Fully-funded, 4 year PhD Fellowship in Greek / Byzantine Studies (Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams)

Within the framework of "Poetry from the Margins: Literary, linguistic, philological and cultural-historical analysis of a new corpus of Byzantine book epigrams (800-1453)", a research project closely connected with the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, the Greek Section of the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University (Belgium) is seeking well-qualified applicants for a fully-funded and full-time doctoral research fellowship (four years). The successful applicant will be part of an international team of pre- and postdoctoral scholars and is expected to work on the literary analysis and/or editing of selected book epigrams (metrical paratexts in Byzantine manuscripts). (S)he will be supervised by project director Professor Kristoffel Demoen and start employment between 1 October 2016 and 1 January 2017.

Envisaged profile

The successful candidate will have

1. an MA degree in Classical Studies (with an emphasis on Greek) or Byzantine Studies;
2. excellent knowledge of ancient Greek;
3. good notions of medieval Greek (at the least);
4. very good grades (including BA and MA dissertations of high quality);
5. good knowledge of ancient and medieval Greek literary history;
6. an interest in literary and/or cultural history, as evidenced by her/his study trajectory (e.g. optional courses, subject of papers and dissertations, etc.);
7. the willingness to attend training courses in Greek paleography, codicology, textual criticism and/or book history (if these skills have not been acquired previously).

In order to be eligible, candidates must have obtained 

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