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Ancient History. The Columbia University Department of History invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the Mellon Foundation for the academic year 2012-2013. The successful candidate will have completed his/her Ph.D. in Greek or Roman history, broadly defined, in the period 2009-2012 (not later than June 30, 2012). The fellow’s responsibilities will be to pursue his/her own research in consultation to whatever degree is appropriate with Professor W. V. Harris, and also to contribute to the activities of Columbia's Center for the Ancient Mediterranean (not an arduous duty); he/she will also be encouraged to teach a course. The salary will be competitive. Applications, online only, by December 15th, 2011, to [log in to unmask]. Enquiries to [log in to unmask]. Professor Harris will conduct interviews at the APA annual meeting in Philadelphia (and elsewhere if necessary), but candidates from outside North America are encouraged to apply even if they cannot attend that meeting.
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ECONOMICS FOR ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL HISTORIANS
A WORKSHOP FOR RECENT PH.D.'S AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia University is hosting a residential workshop, May 21st to June 8th, 2012, to help young ancient and mediaeval historians (specializing in any field from the Ancient Near East to approximately 1400 AD) to learn more about the methods of economic historians from two distinguished economists. The workshop will be run by Professor Paolo Malanima (Director of the Institute for Studies on Mediterranean Societies at the University of Naples and author of The Pre-modern European Economy [2009]), with a major contribution by Professor Ronald Findlay (Columbia). Organizer: W.V. Harris (Columbia).
Eligibility and selection: doctoral students and anyone who has earned a PhD in ancient history or a closely related field at any date since 2002 may apply, without restriction of nationality. Candidates should submit applications online only to [log in to unmask] by January 31, 2012; they should include a curriculum vitae, the names and e-mail addresses of two referees who may be consulted, and a more or less brief description of an economic-history project that the candidate expects to have under way at the time of the workshop (part of the workshop will consist of discussions of the participants' projects with the faculty listed above).
The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean expects to pay the costs of the participants' travel to New York. Housing will be available on the Columbia campus at generously subsidized rates. There will be no charge for tuition or for library use.
All enquiries and applications to [log in to unmask].
FUNDED BT THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION