Call for applications for 4 Scholarships (Predoc) in Classical Studies starting 2024 at Freie Universität Berlin
The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) is offering 4 Scholarships (Predoc) at Freie Universität Berlin in 2024 in the field of Classical Studies. Funding is available to graduates who have completed their Master’s degree (the thesis must be evaluated and graded by 1 November 2023) and are planning to complete a doctorate at the Freie Universität Berlin, within BerGSAS. Therefore, when submitting the application, please specify who the potential supervisor of the dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin should be; please enclose a letter of confirmation. More information on the range of subjects in Classical Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, and on the Graduate School. ….
Advertisement of 2 Scholarships for Doctoral Studies (October 2024 – September 2028) in the Doctoral Program: “Ancient Languages and Texts”
The Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering two (2) doctoral scholarships to earn a PhD within the framework of Ancient Languages and Texts doctoral program of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies.
We welcome applications from highly qualified graduates from the fields of: Ancient History, History of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages; Ancient Oriental Languages; Ancient Philology: Greek (with Byzantine); Latin (Classical Latin, Middle and Modern Latin); Egyptology (with Coptology); Iranian Studies; Jewish Studies; Protestant Theology (with Old Testament, New Testament, Church History), Religious Studies; Roman Law.
Applicants must hold an outstanding Master’s degree (MA, MSt, or MSc) or equivalent in one of the aforementioned disciplines or be very close to completion.
Objectives of the program “Ancient Languages and Texts” …..
Advertisement of 2 Scholarships for Doctoral Studies (October 2024 – September 2028) in the Doctoral Program: “Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science”
The Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering two (2) doctoral scholarships to earn a PhD within the framework of “Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science” doctoral program of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies.
We welcome applications from highly qualified graduates from the fields of: Ancient Philosophy, Classics, History of Ancient Science, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Arabic Philosophy and Science, Jewish Philosophy and Aesthetics
Applicants must hold an outstanding Master’s degree (MA, MSt, or MSc) or equivalent in one of the aforementioned disciplines or be very close to completion.
Objectives of the doctoral program “Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science” ….
Advertisement of 2 Scholarships for Doctoral Studies (October 2024 – September 2028) in the Doctoral Program: “Languages and Cultures of the Silk Road”
The Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering two doctoral scholarships to carry out a doctorate within the framework of “Languages and Cultures of the Silk Road” program.
Applicants must have an outstanding Master’s degree (MA, MSt or MSc) in the subject Iranian studies, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, or East Asian Art and Archaeology, or be close to graduation. Doctoral researchers are expected to participate in Digital Humanities training offered as part of BerGSAS curriculum.
The doctoral program Languages and Cultures of the Silk Road covers Asia since prehistoric times and Central Asia. It concentrates mainly on the range of attested languages and literatures of Buddhist, Manichaean, Zoroastrian, and Christian communities. The Turfan Collection in Berlin provides a unique opportunity to study original materials. A wealth of recently excavated archaeological sites and find materials in Central and Eastern Asia allow new approaches to a number of old questions concerning the complex cultural history along the Silk Roads. Applicants are free to choose their topic, and it is important to remember that artifacts and texts that have already been published often have a lot more to reveal than has already been discovered. The following is an indication of the kind of topics possible and is not intended to exhaust or limit the possibilities.
PhD proposals in the field of Iranian studies: The focus is of Iranian languages and literatures until Late Antiquity and about the main religious streams current in the Iranian area, including Zoroastrianism, its origins, evolution and spread in Central Asia. Welcome are linguistic topics, e.g., studies of the verbal system and a detailed analysis of its use in Middle Persian or Parthian texts, the transition between Middle Persian and New Persian, Studies of the Sogdian Buddhist and Christian text tradition, problems of dialectological variation relating to religious communities, scribal conventions. Also welcome are studies on Avestan linguistics. Literary studies could be e.g., the composition of Manichaean Parthian hymn-cycles or the analysis of the constitution of the Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature and its relationship to the Manichaean one, etc. The composition of the Avestan corpus in Central Asia or Eastern Iran and the reasons and processes leading to its spreading in Western Iran are also of central interest. Religious subjects, especially concerning the multifarious relationships between the Manichaean and the Zoroastrian doctrines and with other communities would provide many interesting research topics as do also other problems of Zoroastrianism and its relationship to other Iranian religions (like the Bactrian religious system). Pre-knowledge of the textual body to be studied and a good working knowledge of relevant research languages are indispensable.