A position as doctoral research fellow (post code 1017) is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas (IFIKK). The position will be part of a History of Ideas research project on traditions and conceptions of children and childhood called “Tiny Voices from the Past: New Perspectives on Childhood in Early Europe” (2012-2016).
The research project, spanning the period from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (5th century BC to 12th century AD) comprises three main components: the study of Early Christian apocryphal infancy gospels (2nd century AD and later), of written sources (philosophical, religious, literary, medical etc.) in which ideas and concepts of children and childhood are represented, and of sources (archeological findings, papyri etc.) which more directly bear witness to the lives and activities of children (school exercises, inscriptions, toys, clothing etc.).
The object of the Ph.D. position will be research within one of these areas. The doctoral project can be developed in different directions, for example oriented towards tradition history, mentality history, or social history. This will depend on the interests and qualifications of the Ph.D. student and on the requirements of the research project at large.
Doctoral research fellowship in ancient Childhood history
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2012-06-03, 00:00
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2025-09-29, 17:00
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Silviu Marinescu
