Wolfgang Fritz Volbach Postdoctoral Fellowships, Germany (2019)

The Wolfgang Fritz Volbach-Fellowship was conceived as a link between the centre of research Mainz and international scholarly work within Byzantine Studies. The fellowship reaches out to foreign fellows with a doctoral degree (Post-Doc) who work in a field related to the subject of the Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus: Byzantium between orient and occident. The invitation consists of a one month research residence with full access to libraries, academic infrastructure and participation in interdisciplinary exchange.

Resources

The library of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) contains c. 170.000 media items and c. 2000 periodicals and is therefore one of the largest and most important specialist libraries on the archaeology of the old world in Europe. Combined with the comprehensive collections of the libraries of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, especially of the area Byzantine Studies at the Institute of History and the department Christian Archaeology and Byzantine History of Art at the Institute for History of Art and Music Science provide excellent conditions for academic work on all aspects of Byzantine culture.

Aside library structures, the collection of the RGZM comprises numerous Byzantine original finds and replicas and the collection of Prince Johann Georg zu Sachsen in the Landesmuseum Mainz (permanent loan of the Institute for History of Art and Music Science), and thus offers reference material for research in archaeology, history of art and material culture.

Conditions
- Grant of Euro 2000,- for four weeks residence in Mainz either during the summer oder winter term
- Free accommodation in the guest house of the RGZM if within the following periods:

- summer term 2019: May 6th - June 30th

- winter term 2019/20: October 21st - December 15th

- Fellows are invited to present their current research with a paper in the lecture series Byzanz in Mainz.

Application requirements
- Applicants must possess a doctorate or an equivalent academic degree (e.g. PhD) and have a permanent residency abroad.
- Applicants are engaged in a research project relevant to the subject of the Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Byzantium between orient and occident.

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Wolfgang Fritz Volbach Fellowship, Germany (2019)