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DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCEGraduate School of Ancient PhilosophyHumboldt University BerlinApply by 15 February 2011 forThree-Year Doctoral Program in Ancient Philosophy and History of AncientScience.The Graduate School of Ancient Philosophy (http://www.ancient-philosophy.de)at the Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (http://www.hu-berlin.de) is pleasedto offer up to four fellowships for doctoral study in Ancient Philosophy andScienceThe fellowships cover living expenses for three years and are for full-timestudy only. (There are no tuition fees.)The Graduate School of AncientPhilosophy provides a structured doctoral program in ancient philosophy andscience (in English and German). The three-year program leads to thedoctoral degree in Philosophy or Classics. It includes taught courses,reading groups, tutorial supervision, international workshops, and intensiveshort courses and seminars. The program culminates in the writing of adoctoral dissertation (in English or German).The School has a teaching staff of several full professors as well as manyadditional faculty and an advisory board consisting of internationallyrenowned experts from Europe and America.The international Ancient Philosophy &#38; Science Network (APSN) Students ofthe program are automatically part of the international Ancient Philosophy &#38;Science Network (APSN) initiated by the Graduate School. The APSN involvescollaboration with four international partner institutions in the field ofancient philosophy and science:- University of Chicago (Philosophy and Classics)- University of Leuven (Philosophy, De Wulf-Mansion Centre, AristotelesLatinus)- Princeton University (Philosophy and Classics)- University of Toronto (Philosophy and Classics, joint program in Ancientand Medieval Philosophy)Each candidate will have one supervisor in Berlin and one external advisorand will spend up to one year at one of the partner institutions. Thus everyPhD student at the GSAP will become a member of a vibrant internationalcommunity of excellent PhD students and scholars. For more information seehttp://www.ancient-philosophy.de/phd-net.htm.ApplicationsThe closing date for applications for the fellowships is 15 February.The doctoral fellowships advertised here have no thematic restrictions buttwo of the fellowships will be on offer for candidates with researchinterests in the interface between philosophy and science in the ancientworld (under the supervision of Prof. van der Eijk, who is responsible forthe project "Medicine of the Mind, Philosophy of the Body"), e.g.Aristotelian biology, the philosophical aspects of ancient medicine (e.g.Galen), or the medical and biological interests of ancient philosophicalwriters.Applicants who want to learn something about the resarch interest of thefaculty might visit the Graduate School's website(www.ancient-philosophy.de) and the personal webpages of the core faculty:- Prof. Jonathan Beere (http://www.ancient-philosophy.de/jonathan_beere.htm)- Prof. Christoph Helmig(http://www.ancient-philosophy.de/christoph_helmig.htm)- Prof. Philip van der Eijk(http://www2.hu-berlin.de/klassphil/allgemein/vandereijk.htm)Several other leading scholars, including Prof. Gerd Grasshoff (Philosophy)and Prof. Markus Asper (Classics), are part of the vibrant ancientphilosophy community at the Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin.Applicants submit- a research proposal of up to 800 words, followed by a bibliography and atimetable,- a writing sample,- a personal statement,- transcripts,- CV, and- two letters of recommendation.Applicants have to use the Application Form athttp://www.ancient-philosophy.de/application.htm and send the ApplicationForm along with their other documents to admission@ancient-philosophy.de.Interviews will be held at Berlin during the third week of March 2011.Candidates from overseas will not need to travel to Berlin for an interview.If you have any enquiries write to info@ancient-philosophy.de.www.ancient-philosophy.de 