Hamburg Skepticism Conference

The Hamburg conference “Scepticism from Antiquity to Modern Times” (May 8th-11th) went very well and I must say that the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies is an outstanding center for research on skepticism: serious scholars, interesting projects, good research facilities, and nice people.

Job at Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies

Pending approval of external funding, the Universität Hamburg invites applications for a Research Associate for the project “Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies - Jewish Scepticism.” The position starts on 01.01.2017 and will be associated to the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the Department of Humanities/Philosophy at the University of Hamburg. The position is remunerated at the salary level TV-L 14 and calls for 39 hours per week. The term is fixed to 28.02.2019. The University aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and explicitly encourages women to apply. Equally qualified female applicants will receive preference in accordance with the Hamburg Equality Act.

Responsibilities: 

Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates can also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. 

Specific Duties: 

The successful applicant will be responsible for the publication series of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and conduct research within the field of (Jewish) Scepticism. 

Requirements: 

A university degree in a relevant subject plus doctorate. Furthermore the following skills and work experience are required: 

- Native English language skills. 

- The knowledge of additional languages relevant for the project, such as Hebrew, French, Italian, Latin, Greek or Arabic, is desirable. 

- Experience in publishing and editing scientific publications (monographs, text editions, etc.). 

- Profound knowledge in (Jewish) philosophy.The applicant's research should be directly connected to a field relevant to the Maimonides Centre's research focus. 

- Applicants not proficient in German are expected to acquire proficiency in due time. 

Severely disabled applicants will receive preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants. 

For further information, please contact Maria Wazinski, M.A. (maria.wazinski@uni-hamburg.de) or consult the Centre's website at https://www.maimonides-centre.uni-hamburg.de/en.html. 

Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and copies of degree certificate(s), a publication list and two recommendation letters. The application deadline is 20.09.2016. 

Please send applications to: maria.wazinski@uni-hamburg.de. Interviews will be held in October 2016.

Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies

In previous posts, I referred to the recently founded Maimonides Centre for Advances Studies at the University of Hamburg, whose central aim is the study of Jewish skepticism. The center has now a website.

Jewish Skepticism

From October 2015, and for a period of eight years, there will be a new research center at Hamburg University: Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies – Jewish Scepticism (HCAS–JS). The center's director will be Giuseppe Veltri. More information can be found here.

New Research Center

You might be interested in the transdisciplinary research center “Forms of Knowledge in the Ancient World,” which was founded in 2013 at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. For information about the center, including its many lectures and conferences, click here.

New Research Center

Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind and Normativity (www.eidyn.org), School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

This new philosophical research centre draws on past success in Edinburgh in the fields of epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of mind and cognitive science. The centre will be home to a number of funded and pilot research projects within these fields, such as the recently awarded major AHRC project on "Extended Knowledge". The goal of the centre is to make a profound and long-lasting contribution to philosophical scholarship, and in the process to provide a dedicated training environment for postgraduate students and early career academics.

Inquiries about Eidyn should be directed to the Centre Director, Prof. Duncan Pritchard (duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk).