UKRI Research Fellow in early medieval Jewish astronomy and related sciences, deadline for applications: 30 November 2024
This three-year position at UCL is part of a five-year project on ‘Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, third-eighth centuries CE’ (NEAstr), funded by a UKRI Frontier Research grant, with Sacha Stern as PI. NEAstr investigates the history of astronomy, calendar computation, and related sciences (astrology, cosmology, chronology) in the Near East from the third to eighth centuries CE, focussing on literature in Syriac, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Armenian, mainly in the Christian and Jewish traditions, and also extending to old Arabic, Middle Persian, and Mandaic.
The Research Fellow will be responsible for the Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic body of literature within this project, including Baraita de-Shemuel, Baraita de-Mazzalot, Pirqei de-Rabbi Eliezer (6-8), and relevant texts from the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmudim and related literature. The appointed researcher will be mentored by the PI and reside in or near London. The appointment will start from 1 February 2025 or as soon thereafter as possible.
The deadline for applications is 30 November 2024.
For further information see: