POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
HIP ANNOUNCEMENT 
(HISTORY OF ANCIENT 
SCIENCE)
EXZELLENZCLUSTER 
264 
TOPOI
The Formation and
Transformation of Space and 
Knowledge in 
Ancient Civilizations
Cluster Agency (Dahlem)
Freie Universität Berlin
Hittorfstr. 18
14195 Berlin, Germany
fon
: +49.30.838
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57271
fax: +49.30.838
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53770
Cluster Agency (Mitte)
Humboldt
-
Universität 
zu Berlin
Hannoversche Str.
6
10115 Berlin, Germany
fon: +49.30.2093
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99073
fax: 
+49.30.2093
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99080
A Postdoctoral fellowship in research group 
(D
-
1) Space of Nature: The Exact Sci-
ences of the Cosmos
of Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, starting October 1, 2015, is 
now open to applicants who
have obtained exemplary results in their doctoral stud-
ies in History of Science, Classics, Assyriology, Egyptology, or another
branch of 
Ancient Eastern Mediterranean philology.
Pursuant to DFG guidelines, the fellowship will be awarded for two years
and
will 
include a stipend of 1853 euros per month (including research allowance). A
child 
allowance will be made available in accordance with DFG guidelines.
The successful recipient will pursue an original research project on the
history of 
ancient science 
(e.g. astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine, mathematics) or its 
social or institutional context. The research will be conducted as a member
of the 
research group D
-
1, which focusses on the history of the exact sciences in the East-
ern Mediterranean (e
.g. Babylonia, Greece, Greco
-
Roman world, Ptolemaic Egy
pt) 
between 500 BCE and 200 CE.
The project advisor will be Prof. Dr. Mathieu Ossendrijver (Humboldt
University 
Berlin, Institut für Philosophie). 
Application
Applications, together with the 
documents listed below, should be emailed to
ruti.ungar@topoi.org
by August 25, 2015.
For more information, please visit
www.topoi.org
Application documents:
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Cover letter 
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Curriculum Vitae
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Project plan and schedule
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Official copies of degree certificates
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Two letters of recommendation
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List of publications