PhD Candidate in the History of Philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

PhD Candidate in the History of Philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
PhD Candidate in the History of Philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Published	Deadline	Location
yesterday	14 May	Nijmegen

Job description
Are you a highly motivated aspiring junior researcher? Do you have a background in the history of philosophy, logic, science or intellectual history between the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance? Do you want to develop your own innovative research ideas as a key member of a research team? The Center for the History of Philosophy and Science (CHPS) of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies is looking to appoint a PhD candidate for the duration of four years, to conduct research on 'The Via Marsiliana Across the Impossible'.
You will join Dr Ciola's research team and work closely with her, another PhD candidate and a postdoctoral researcher, contributing to the ERC Starting Grant project The Impossible and the Imaginable: Late-Medieval Semantics of Impossibility and the Roots of Complex Mathematics. You can find a description of the project here .
You will produce original research on the reception of Marsilius of Inghen's semantics between the late-14th and the 16th centuries, resulting in a doctoral dissertation and several scientific articles. You will provide a first assessment of the 'Marsilian way' of conceiving nominalism and the role played by Marsilius's account of imaginable impossibilities as a characteristic feature of 'Marsilian' philosophy. You will do so by exploring three case studies over the course of your appointment. First, you will study the reception, rooting and impact of Marsilius's semantics among the nominalist masters active at the University of Pavia between the late 14th and 16th centuries. Second, you will explore Marsilius's influence on the 15th century debate about the instant of change, focusing on Giovanni Mariliani's and Apollinare Offredi's criticisms against Peter of Mantua. Third, you will provide a first assessment of the 'Marsilian' positions discussed in the 15th- and 16th-century disputes on empty terms, through a focused analysis of authors such as Juan de Celaya, Fernando de Enzinas, Hyeronimus Pardo, Juan Martínez Siliceo, Domingo de Soto, Anthonius Silvester and William Manderston.
You will collaborate with the other members of the team in various research, dissemination and outreach activities, and you will actively participate in the CHPS's analogous initiatives. The Center has a very cohesive research group. Its members gather daily in a friendly, informal and intellectually lively environment. They share their research in work-in-progress meetings, and they co-teach, co-publish, and co-organise conferences. PhD supervision is of high quality, not at the least because of the daily presence of supervisors and supervisees at the department.
This research position carries no teaching obligations.
Specifications

• €2541—€3247 per month
• Nijmegen View on Google Maps

Radboud University

Requirements

• You hold a Master's degree in the History of Philosophy, the History of Science, Intellectual History, or Logic.
• You have a strong background in medieval and renaissance philosophy, and you are well acquainted with scholastic terminology.
• You have strong conceptual skills.
• Your written and spoken English skills are excellent.
• You possess excellent reading skills in Latin.
• You have basic knowledge of some paleography and possibly experience handling late-medieval manuscripts, and you are at ease with reading early modern prints.
• You are an autonomous researcher, who also functions well in a team and has excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Familiarity with the basic techniques and fundamental issues in contemporary logic, the philosophy of logic, and the philosophy of language, at least on the issues most relevant for your project, would be an advantage.

Conditions of employment

Fixed-term contract: You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract).

• It concerns an employment for 1.0 FTE.
• The gross starting salary amounts to €2,541 per month based on a 38-hour working week, and will increase to €3,247 in the fourth year (salary scale P ).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract).
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services . Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.
• Our faculty is committed to equal opportunities for all. We stand for an inclusive community and believe that diversity contributes to the quality of teaching and research. We therefore particularly welcome applications from people from different backgrounds, whose perspectives and alternative ways of thinking may contribute to the diversity of our faculty.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions . You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.
Employer
The Center for the History of Philosophy and Science (CHPS) brings together historians of philosophy and historians of science in a single teaching and research unit. CHPS's core research interests focus on the interplay between philosophical and scientific thought from Antiquity to the 21st century, also addressing the important questions that these themes raise for contemporary philosophers.
Research and teaching topics include the notions of place and space, time, matter, motion, chance and necessity, but also soul, mind and cognition. Within the global academic landscape, CHPS is unique in approaching the history of philosophy and the history of science as historically intertwined phenomena. For this reason, it has attracted staff, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers from many countries, and functions as an international hub for scholars interested in the combination of the history of philosophy and the history of science. In addition to addressing academic peers, CHPS also reaches out to a wider audience to contribute to a better understanding of the historical trajectory that has led to today's science and technology-driven society.
The Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies is a compact, ambitious organisation with over 160 staff members, housed in eight academic departments, and has over 1,000 students. Our educational programme includes several top-notch courses in both in-depth disciplinary fields of study and interdisciplinary and interfaculty studies. The faculty has innovative education and research programmes with a strong focus on current social issues.
Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!
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For questions about the position, please contact Graziana Ciola, Associate professor, at [email protected] .
Radboud University

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Application procedure
You can apply until 14 May 2023, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Graziana Ciola. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation.
• Your CV, including the contact details of two references.
• One relevant writing sample in English (max. 10,000 words).
• A transcript of records of your Bachelor's and Master's degrees, including grades.
• A brief outline of what your particular expertise and research interests would add to this project, and how you envision developing it (max. 1,000 words). 

The first round of interviews will take place on 7 June. You would preferably begin employment on 1 September 2023.
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