Philosophie und Religion
Call for Applications – Research Associate
29. März 2018, von Webmaster
Foto: UHH/Patrick B. Koch
Pending approval of external funding Universität Hamburg invites applications for a Research Associate for the project “Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period: 1600–1800”. The position commences on October 1, 2018.
The PhD candidate will be a member of the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group “Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period: 1600–1800” funded by the German Research Foundation. The vast body of Jewish moralistic writings (known as musar in Hebrew) constitutes one of the most popular, yet understudied corpora of Jewish literature. The group’s objective is to compile an inventory that systematically documents musar-writings that were composed between 1600 and 1800. The inventory aims at presenting the diversity of musar, identifying different schools, literary genres, and literary strategies. The joint project will be supplemented by individual studies that will give the group’s members the opportunity to evaluate the data brought together in the inventory.
The successful applicant will contribute to the preparation of the corpus of Hebrew musar- writings of the inventory, and pursue an individual research project on a topic related to the project’s thematic focus.
You will find the full Call for Applications here (PDF).