8 April: fyi -- research positions, Berlin
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The Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) 1458 „Notational
Iconicity. On the Materiality, Perceptibilty and Operativity of
Writing” at Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), is offering from 1st October 2008
12 Ph.D studentships (full-time) and
3 postdoctoral fellowships
for a duration of 2 years (the Ph.D studentships are extendable for
another year).
Closing date for applications: 26th April 2008.
The research training group is dedicated to investigating
script/writing as a key subject in the humanities. Its aim is to
contribute to a change of perspective from a phonographic,
language-centred concept of writing to an iconographic,
language-neutral concept of writing. The founding hypothesis is that
both alphabetic and non-alphabetic scripts are hybrid forms that
combine discursive and iconic components and that writing is therefore
more than simply a medium used to record spoken language. The research
training group investigates systematically and/or historically the
creative and explorative functions of notation in everyday, scientific
and artistic contexts. Academic disciplines from throughout the
humanities are involved as well as psychology and computer studies.
More detailed information on the research and study programme and on
conditions for application can be found at:
www.fu-berlin.de/schriftbildlichkeit
Applications are to be sent by 26th April 2008 to:
Prof. Dr. Sybille Krämer
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Philosophie
Habelschwerdter Allee 30
D - 14195 Berlin
Deutschland
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David Lauer | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Institut für Philosophie | Freie Universität Berlin
Habelschwerdter Allee 30 | 14195 Berlin
Fon 030.838-53691 | Fax 030.838-56430 | dlauer@zedat.fu-berlin.de
http://personal.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/dlauer
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