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Call for PhD Applications: MSCA Doctoral Network StoryPharm, Due 14:00 CET/ 8:00 ET

Call for PhD Applications

MSCA Doctoral Network StoryPharm: Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond. Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities

Various Locations

Due 15 December 2024 at 14:00 CET (8:00 ET)

MSCA Doctoral Network StoryPharm: Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond. Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities. Call for PhD Positions Medieval Art History

We are pleased to announce four three-year Special Scientist PhD Positions in Medieval Art History within the framework of the MSCA doctoral network StoryPharm: Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond. Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities (European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action – Doctoral Networks – Grant Agreement 101169114, https://www.ucy.ac.cy/storypharm/):

“Images of Christ’s Miraculous Healings between Medical Awareness and Social Inclusion (9th–11th c. CE)” (University of Salerno, Italy)

“The Pictorial Narratives of Herbal Medicine in Dioskorides’ De materia medica” (University of Lund, Sweden)

“Ecologies of Healing: Visual Storytelling in Medieval Medical Manuscripts and Herbals” (University of Bamberg, Germany)

“The Healthy Place: Architecture and Images for Healing Devotional Experiences in Southern Italy in a Mediterranean Context” (University of Salerno, Italy)

StoryPharm focuses on premodern narratives and images involving medicine, health, and healing. These will be studied from a transdisciplinary and comparative perspective, across linguistic and cultural borders.

For detailed information on each PhD position and on the application procedure please consult: https://www.ucy.ac.cy/storypharm/vacancies/

Applications will be accepted from 15/10/2024 until 15/12/2024 at 14:00 CET (8:00 ET).