Announcements
30 March 2006 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago invites applications for the Oriental Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship program for the 2006-2007 academic year. This is a twelve month, non-renewable fellowship. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will organize and conduct a one-to-two day conference at the Oriental Institute on key comparatively-oriented theoretical or methodological issues in the field of ancient studies (archaeological, text-based, and/or art historical avenues of research). We encourage cross disciplinary proposals that deal with the ancient Near East (including Egypt) or that compare the Near East with other cultural areas. The conference will take place in mid-February 2007. After the conference, the Fellow will assemble and edit the proceedings for publication by the Oriental Institute. The Fellow is also encouraged to pursue his or her own research while in residence and to interact with the Oriental Institute community. Salary for this position is $40,000 plus benefits.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in a discipline relating to ancient studies must be complete at the time of application. Applicants should send: a) 5-page proposal outlining nature and structure of the conference (including names and paper topics of five to eight key participants who have agreed to make presentations, should the conference be funded) b) curriculum vitae c) 3 letters of reference (these may be sent under separate cover).
Electronic submissions are welcome. Deadline for completed applications is April 30, 2006. Start date is September 1, 2006.
Please send applications to: Oriental Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship, attn. Olivia Boyd, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1155 East 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637. e-mail: oeboyd@uchicago.edu
29 January 2006 : Publication of “Framing Plots”
The conference “Framing Plots: The Grammar of Ancient Near Eastern Narratives” was held in University College London last December and the event was a huge success. Publication of the proceedings is now being undertaken.
Further to the interest generated by the conference and the significant number of enquiries received about the possibility of contributing directly to the proceedings, we would like to confirm that this is possible. The bulk of the volume will be taken up with papers presented at the conference, but we should be able to include additional ones which complement the current range.
Prospective contributors should contact the organisers / editors at this address about topic, deadlines, etc. All contributions to the volume will be peer-reviewed.
For the “Framing Plots” committee
Martin Worthington, PhD student, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge
