The
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin
(http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) invites applications from outstanding junior scholars for two-year
Postdoctoral Fellowships
in connection with an interdisciplinary research project on "The Common Languages of Art and Science", organized by Lorraine Daston (MPIHS) and M. Norton Wise (UCLA), September 2001- August 2003. Proposals should focus on aspects of the interaction between art and science in historical context. Although the project concentrates on the 18th-20th centuries, topics concerning other periods will also be considered. Applications from scholars of all nationalities and disciplines are welcome; the colloquium language is English.
Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. no later than 30 June 2001 and no earlier than 30 June 1996. The stipend for postdoctoral fellows from abroad is 3600 DM.
Women are encouraged to apply. Qualifications being equal, precedence will be given to candidates with disabilities.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae (including list of publications), a brief research proposal (maximum 750 words), and two letters of recommendation, postmarked no later than
15 March 2001
to:
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Abt. Personal (AII)
Wilhelmstraße 44
10117 Berlin
Germany.
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