Currently one PhD scholarship is available at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands), sponsored by the Young Academy Groningen.

The PhD position is intended for a classicist who has an affinity for computational linguistics.

A topic in the field of Ancient Greek polytheism will be studied, making use of traditional philological methods as well as the latest methods of natural language processing.

The working title of the project is: Understanding Ancient Greek gods through Natural Language Processing.

Supervisors are: Dr. Saskia Peels-Matthey en Prof. dr. Malvina Nissim.

The link to apply is copied below (you will find the relevant information under Project 3).

https://www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S0007NKP

The deadline for application is April 21st. The ideal starting date is in early autumn of this year.

Candidates are encouraged to contact the supervisors before sending their application.

Additional information may be obtained through Saskia Peels-Matthey ([email protected]) and Malvina Nissim ([email protected]).

Please note that there may be a small delay in answering your email; due to the coronavirus we may not be able to attend to our mail every day.