PhD position (m/f)
Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
University of Amsterdam
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Job description
The Institute of Culture and History (ICG) of the UvA has a vacant PhD
position (Heroic space in Attic drama) per 1 September 2009, as part of the
NWO funded project Space in Ancient Greek Literature.
The candidate is expected to research and complete a PhD dissertation within a period of three years and three months, and to participate in the graduate curriculum of the national research school of classics OIKOS.
Requirements
MA in Classics, obtained no longer than five years ago. An MA in a research Master and/ or an MSt, MPhil or some other form of postdoctoral research training is a definite pre. The Master thesis preferably deals with a topic from Greek literature.
Additional information about the job:
Project desciption: The project here advertised, Heroic space in Attic
drama, forms part of a larger NWO program Space in Ancient Greek Literature, which in its turn forms part of a larger project, a multi-volume
narratological history of Classical Greek literature. So far two volumes
have appeared: I.J.F. de Jong, R. Nünlist, A. Bowie (eds.) Narrators,
Narratees, and Narratives in Ancient Greek Literature, Studies in Ancient
Greek Narrative 1, Leiden, Brill 2004; I.J.F. de Jong, R. Nünlist, (eds.)
Time in Ancient Greek Literature, Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative 2,
Leiden, Brill 2007.
The third volume will deal with space, discussing issues such as the amount of attention paid to space, the distribution of the space descriptions over the text; the presentation of space (is the information provided by the narrator, representing his own focalization or that of an anonymous viewer, or is it one of the characters who is focalizing or speaking?), its thematic function (when it becomes a factor of importance in the plot, e.g. when its central hero is traveling), symbolic function (e.g. city versus country, inside versus outside, public versus private, etc.), or characterizing function (when the description of objects or housing tells us something about a character).
By way of elaboration on the chapters on drama, the PhD project Heroic space in Attic drama will discuss in detail aspects of space in one or more plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides, taking its cue from studies such as Issacharoff 1981, Kuntz 1993, and Rehm 2002. It will deal with the setting and the relationship between the onstage space and the offstage space. But the main aspect to be discussed concerns the fact that ancient drama while treating contemporary issues always is situated in the heroic past: how is the physical outlook of this heroic past (re)constructed? In view of the paramount importance of the Homeric epics in fifth century Athens the heroic space of drama is likely to have been modeled after that of epic, but as some – small scale – investigations of anachronism in tragedy have shown, the contemporary world may intrude; see Easterling 1985 and Dunn 2006. While the seventh century Homeric (re)construction of the heroic world is a matter of intense discussion and debate since more than a century, the (re)construction of the heroic world in fifth century Athens so far is still largely to be explored.
Organization
University of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally
acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a
world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and
media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of
European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Humanities undertakes teaching and research with a strong
international orientation in a large number of disciplines within the field
of language and culture. The faculty is situated in the center of Amsterdam
and maintains close contacts with many cultural institutions in the city. It
employs almost a thousand staff members and its courses are attended by
approximately 6,500 students.
Conditions of employment
Duration of the contract: 3 years and 3 months
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The PhD candidate will be appointed for a period of three years and three
months, starting from September 2009 or later (but not after 31 December
2009) at the Faculty of Humanities of the UvA under the terms of employment
currently valid for the Faculty. A contract will be given in the first
instance for one year, with an extension for the following three years on
the basis of an evaluation of, amongst other things, a written piece of
work. The salary (on a full time base) will be Euro 2.042 during the first
year(gross per month) and will reach EUro 2.612 during the fourth year, in
accordance with the CAO for Dutch universities.
Additional Information
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
* About the organization
* About the department
* About the function
A full text of the NWO program of which this PhD project forms a part can be
found in the attachment below or required from drs. Paul Koopman
(icg-fgw AT uva.nl). Further information can be obtained from Professor Irene
J.F. de Jong (i.j.f.dejong AT uva.nl or 0031-20-5252559).
Application
You can apply for this job before 02-06-2009 by sending your application to:
Spuistraat 134
1012 VB Amsterdam
E-mail address: icg-fgw AT uva.nl
Applications for this position, preferably in pdf format, should be sent to
drs. P.J. Koopman, Instituut voor Cultuur en Geschiedenis, Spuistraat 134,
1012 VB Amsterdam (icg-fgw AT uva.nl). They should consist of 1) a letter of
application; 2) a copy of recent work, preferably a MA thesis; 3) a sketch
(1500-2000 words) of how the applicant intends to fill in the rough project
proposal summarized above and described in more detail in the NWO program ‘Space in Ancient Greek Literature’. The deadline for submission is 1 June 2009 at the latest. Please state the vacancy number. Applications received after this date or those that are incomplete will not be taken into consideration.
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 09-3018.
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