Junior Scholar at Berlin
« Torna all'elencojunior scholar for a two-year position
to begin no later than 1 September 2011 as Research Fellow in conjunction with the research project Comparative History and Theory of Textual Practices, organized by Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Professor Glenn Most (Scuola Normale Pisa/University of Chicago); details concerning the project may be found here . Candidates should hold a doctorate in the history of the human sciences, history of science or related field at the time the position begins and show evidence of scholarly promise in the form of publications or other achievements. A previous postdoctoral position is desirable but not essential.
Research projects may concern any culture or historical period (including the present). Although projects must have a history of science component, both the human and natural sciences are included under that rubric and additional relevant disciplinary perspectives are welcome. Possible topics include:
➢ The methodologies applied to various textual practices (collecting, editing, commenting, translating, transmitting) in one or more periods or cultures➢ The material culture of selecting, collecting, preserving, classifying, and transmitting literary texts (e.g. libraries, schools, monasteries, universities, and data bases)
➢ The history of key ideas associated with textual practices (e.g. “text”, “author”, “tradition”, “cultural heritage”)
➢ The ways in which textual practices shape and are shaped by the study of the natural world
