Postdoctoral Fellowship for One Year - Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte Berlin
- Ort: Berlin
- Arbeitszeit: Vollzeit
- Beginn: 01.10.11
- Befristung: 30.09.11
- Bezahlung/Besoldungsklasse: 1468 € - 2300 €
- Disziplinen: Literaturwissenschaft, Medien-/Kulturwissenschaft, Weitere Teilbereiche
- Sprachen: Sprachenübergreifend
- Frist: 01.04.11
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Max Planck Research Group on Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe; Director: Sven Dupré) announces one
Postdoctoral fellowship for one year
starting date October 1, 2011. Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply.
Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science, the history of art, technical art history or related field (with a dissertation topic relevant to the history of knowledge) at the time the position begins and show evidence of scholarly promise in the form of publications and other achievements.
Research projects should address the history of art and knowledge up to the 18th century (with a preference for the period between 1350 and 1750), and may concern any geographical area within Europe, and any object of art (including the decorative arts).
Possible topics include:
- Alchemical and optical knowledge as applied by artists in the making of art
- Art theory and its relation to material artistic practices and artisanal' knowledge
- Collections as laboratories for the production of artists' knowledge
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is an international and interdisciplinary research institute (http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/index.html). The colloquium language is English; it is expected that candidates will be able to present their own work and discuss that of others fluently in that language.
Fellowships are endowed with a monthly stipend between 1.900 € and 2.300 € (fellows from abroad) or between 1.468 € and 1.621 € (fellows from Germany). Candidates of all nationalities are welcomed to apply; applications from women are especially welcomed. The Max Planck Society is committed to promoting more handicapped individuals and encourages them to apply. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to participate in the research activities at the Institute.
For questions concerning the Max Planck Research Group on Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe, please see www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/MRGdupre or contact Sven Dupré (dupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de); for administrative questions concerning the position and the Institute, please contact Claudia Paaß (paass@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de), Head of Administration, or Jochen Schneider (jsr@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de), Research Coordinator.
Finalists for the position will be informed by April 10, 2011 and asked to come for an interview on April 26, 2011 (travel expenses covered by the Institute).
Candidates are requested to submit a curriculum vitae (including list of publications), a research proposal on a topic related to the project (750 words maximum), one sample of writing (i.e. article or book chapter). They should arrange to have two referees send letters of recommendation under separate cover by April 1, 2011 (Electronic submission is also possible: paass@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) to:
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Administration
NWG-Postdoc
Boltzmanstr 22
14195 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: dupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
E-Mail: paass@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
E-Mail: jsr@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/index.html
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/MRGdupre
Publiziert von: Barbara Ventarola