Predoctoral Fellow (Dept. I)
Deadline
November 7, 2016
Department / Research Group
Department I
Other Departments / Research Groups
Department I
Inquiries

For questions concerning the research project and general questions
concerning Department I of the Max Planck Institute for the History of
Science, please contact Dr. Pietro Daniel Omodeo (pdomodeo@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Address

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstr. 22,
14195 Berlin

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Department I
(Prof. Jürgen Renn), announces a

three-year predoctoral position

starting at the earliest in January 2017 (with the possibility of
extension).

Outstanding junior scholars are invited to apply. The position is awarded
as part of the research project CRC 980 “Episteme in Bewegung (Episteme
in Motion),” Sub-project B6 “Formation of Cosmological Knowledge in the
Pre-Modern Era: Transmission and Change in Diachronic and Transcultural
Perspectives” (http://www.sfb-episteme.de/en/teilprojekte/zeigen/B06/index.html).
The predoctoral fellow is also expected to participate in at least one
other research project of the Institute.
 

Research projects should concern the medieval and early modern history of
astronomy, including its cultural and social embedment (see http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/dept1_720omodeo-cosmology).
We encourage interdisciplinary projects, especially in the fields of the
history of science, cultural and intellectual history, philosophy and
literature.
 

Preference will be given to candidates with a Masters degree in the history
of science, history, history of philosophy or classical philology, and with
basic knowledge of the history of astronomy. The candidate should have
experience of working with primary sources. Good knowledge of Latin and/or
other languages relevant to the history of early science is desirable.
 

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
interview language is English or German. Candidates are expected to present
their own work and discuss that of others fluently in English.
Applications, however, may be submitted in German, English, French, Spanish
or Italian.
 

All application materials (including a CV, a letter of motivation, a copy
of the applicant’s MA certificate or verification that the applicant’s
thesis has already been submitted, a digital copy of the applicant’s MA
thesis in the form of a PDF, and proof of language abilities, if available)
should be submitted online at:

https://s-lotus.gwdg.de/mpg/mbwg/predoc_01_2017.nsf/application,

by November 7, 2016. Only applications submitted in this way will be
considered.
 

The position will be endowed as a predoctoral fellow employment rated 50%
TVöD E13 in the German system. We look forward to receiving applications
from scholars of all nationalities. The Max Planck Society is dedicated to
increasing the amount of employed women in the science and therefore
strongly welcomes applications from women. Furthermore, it is committed to
promoting more handicapped individuals and thus also strongly encourages
them to apply.