Dear all,
Please find below information and links concerning three doctoral fellowships in Ancient History, Classical Philology, and Biblical Studies as part of the project STASTA (STAtes of STAndardization) at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve).
The collaborative project STASTA aims to be the first comparative and diachronic study of the relationship between the standardisation of market tools (weights, measures, coinage), and interrelated developments in literary culture, politics, and religious ideology in the Greco-Roman world from the 4th century BCE to the 4th century CE. The major hypothesis of STASTA is that the standardisation of market tools, ubiquitous in ancient lived environments, played a major role in, and can be seen reflected in, developments in culture, politics, and literature of the period. In part, STASTA aims to assess the extent to which standardisation of market tools is a way by which populations (often heterogeneous) are made more "legible" to the state (Scott 1998)-and sometimes aim to disrupt such legibility.
While this project is essentially comparative and collaborative, reaching across linguistic, regional, chronological, and disciplinary boundaries, it includes three specific corpora, each the province of a doctoral project by the four STASTA promoters:

According to UCLouvain doctoral regulations, the thesis must be completed in four years on a full-time basis. Within the STASTA project, the first two years of funding are guaranteed. Funding may be renewed for a further two years if the successful candidate fulfils the conditions set out in the doctoral regulations (passing the confirmation test) and if the funding sources are renewed.
Consortium: prof. Charles Doyen, prof. Geert Van Oyen, prof. Aaron Kachuck, prof. Matthieu Richelle.
For a fuller description of the posts, please see below; for details on applying, please use the links.

Yours very truly,

Aaron Kachuck

Professeur en auteurs latins et littérature latine, Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres (INCAL), Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (FIAL), Université Catholique de Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique

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PhD project #1 (Greek world): Market Tools and their Representation, in the Greek East.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/88431

PhD project #2 (Roman world): Weighing Roman Writers: The Augustan Standardisation of Market Tools and Latin Literature.         https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/89763

PhD project #3 (Judeo-Christian world): Standardisation and the Biblical Notion of "Just Measure" in Jewish and Christian Literature during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/94058


Doctoral fellowship (full-time; 24 months, renewable once) in Greek History (UCLouvain, Belgium)

Application deadline: May 15, 2022
Tasks and duties: Completion of a doctoral dissertation involving doctoral training, research stays abroad, participation in team seminars, participation in the organisation of an international conference.
Project description: This doctoral dissertation is part of the STASTA project, which aims to study comparatively and diachronically the relationship between the standardisation of market tools (weights, measures, coinage), and interrelated developments in literary culture, politics, and religious ideology in the Greco-Roman world from the 4th century BCE to the 4th century CE. More specifically, the doctoral dissertation will study the rich and diverse corpus of documentation concerning the agoranomoi (800+ stone inscriptions; 300+ mentions on Greek weights; 250+ attestations in Classical literature). The study of this corpus aims to reconstruct the establishment of a metrological system, in its legal and administrative dimensions, by retracing the legislative process of creating metrological standards and defining prototypes, and by studying the functions and social representations of magistrates in charge of controlling weights and measures in a commercial context. The dissertation may be written in either English or in French.
Profile: The successful candidate will hold a Master's degree in Ancient History, Classical Archaeology or Classical Philology at the time of taking up the position. A good knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin is required. An excellent command of English or French (level C2) and a good command of the second language (level B2) are required. Fluency in another language is an additional asset.
Additional information: The selected candidate must be admitted to, then inscribed within, the doctoral program at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), within the Doctoral Commission of "History, history of art and archaeology" (CDD4). The selected candidate will receive a tax-free scholarship (with social security contributions, but without professional deductions). According to UCLouvain doctoral regulations, the thesis must be completed in four years on a full-time basis. Within the STASTA project, the first two years of funding are guaranteed. Funding may be renewed for a further two years if the successful candidate fulfils the conditions set out in the doctoral regulations (passing the confirmation test) and if the funding sources are renewed.
Starting date: October 1st, 2023
Documents required: CV with a cover letter, a letter of recommendation, copies of diplomas and/or transcripts.
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Doctoral fellowship (full-time; 24 months, renewable once) in Latin Literature (UCLouvain, Belgium).
Application deadline: May 15, 2022
Tasks and duties: Completion of a doctoral dissertation involving doctoral training, research stays abroad, participation in team seminars, participation in the organisation of an international conference.
Project description: This doctoral dissertation is part of the STASTA project, which aims to study comparatively and diachronically the relationship between the standardisation of market tools (weights, measures, coinage), and interrelated developments in literary culture, politics, and religious ideology in the Greco-Roman world from the 4th century BCE to the 4th century CE. More specifically, the doctoral dissertation will study how market tools-as symbols of authority whose centralisation and standardisation are always also sites of contention-served also as tools for thought for authors of Latin literature from the Republic to the Empire, with a focus on literature of the age of Augustus, when the standardisation of coinage took hold, the dream of standardising weights and measures across the empire began to put out roots. What can Latin literature tell us about states of standardisation in the early Roman empire? What, in turn, can states of standardisation tell us about literature-its metaphors, its structures, its goals? Concretely, this dissertation will focus on Latin textual archives (especially, but not exclusively, poetic) of the 1st centuries BCE and CE to study and compile the wide diffusion of market tools as terms, objects, and as metaphors; as key details or major themes in textual archives; and as aspects in the ideological construction of, or opposition to, new forms of political culture. The resulting dissertation will contribute principally to ancient literary studies, but also to the social, political, and cultural history of antiquity. The dissertation may be written in either English or in French.
Profile: The successful candidate will hold a Master's degree in Classical Philology (or equivalent) at the time of taking up the position; for questions concerning the equivalence of different degrees, please feel free to be in touch with the promotor (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.>). A good knowledge of Latin is required, and a good knowledge of ancient Greek would be an additional asset. An excellent command of English or French (level C2) and a good command of the second language (level B2) are required. Fluency in another language (ancient or modern) is an additional asset.
Additional information: The selected candidate must be admitted to, then inscribed within, the doctoral program at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), within the Doctoral Commission of "Languages, literatures, and translation-studies" (CDD3). The selected candidate will receive a tax-free scholarship (with social security contributions, but without professional deductions). According to UCLouvain doctoral regulations, the thesis must be completed in four years on a full-time basis. Within the STASTA project, the first two years of funding are guaranteed. Funding may be renewed for a further two years if the successful candidate fulfils the conditions set out in the doctoral regulations (passing the confirmation test) and if the funding sources are renewed.
Starting date: October 1st, 2023
Documents required: CV with a letter of motivation, a letter of recommendation, copies of diplomas and/or transcripts.
Application/contact address: 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.>
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Doctoral fellowship (full-time; 24 months, renewable once) in Biblical studies (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament) (UCLouvain, Belgium).
Application deadline: May 15, 2022
Tasks and duties: Completion of a doctoral dissertation involving doctoral training, research stays abroad, participation in team seminars, participation in the organisation of an international conference.
Project description: This doctoral dissertation is part of the STASTA project, which aims to study comparatively and diachronically the relationship between the standardisation of market tools (weights, measures, coinage), and interrelated developments in literary culture, politics, and religious ideology in the Greco-Roman world from the 4th century BCE to the 4th century CE. More specifically, the doctoral dissertation will study the notion of "just measure" in Jewish and Christian literature during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, using philological and linguistic methodologies. This study will also shed new light on the ways Jews and Christians interacted with the socio-economical context in these periods. Possible areas of investigation include the reception and echoes of the relevant biblical texts (e.g. Lev 19:36; Deut 25:13-16: Prov 11:1) in Second Temple literature; the Greek section of the Aramaic Levi Document, which is inspired by Babylonian metrological lists; and the translation of the Hebrew terms for weights and measures in the Septuagint; the figurative use of the notion of measure in the New Testament (e.g. Mt 7:2; Jn 3:34; Rm 12:3). The dissertation may be written in either English or in French.
Profile: The successful candidate will hold a Master's degree in Biblical studies (or equivalent) at the time of taking up the position. A good knowledge of Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek is required. An excellent command of English or French (level C2) and a good command of the second language (level B2) are required. Fluency in another language is an additional asset.
Additional information: The selected candidate must be admitted to, then inscribed within, the doctoral program at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), within the Doctoral Commission of "Theology" (CDT). The selected candidate will receive a tax-free scholarship (with social security contributions, but without professional deductions). According to UCLouvain doctoral regulations, the thesis must be completed in four years on a full-time basis. Within the STASTA project, the first two years of funding are guaranteed. Funding may be renewed for a further two years if the successful candidate fulfils the conditions set out in the doctoral regulations (passing the confirmation test) and if the funding sources are renewed.
Starting date: October 1st, 2023
Documents required: CV with a letter of motivation, a letter of recommendation, copies of diplomas and/or transcripts.
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Reisestipendium 2023

2023 vergibt die „Ernst-Kirsten-Gesellschaft. Internationale Gesellschaft für historische Geographie der alten Welt“ wieder zwei Reisestipendien für eine historisch-geographisch motivierte Forschungsreise in die. Das Forschungsziel dieser Reise sollte altertumswissenschaftlich ausgerichtet sein. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 15. April 2023. Bewerbungen bitte an michael.rathmann(at)ku.de

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