Friday, January 22, 2016

Research post with Lexicon of Greek Personal Names

FIXED-TERM JOB AT OXFORD:
Researcher (Lexicon of Greek Personal Names)

Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford

Grade 7: £30,738 - £37,768 p.a.

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a full-time researcher for the AHRC funded Lexicon of Greek Personal Names project, directed by Professor Robert Parker. The appointment will be for a fixed period of 3 years. The appointee will be a member of a research group which will prepare volume VI of the Lexicon, that covering names from the Roman provinces of Syria, Palaestina, Arabia, and areas further East. The special responsibility of the appointee will be for names attested in non-Greek sources; s/he will have excellent knowledge of at least one relevant ancient Semitic language and willingness to acquire competence in others, and a good knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin and relevant modern languages. S/he will have, or be near completion of, a relevant PhD.
The deadline for applications is 18 February 2016. Follow the link for further particulars.

HT Briquel Chatonnet at the Hugoye list.