Postdoc Funding Opportunity at Trinity College Dublin

History of early modern philosophy is one of several areas of interest for the following postdoc funding opportunity. Readers are encouraged to apply!

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The Irish Research Council (IRC) annually offers postdoctoral fellowships of one or two years’ duration. Applicants of any nationality are eligible, but must be in residence at an Irish university during the fellowship period. Application is made under the mentorship of a member of the academic staff at the university where the applicant hopes to reside.

The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin welcomes applications under this scheme. Mentors are available, in particular, in the following areas:

• Metaphysics (James Miller, Peter Simons, Kenneth Pearce)
• Epistemology (Paul O’Grady)
• Philosophy of Language (James Levine, James Miller, Peter Simons)
• Philosophy of Religion (Paul O’Grady, Kenneth Pearce)
• Ethics (Ben Bramble)
• Phenomenology (Lilian Alweiss)
• History of Philosophy:
  • Ancient (Vasilis Politis)
  • Medieval (Paul O’Grady)
  • Early Modern (Kenneth Pearce)
  • Modern European (Lilian Alweiss)
  • Analytic (James Levine, Paul O’Grady, Peter Simons)

There has been a rich tradition of philosophical excellence at Trinity since its foundation in 1592 and today the Department is a close-knit, lively intellectual community of researchers, teachers and students that combines high-quality teaching with expansive research activity.

Trinity College Dublin Philosophy Department has been consistently ranked as a premier philosophy department and is among the top 100 philosophy departments in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016).

Prospective applicants may either contact their proposed mentor directly or contact the Philosophy Department’s Director of Research, Kenneth Pearce (pearcek@tcd.ie).

Complete details on the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme can be found at: http://www.research.ie/funding/government-ireland-postdoctoral-fellowship-2017

More information on the TCD Philosophy Department can be found at: http://www.tcd.ie/Philosophy/

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