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vendredi 30 juin 2017

PhD position History of Philosophy

PhD position History of Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Organisation

The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Groningen is a vibrant, international community of excellent researchers and teachers. It consistently receives the highest evaluations both for research and for teaching among philosophy departments in The Netherlands. The Faculty has three departments: History of Philosophy, Theoretical Philosophy, and Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy.

Job description

We offer a four-year fellowship for the completion of a PhD dissertation in the history of medieval or early-modern philosophy or science up to the Enlightenment; ancient philosophy is not excluded. Applications are invited from high-quality prospective PhD fellows who have a documentable expertise in these research areas.

The candidate will be enrolled in the Groningen Graduate School of Philosophy. A PhD training program is part of the agreement. Supervision will be carried out by the Groningen department.

The successful candidate is also expected to assist in some teaching. Knowledge of Dutch is no requirement.

Qualifications

The candidate should have a master’s degree in philosophy or related area, plus an excellent academic record. He/she should have a very good command of English and strong communication and academic writing skills.

Conditions of employment

The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,222 (salary scale PhD candidates Dutch Universities) gross per month in the first year, up to a maximum of € 2,840 gross per month in the final year, based on a fulltime position, excluding a 8% holiday allowance and a 8.3% end of the year bonus. The position requires residence in Groningen and must result in a PhD thesis within the 4-year contract period.

The position offered is for four years. The successful candidate will first be offered a temporary position of one year with the option of renewal for another three years. Prolongation of the contract is contingent on sufficient progress in the first year to indicate that a successful completion of the PhD thesis within the contract period is to be expected.

The preferred starting date is 1 January 2018.

You may apply for this position until 17 August 23:59 hrs / before 18 August 2017 Dutch local time by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below the advertisement on the university website: http://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0005OCP).

Applications should include:

a brief letter of motivation
a research proposal (up to two A4 pages)
a curriculum vitae, including contact details of two academic referees
transcripts of your academic degrees
a writing sample of approximately 5000 words such as an essay or part of a master’s thesis.

Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

Information

For information you can contact:

Dr Han Thomas Adriaenssen, +31 50 3636164, h.t.adriaenssen@rug.nl

(please do not use for applications)

Apply: use the Apply button on http://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0005OCP

lundi 31 octobre 2016

A Discussion of the Role of Wonder in the Philosophy of Plato (S. Fair)

Thesis Project Seminar (Ph.D.)

Shane Fair

From Wonder to Wonderful: A Discussion of the Role of Wonder in the Philosophy of Plato

Source : Wikipédia

Monday, November 7th, 2016
9:00am

University of Ottawa
Simard Hall
Room 129


Supervisor:     Catherine Collobert
Committee:     Antoine Côté
                      Francisco Gonzalez
                      Graeme Hunter
President:       Mitia Rioux-Beaulne

mercredi 16 mars 2016

Aristotle on Time and Memory (A. Striowski)


Thesis Defence (Ph. D.)

Andra Striowski

Aristotle on Time and Memory

Aristotle (Source : Wikipedia)

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016
9:00am

University of Ottawa
Hagen Hall (115 Séraphin-Marion)
Room 105


Supervisor:             Francisco Gonzalez
External Examiner:  Eli Diamond (Dalhousie University)
Internal Examiners:  Graeme Hunter
                              Catherine Collobert
                              Antoine Côté
President:               Vladimir Hornof

lundi 7 mars 2016

La Réminiscence chez Platon : théorie de la connaissance, anthropologie, éthique (G. Pilote)


Soutenance de thèse (Ph. D.)

Guillaume Pilote

La Réminiscence chez Platon : théorie de la connaissance, anthropologie, éthique

Platon (Source : Wikipedia)

Mardi, 29 mars, 2016
10h15

Université d'Ottawa
Pavillon Hagen (115 Séraphin-Marion)
Salle 105


Superviseurs:                Luc Brisson (Université de Paris I) - visioconférence
                                    Francisco Gonzalez (Université d'Ottawa)
Examinateurs :              Catherine Collobert (Université d'Ottawa)
                                    Antoine Côté (Université d'Ottawa)
                                    Arnaud Macé (Univ. de Franche-Comté) - visioconférence
                                    Dimitri El Murr (Université de Paris I) - visioconférence
                                    Sara Magrin (Université de Californie) - visioconférence
Présidente:                    Carole Sénéchal (Univ. d'Ottawa - Faculté d'Éducation)

jeudi 25 février 2016

Examining Examination: An Analysis of Socratic Elenchos (D. Karbonowska)

Séminaire de projet de thèse (Ph.D.)

Diana Karbonowska

Examining Examination: An Analysis of Socratic Elenchos

Socrates (Source : Wikipedia)


Friday, March 4th, 2016
1:00pm

University of Ottawa
Simard Hall
Room 123


Supervisor:     Catherine Collobert
Committee:     Antoine Côté
                      Francisco Gonzalez
                      Paul Rusnock
President:       Jeffrey Reid

mardi 15 décembre 2015

La Pédérastie dans le Banquet et le Phèdre : bonheur et finitude (G. Gravelle)


Soutenance de thèse (Ph. D.)

Gilles Gravelle

La Pédérastie dans le Banquet et le Phèdre : bonheur et finitude


Mardi, 15 décembre, 2015
13h30

Université d'Ottawa
Pavillon Hagen (115 Séraphin-Marion)
Salle 105


Superviseure:                Catherine Collobert
Examinatrice externe:    Annie Larivée (Carleton University)
Examinateurs internes:  Graeme Donald Hunter
                                    Antoine Côté
                                    Francisco Gonzalez
Président:                     À déterminer

mardi 15 septembre 2015

Heraclitus and the Triadic Structure in Schelling's Philosophy (M.A. Nehmé)

Thesis Project Seminar (M.A.)

Marco Andre Nehmé

Heraclitus and the Triadic Structure in Schelling's Philosophy

Source : Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
9:00am

University of Ottawa
Simard Hall
Room 129


Supervisor:    Jeffrey Reid
Comité :        Francisco Gonzalez
                     Robert Sparling
Président:      Paul Rusnock

vendredi 4 septembre 2015

The Shadow of the Sophist: Dialogue's Claim to Truth in Plato and Gadamer (C. Gibson)

Thesis Project Seminar (Ph.D.)

Christopher Gibson

The Shadow of the Sophist: Dialogue's Claim to Truth in Plato and Gadamer

Source : Wikipedia
Source : Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
9:00am

University of Ottawa
Simard Hall
Room 123


Supervisor:    Francisco Gonzalez
Comité :        Catherine Collobert
                     Jean Grondin
                      Jeffrey Reid
Président:      Patrice Philie

mardi 26 mai 2015

Aristotle and the Question of Metaphor (M.S.Wood)


Thesis Defence (Ph. D.)

Matthew Stephen Wood

Aristotle and the Question of Metaphor

Source : Wikipedia

Wednesday, June 3rd, 201
10:00am

University of Ottawa
Hagen Hall (115 Séraphin-Marion)
Room 105


Supervisor:             Francisco Gonzalez
External Examiner:  Christopher P. Long
Internal Examiners:  Catherine Collobert
                              Antoine Côté
                              Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel
President:               To Be Determined