University of Cyprus

Department of History and Archaeology

The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus invites applications for a

Fully-Funded, Four-year PhD Scholarship on the broad area of Greek Classical Reception in the Early Modern Period (15th-17th centuries).

Applications are welcome from the areas of Book History, History of Ideas, History of Scholarship, Reformation History.

The successful applicant with join the research project GrECI (Greek heritage in European Culture and Identity), funded by the European Research Council (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021ACCESS call, 101079379), for which the University of Cyprus is the Coordinator (Dr Natasha Constantinidou). The successful candidate will also benefit from the collaboration with the University of Oslo (Prof. Han Lames, UiO, Norway) and Université Franche-Comté (Prof. Marie Barral-Baron UFC, France).

The project team will meet regularly, both virtually and physically, and will be committed to the well-being and career development of all our members.

The Studentship provides students with Full Fees, Stipend, and a Research Allowance for the Four-year PhD programme.

Applications should be submitted by the 30th November 2022. The application must include:

  1.  a CV,
  2.  academic transcripts,
  3.  two academic references and
  4.  a writing sample (e.g. MA Dissertation or Published Article).

For queries, please contact the Project Coordinator, and Doctoral Supervisor, Dr Natasha

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Requirements and Terms

  *   MA/MPhil in a relevant subject area
  *   Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, as well as reading knowledge of the sources languages relevant for the project.
  *   The PhD Studentship provides an Annual Stipend for Four-years; Full Fees; A Research Allowance.
  *   The continuation of the Studentship for the second and subsequent years is dependent on satisfactory performance within the PhD programme and the achievement of the relevant milestones.
  *   This Studentship will be awarded only to those who are Full-time students and who will engage in Full-time in study.

Application Procedure

The Application should be submitted to the Interdepartmental Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East (PhD Programme), by clicking the 'Apply' button.

Documents required:

  *   Detailed CV and Research Proposal
  *   Copy (scan) of Postgraduate Degree
  *   Copy (scan) and Grade of Undergraduate University Degree.
  *   A transcript and a detailed list of the courses taken by the candidate at the Undergraduate and

MA Levels

  *   Two Letters of Reference
  *   The candidate's MA Thesis
  *   Certificates of Language competency of one of the International Languages of Byzantine/Medieval Studies (English, French, German, Italian and Russian).

Call for applications: Two PhD scholarships in the program "Ancient Languages and Texts"
The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (https://www.berliner-antike-kolleg.org/en/bergsas/index.html) is offering two doctoral scholarships (Oct. 2023-Sept.2027) funded by the Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to carry out a doctorate in Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Freie Universität Berlin) in the program "Ancient Languages and Texts".
We welcome applications from highly qualified graduates from the fields of: Ancient History; History of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages; Ancient Near Eastern Languages; Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures (incl. Middle and modern Latin); Classics; Egyptology (incl. Coptology); Iranian Studies; Jewish Studies; Protestant Theology (incl. Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Septuagint, New Testament; Church History); Religious Studies; Roman Law.
Candidates must hold an outstanding Master's degree (MA, MSt, or MSc), in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion.
The deadline to apply is December 1, 2022.
The call is open only to applicants:

  *    who are not German citizens
  *    who have not resided in Germany continuously for more than 12 months prior to the application deadline (1 December 2022)
  *   whose last final exam (M.A., MSt, or MSc) should have taken place no longer than 2017, April 1st.

FUNDING: The scholarship is available from October 2023 for four years (subject to an annual progress review). In accordance with DAAD guidelines, doctoral scholarship holders receive a stipend of 1,200 Euros per month, a travel allowance, a combined health, accident and liability insurance policy, allowances for study and research (rent and family allowances, if applicable), and financial support for a pre-sessional German language course. Additionally, provided are material resources i.e. a supervision allowance of 1,000 Euros per year.

OBJECTIVES: The doctoral program "Ancient Languages and Texts" (ALT) focuses on the written heritage of ancient cultures which includes literary works as well as documentary texts like inscriptions and papyri. Also, research is carried out into phenomena of mediality such as the interaction between texts and pictorial representations. In this line of inquiry, traditional philological methods are being combined with historical and cultural issues. In addition to that, particular emphasis is placed on theories and approaches of modern literary studies and linguistics. Topics and methods in the digital humanities and computer philology also belong to the program ALT. Thus, the program is characterized by a plurality of methods and a wide understanding of the concept of 'a text'.
Candidates are expected to have sufficient command of the relevant ancient languages for their dissertation project.
Candidates admitted to doctoral studies are expected to participate in Digital Humanities training offered as part of BerGSAS.

Detailed information on the scholarships, the application requirements and the application documents to be submitted is available:
https://www.berliner-antike-kolleg.org/bergsas/_inhaltselemente/CfA_2022_-GSSP_ALT-2-PhD-Fellowships-BerGSAS.pdf

St John's College Oxford

Salary: £36,386 per annum

The Governing Body of St John's College proposes to elect up to four Junior Research Fellows, in the following Arts, Humanities and Science subjects:

Philosophy, Politics, Economics, Classics, Theology, Physics, Computer Science, and Biochemistry.

The fellowships will be tenable either from 1st October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Research Fellows are expected to undertake original research in some branch of the Humanities, Sciences or Social Sciences. They may be asked to undertake a limited amount of teaching.

Candidates should hold a doctorate (with thesis submitted no earlier than 1 Oct 2021), or be close to completion with their thesis submitted no later than three months before the start date of this post. They must also have research expertise in their chosen field as demonstrated by a completed doctoral thesis and/or published forthcoming books, or articles in refereed journals, as relevant to the candidate's field; or promise of such achievement, as relevant to the candidate's field.

Further particulars, an application form and instructions about how to apply, may be downloaded from https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vacancies/ .

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 28 October 2022. Shortlisting, interviewing and appointing procedures will be conducted in early 2023.

The college is committed to equality of opportunity (details can be found in the further particulars).

Applications for this post are particularly welcome from candidates who are women, have a disability and those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.