Norway : Doctoral research fellowship in early Christianity Studies

A position as doctoral research fellow (post code 1017) is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas (IFIKK).

The position will be part of an ongoing history of ideas research project on traditions and conceptions of children and childhood in early Christianity (late antiquity and early medieval times). A central element in the project is the study of early Christian apocryphal infancy gospels. This is a very diverse material which had its roots in the second century CE, but which became widely disseminated culturally, geographically, in different languages, and through the centuries.

The object of the PhD. position will be research on this material.The doctoral project can be developed in different directions, for example oriented towards cultural history, tradition history, or social history. This will depend on the interests and qualifications of the PhD-student and on the requirements of the research project at large.

Contact project manager Reidar Aasgaard for further details about the project: reidar.aasgaard@ifikk.uio.no

Candidates who are accepted must participate in the Faculty of Humanities’ researcher education program (cf. regulations and supplementary provisions for the faculty’s researcher education) and must also engage in the designated research activities on a 100 percent basis. The designated aim of the project is to complete a doctoral dissertation to be defended at a public disputation for the Ph.D.-degree.

The position is available for a period of three years.

Qualifications

• A Master degree or equivalent in History of Ideas, Classics, Theology, History of Religion or Philosophy, or other related fields.
• As a prerequisite the candidate must demonstrate basic language skills in ancient Greek and/or Latin, or in other languages of Antiquity.

Personal Skills

• In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the dissertation within the given time frame.
• The candidate must demonstrate good cooperative skills, and the ability to successfully join in academic partnerships across disciplines.

We offer

• salary level 48 -52 (NOK 391 100 - 418 300, depending on level of expertise)
• a challenging and stimulating working environment
• attractive welfare arrangements
• workout during hours, 1,5 h pr week

Submissions

Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application, preferably in pdf format:

• letter of application describing qualifications
• list of publications
• Curriculum Vitae with grades
• project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions)

Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.

The short-listed candidates will be called for an interview at the University of Oslo.

See also Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds

Further Information

Application Deadline : 15 September 2011

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