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About the Role

The Arabic Tradition: Rational Sciences (ATRS) team of the ERC project, “Logic in Reverse Redux: Illegitimate Argumentative Moves in the Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Latin Medieval Traditions,” seeks to appoint up to three postdoctoral researchers. Participation in the project will be an opportunity to acquire new textual and philosophical skills, produce a significant research portfolio, develop ties with leading researchers in medieval philosophy, and be part of a major initiative in digital humanities. The ATRS team will engage actively with the other teams working on the Latin, Byzantine, Hebrew and Arabic traditional sciences. Appointees will be expected to devote 20% of their time to transcribing and translating texts, 20% to responding to initiatives from the Geneva team, and 60% to independent research on the historical and cultural context of texts and fallacy-theories developed by Arabic authors. These research-focused positions will contribute to the University's strategic research goals through high-impact publications, strengthen the research profile of the Centre for the History of Philosophy, and support grant applications, research supervision, mentoring, and academic administration.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the translation of a corpus of medieval Arabic texts on fallacies, preferably as the sole translator for assigned passages, or as a team member under supervision. Each appointee will be expected to translate approximately 150 pages over the three-year project period.
• Undertake the transcription of texts not yet available in electronic format for inclusion in the project's web-based database.
• Conduct primary research on the historical and cultural context of the texts studied, and analysis of the fallacy-theories developed by Arabic authors, especially as they relate to Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations.
• Collaborate with the University of Geneva team in integrating materials from four philosophical traditions into AskSten, a multi-layered virtual research environment.
• Contribute to all activities associated with the ERC Synergy Grant, including participating in conferences and workshops in the UK and Europe, helping to organize conferences and workshops, translation, independent research on related topics, and liaison with teams at CNRS, the University of Lille, and the University of Geneva.
• Participate in person in a fortnightly team seminar through the semester at the Broadway Campus.

Requirements

• Research-level proficiency in the philosophical language of medieval Arabic.
• Doctoral level training in Arabic philosophy or medieval Islamic intellectual history, with evidence of potential for high-quality research.
• Proficiency in Arabic text entry, with the ability to read and interpret medieval manuscripts.
• Valid Australian working rights or international applicants seeking employment in Australia.

Skills

• Strong publication record is highly desirable.
• Background in digital humanities is desirable.
• Facility in another language in RevLog’s coverage (Latin, classical Greek, Hebrew) or relevant to the study of the Arabic translation movement (Syriac) is desirable.

Location

• Sydney Campus

Work Type

• Full-time
• Fixed term contract

Experience Level

• Postdoctoral

Education Level

• Doctoral level training

Salary/Compensations

• Level B $121,739 + 15.00% superannuation

Benefits

• Career development

About the Company

• We believe in the power of education to transform lives, strengthen communities and help people become the best version of themselves. The University of Notre Dame Australia is a modern, national Catholic university that serves more than 12,000 students across its campuses in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney. With a community of over 1,000 academic and professional staff, Notre Dame is recognised for its personalised learning environment, strong graduate outcomes and holistic educational philosophy rooted in critical thinking, ethics and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
• The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to host the Arabic and Hebrew teams of the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy project, “Logic in Reverse Redux: Illegitimate Argumentative Moves in the Arabic, Byzantine, Hebrew and Latin Medieval Traditions,” (RevLogRedux), which is to run until 30 April 2031.
• The coordinating team of the Synergy Grant is led by Leone Gazziero at the CNRS, France; the Arabic team leader at UNDA is Tony Street; and the Hebrew team leader is Charles Manekin.

Equal Opportunity

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
• The University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive working and learning environment.
• The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders better and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.