and/or written (epigraphic, literary) sources, on any aspect of innovation in the religious domain with a focus on human agency (cults, sanctuaries, gods, polis religion, private cults, finance, priesthoods, etc.).
The successful candidate is prepared to assist in the organization of workshops and conferences and the writing of grant proposals. (S)he will also work together with researchers on the philosophy of religion and on festivals in Hellenistic-Roman Greece as part of Work Package 3 of the Anchoring Innovation project and members of the OIKOS research group Cultural Interactions in the Ancient World, see www.ru.nl/oikos/research-groups/cultural-interactions-ancient-world.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. For more information, see:
www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-humanities.
Position:
Postdoc project, 1.5 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 March 2020.
Salary:
€ 3.637,- to € 4.978,- gross per month for a full-time appointment (38 hours) depending on prior education and working experience (pay scale 11, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).
Tasks of the postdoc will include:
- Researching, writing, and publishing two research papers;
- Presenting papers at conferences, both in the Netherlands and internationally;
- Taking part in the life of the Ancient History Department at Utrecht University, and participating in the academic community of the national research school OIKOS, and the wider Anchoring Innovation project.
Requirements:
- A PhD, preferably in Classics or Ancient History (held by time of appointment and obtained no longer than five years ago);
- An excellent research and publication record in relation to stage of career;
- A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
- Excellent command of English;
- Some organisational experience.
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
Enquiries about the position can be addressed to Dr Van den Eijnde, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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PhD Position (4 years, 1.0 fte), University of GroningenSep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Topic: New Ages: Anchoring Innovation in Roman Imperial Panegyric
(Anchoring Work Package 2, Literature and Art)
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr Ruurd Nauta (University of Groningen), Dr Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen), Dr Jan Willem Drijvers (University of Groningen).
Job description:
New ideas and inventions that affect social life cannot thrive unless they are somehow embedded in the society for which they are intended. Innovation will always be connected somehow—both in the ways it is communicated and perceived, and in terms of content—to what people know, believe, want, value, and can understand. This is true even of radical, path-breaking, ‘revolutionary’ ideas and insights. This phenomenon of ‘anchoring’ is central to the new research agenda of the Dutch classicists. One area in which ‘anchoring’ is studied in our program is its appearance in literature and the arts.
In this respect, a fascinating phenomenon is the trope of the ‘New Age’, in particular in panegyrics of emperors. Although emperors needed to present themselves as firmly rooted in Roman traditions, they also needed to surpass their predecessors and claim that their own reign inaugurated a period of unprecedented flourishing. This emphasis on discontinuity was even greater after a period of crisis, and especially when a new dynasty had come to power. In such cases, the new age brought about a break with the immediate past, but it could still be anchored in a remoter past (real or imagined), to which it was presented as returning. The repetition of this process from emperor to emperor unfolded its own dynamics: thus, whereas the reign of Augustus was described as the return of the mythological Golden Age, a number of later emperors claimed to bring back the Age of Augustus. Such messages of return and renewal could be encoded in a variety of media, among which a central role was played by literary texts written to praise the emperor, in poetry as well as prose. It is such panegyrical texts that will be the primary focus of this project.
We invite structured PhD proposals (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus) with ideas on how to approach the topic of the ‘New Age’ trope in imperial panegyrical poetry and/or prose.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts.
For more information, see:
www.rug.nl/let, and www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes.
Position:
PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially the employee will receive a one-year contract, with extension for the following 36 months on condition of a positive evaluation.
Groningen University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3%), training, and career development.
Salary:
€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time position of 38 hours).
Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:
- Completion of a PhD thesis within four years;
- Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
- Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
- Participation in the training programme of the local Groningen Graduate School and the National Research School in Classics (OIKOS);
- Participation in staff meetings of the Groningen Classics team and the intellectual life of the department and the research institute CRASIS;
- Some teaching in the second and third years of the appointment.
Requirements:
- A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Classics, held by time of appointment, with an MA thesis of high quality with a grade of at least 8.0 on a ten-point scale, or comparable assessment;
- Well-developed research skills, including the ability to formulate relevant and creative research questions and hypotheses, descriptive and analytical skills, and a clear and persuasive style of writing;
- Excellent reading competence in ancient Greek and Latin, excellent command of written and spoken English, as well as reading competence in French, German, and Italian;
- Independent thinker, team player.
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
Enquiries about the position can be addressed to Prof. Dr Ruurd Nauta, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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PhD Position (4 years, 1.0 fte), Leiden UniversitySep 17Dienstag, 17. September 2019
Title: The Rhetoric and Poetics of Inventors and Inventions
(Anchoring Work Package 1, Discourse and Rhetoric)
Supervisory team:
Prof. Dr Ineke Sluiter (Leiden University); Prof. Dr André Lardinois (Radboud University); co-supervisor: Dr Casper de Jonge (Leiden University).
Job description:
New ideas and inventions that affect social life cannot thrive unless they are somehow embedded in the society for which they are intended. Innovation will always be connected somehow—both in the ways it is communicated and perceived, and in terms of content—to what people know, believe, want, value, and can understand. This is true even of radical, path-breaking, ‘revolutionary’ ideas and insights. This phenomenon of ‘anchoring’ is central to the new research agenda of the Dutch classicists.
In Classical Antiquity, one way in which this ‘anchoring’ is realized is through narratives of inventors and inventions, a rich genre concerned with providing a social biography for the accoutrements of human life. Writing, seafaring, building houses, making sacrifice to the gods: there is a great concern with establishing the pedigree of these phenomena, which are often associated with specific ‘culture heroes’, gods, and other inventors. Sometimes we find ideas about collective invention, for instance of language and speech. There are also a few instances of women inventors. Stories of the prôtoi heuretai help to structure and anchor the past of a group. Today we can still identify modern ‘myths of invention’, featuring for instance (stereotypical) inventors, lone wolves and geniuses, and epics of endurance, sudden insights and serendipity. Modern narratives of invention thus also have a recognizable discourse of their own.
We invite structured PhD proposals (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus) with ideas on the discourse, themes, scenarios, and cognitive and social functioning of these stories of inventors and inventions of all kinds.
More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.
Organisational unit:
Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
For more information see:
The Faculty of Humanities: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities.
The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, LUCAS: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-arts-in-society.
Position:
PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially the employee will receive a one-year contract, with extension for the following 36 months on condition of a positive evaluation.
Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3%), training, and career development. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. For more information, see: www.workingat.leiden.edu.
Salary:
€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours).
Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:
- Completion of a PhD thesis within four years;
- Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
- Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
- Participation in the training programme of the local Leiden Graduate School and the National Research School in Classics (OIKOS);
- Participation in staff meetings of the Leiden Classics team and the intellectual life and PhD community of the department and the institute;
- Some teaching in the second and third years of the appointment.
Requirements:
- A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Classics, held by time of appointment, with an MA thesis of high quality with a grade of at least 8.0 on a ten-point scale, or comparable assessment;
- Well-developed research skills, including the ability to formulate relevant and creative research questions and hypotheses, descriptive and analytical skills, and a clear and persuasive style of writing;
- Excellent competence in ancient Greek and Latin, and English, as well as reading competence in French, German, and Italian;
- Independent thinker, team player;
Application:
In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):
- Cover letter;
- CV, including contact information of two referees;
- Transcript of records;
- Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
- Copy of relevant diploma.
Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.
Enquiries about the position can be addressed to Prof. Dr Ineke Sluiter, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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North meets East - Aktuelle Forschungen zu antiken Häfen VSep 09Montag, 09. September 2019
Universität Hamburg
ARCHÄOLOGIE UND KULTURGESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN MITTELMEERRAUMESThema: Häfen als Verkehrsräume und ihre Bedeutung für die Nutzung von Ressourcen
Datum: 23.-25. Oktober 2019 | Institut für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des antiken Mittelmeerraumes, UHH
Organisation: Sebastian Adlung, Aylin Güngör, Martina Seifert und Leon Ziemer
Abgabeschluss: 15.09.2019 (24:00h)
Sprachen: Deutsch | Englisch
Der fünfte Workshop der Reihe „North meets East” – Häfen von der Frühzeit bis ins Mittelalter - findet vom 23. bis 25. Oktober 2019 an der Universität Hamburg statt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Beschäftigung mit Häfen und Landeplätzen als Verkehrsräume und ihre Bedeutung für die Nutzung von Ressourcen. In den Fokus genommen werden Fluss-, Küsten- und Überseehäfen, die für den Umschlag und den Transport von Waren und Rohstoffen verwendet wurden. Zentral soll die Frage nach den Faktoren sein, die für die Wahl, Ausstattung und Nutzung eines Standortes eine wesentliche Rolle spielten, so zum Beispiel die naturräumlichen Bedingungen und der Ressourcenzugang, technische Errungenschaften, aber auch politische und soziale Rahmenbedingungen. Beiträge, die sich mit Handelswegen, Waren und Rohstoffen, Transportmitteln und Akteuren auseinandersetzen, sind ebenso ausdrücklich erwünscht wie die Vorstellung von Theorie-geleiteten Zugängen und Modellen. Wie in jedem Hamburger Hafenworkshop widmet sich eine Session den Ergebnissen aktueller unterwasserarchäologischer Forschungen.
Geplant sind fünf Sessions zu den Bereichen (1) Theorie: Methoden, Konzepte und Modelle zur Erfassung von Warenströmen und Transportwegen, (2) Ausstattung: Anpassung von Häfen an Waren und Transportaufkommen, (3) Infrastruktur: Anbindung von Häfen und Landeplätze ins Um- und Hinterland, (4) Transport: Transportmittel, Akteure und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen, (5) Aktuelles: Grabungsergebnisse.
Bitte senden Sie Ihr Abstract im Umfang von 300-500 Wörtern (mit Name des/der Vortragenden und Titel des Vortrages in deutscher oder englischer Sprache) und der Angabe Ihrer bevorzugten Session als Word- oder Pdf-Dokument bis zum 15.09.2019 an Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Sie erhalten bis zum 20.09.2019 eine Rückmeldung zur Annahme Ihres Papers und ggf. weitere Informationen. Es besteht im Anschluss die Möglichkeit, die Beiträge im Tagungsband in der Serie Gateways zu publizieren. Für Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an Aylin Güngör: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! oder Leon Ziemer: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!
The fifth workshop "North meets East" - dealing with ports and harbour cities dating from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages - will take place at the University of Hamburg from 23rd to 25th October 2019. The main aim of this workshop is to explore ports and landing sites as transport areas and their meaning for the use of resources. The particular focus will lay on fluvial, coastal and oversea ports which were used for handling and transportation of goods and raw materials. Especially factors that played an essential role for the choice, facilities and use of a site, such as natural environmental conditions and access to resources, technical achievements as well as political and social frameworks are of central concern. Papers dealing with trade routes, goods and raw materials, means of transport and actors are welcome as well as approaches dealing with theories, concepts and data modelling. As usual, one session of the harbour workshop is dedicated to recent research in underwater archaeology.
The five sections planned will focus on (1) Theory: methods, concepts and models recording the turnover of goods and trade routes (2) Facilities: adaptation of ports according to goods and traffic (3) Infrastructure: Connecting ports, their surroundings and the hinterland (4) Transport: means of transportation, actors and legal frameworks (5) Latest: recent excavation results
Please send your abstract of no more than 300-500 words (including the speaker’s name, German or English title of your paper) and indicate the session you would like to attend as a word or pdf-document until 15.09.2019 to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. We will inform you until 20.09.2019 whether your talk or poster is accepted. The conference will be published in the series Gateways and offers the opportunity to publish your paper right after. For further questions please contact: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! or Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!