Call for candidates Doctoral researchers for the project "Presbyters in the late antique West"
Institute of History (University of Warsaw) is looking for two doctoral researchers who will join the team working on the project Presbyters in the late antique West (200-700 AD) run by Robert Wiśniewski. Their job will consist in collecting the evidence for a prosopographical database and conducting, within the project, their own research which will lead to completing the doctoral dissertation (in 4.5 years). The successful candidates will be enrolled in the doctoral programme and awarded a scholarship of 2000 Polish Zloty per month (initially for 2 years, extendable for another 2.5 years)
Essential requirements:
- MA in a relevant field (e.g. ancient or early medieval history, classics, patristics or archaeology)
- Very good knowledge of Latin
- Fluency in English
- An effective working knowledge of at least two of the following languages: French, Italian, German, Spanish
- Ability and willingness to work in a team, conduct academic research, present their results and write to a deadline
Desirable:
- Publications and conference presentations proving interest and competence within the field of late antique or early medieval studies
- Academic experience gained outside his/her home university (e.g. Erasmus programme, working in a research team)
- Effective working knowledge of other languages of the scholarship mentioned above
- Knowledge of Greek
Application dossier:
- CV containing description of the academic curriculum, evidence of research interests and achievements (publications, conference papers, participation in research projects etc.) and information about the knowledge of languages
- Statement with the outline of a doctoral research the candidate is going to conduct within the project
- Letter of recommendation by an academic supervisor sent directly to: r.wisniewski@uw.edu.pl
- Copy of the MA thesis
- Copy of a selected scholarly text (published or not)
- Copy of the MA certificate
- Contact data
These documents should be sent to the:
Institute of History, University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa, Poland
The application must arrive on 14 July 2014 at the latest. The candidates whose dossier will fit best the requirements will be interviewed on 24-25 July. The final choice of the candidates will comply with the rules of the National Science Center (NCN).
More information about the project:
http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/activity/projects/presbyters-late-antique-west
This advertisement is also accessible at the websites of the Antiquity in Southeastern Europe Research Centre and the Insitute of History.
Questions can be addressed to Robert Wiśniewski: r.wisniewski@uw.edu.pl