Applications are invited for 1 12-month post-doctoral position within the Research Group “Effects of Contact and Exchange in the Euro- Mediterranean” at the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Byzantium between Orient and Occident.“

The goal of the Research Group “Effects on Contact and Exchange in the Euro- Mediterranean“ at the Leibniz ScienceCampus Mainz/Frankfurt is to examine the short-term and long-term effects of intercultural communication, which took place with considerable Byzantine intermediation and under Byzantine influence in the Euro-Mediterranean sphere. In a comparative perspective, we will ask how the appropriation of foreign knowledge, ideas and objects had an effect on different regions and/or societies, in particular from a chronological perspective which extends beyond the end of the Byzantine Empire. Furthermore, the history of reception and its impact on these societies will be reflected upon.

Participating in this Research Group are the disciplines of Christian Archaeology/Byzantine Art History, Medieval History, Early and Prehistorical Archaeology (with a focus on Medieval Archaeology), Byzantine Studies, Eastern European History, Early Modern Church History, Musicology and Early Modern History. The project covers the period from the Early Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The successful candidate is expected to:

• develop and submit a project application, e.g. to the German Research Foundation (Walter Benjamin-Programm) or Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung along the lines of the aforementioned topic
• complete a scholarly paper that merits publication (corresponding to the topic)
• cooperate in the development of a GIS-referenced digital atlas on reception of Byzantium

Requirements for the application include an excellent dissertation in a participating field, as well as experience in interdisciplinary work. Additional experience in Digital Humanities and knowledge of GIS are desirable.