The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
(Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe;
Director:
Prof. Dr. Sven Dupré) announces

three postdoctoral fellowships for up to three months

between January 1 and December 31, 2014. Outstanding junior and senior
scholars (including those on sabbatical leave from their home institutions)
are invited to apply.

Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of science and
technology,
the history of art and art technology or related field (junior scholars
should have a dissertation topic relevant to the history of science) at the
time of application and show evidence of scholarly promise in the form of
publications and other achievements.

Research projects should address the history of knowledge and art up to the
eighteenth century (with a preference for the period between 1350 and
1750),
and may concern any geographical area within Europe, and any object of the
visual and decorative arts. Also welcome are projects falling within the
scope of the history of optics, colour and perspective, the history of
alchemy, or the history of collecting, but those relevant to the writing of
an epistemic history of art will receive preference.

Visiting fellows are expected to take part in the scientific life of the
Institute, to advance their own research project, and to actively
contribute
to the project of the Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in
Pre-Modern Europe.

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 2.100 € and 2.500 €
(fellows from
abroad) or between 1.468 € and 1.621 € (fellows from Germany),
whereas senior
scholars receive an honorary commensurate with experience.

The Max Planck Research Group Art and Knowledge in Pre-Modern Europe is
also
accepting proposals for non-funded Visiting Fellowships from one month to a
year. These are normally open to junior and senior post-docs who have
external funding. For projects highly relevant to the research platform of
this Max Planck Research Group, Sven Dupré will support a limited number
of
applications for funding at organizations such as Fulbright, DAAD, and the
Humboldt Society.

Candidates of all nationalities are encouraged to apply; applications from
women are especially welcome. The Max Planck Society is committed to
promoting handicapped individuals and encourages them to apply.

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), and
names and addresses of two referees (including email) who have already been
contacted by the applicant to assure their willingness to submit letters of
recommendation if requested, to:

Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Max Planck Research Group Dupré – Postdocs 2014
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Germany

(Electronic submission is also possible: officedupre@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de)

by June 30, 2013. Successful candidates will be notified before August 19,
2013.

For questions concerning the Max Planck Research Group on Art and Knowledge
in Pre-Modern Europe, please see
http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/MRGdupre
or contact Sven
Dupré (officedupre@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.