Ca' Foscari University Venice - Postdoctoral assignment - Scholia to Lucian with linguistic content: analysis and preliminary edition

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Università Ca' Foscari Venezia invites qualified fellows to join an international project aimed at preparing a new critical edition of one of Lucian's language-themed dialogues and its scholia. The edition will reassess the manuscript tradition and build a general study of linguistic issues connected to the text, shedding new light on Lucian's language and its reception in later scholarship.

The project offers collaboration within an international research environment and provides access to

Job description

Organisation/Company Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Research Field Literature » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 12 Nov 2026 - 13:00 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

[...] The goal of the present project is therefore to prepare a new critical edition encompassing both one of Lucian's language-themed dialogues and the entirety of its associated scholia. The edition in question will entail a full reassessment of the manuscript tradition of the chosen text and build upon a general study of the linguistic issues connected to it, with the aim of shedding new light on Lucian's language and its reception in the scholarship of subsequent centuries.

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