Three Postdoctoral Researchers – Islam & Vision

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Humanities

Visionis: Visuality in the Qur’an and Early Islam

Call for Applications

Application Deadline: March 15, 2022

The European Research Council (ERC) project Visionis: Visuality in the Qur’an and Early Islam at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem directed by Dr. Hannelies Koloska is offering 3 Post-Doctoral research positions starting October 1, 2022. Scholars who have received their Ph.D. in the last five years (after October 1^st, 2017) are eligible to apply.

Outstanding scholars can apply to join the research project for one of the following research areas:

A. Vision and Visuality in Early Islamic Law and/ or theology
B. Vision and Visuality in Early Islamic Hagiography and/ or Historiography
C. Vision and Visuality in Arabic Poetry and/ or Early Islamic Rhetoric

VISIONIS analyses the interplay of discourses, practices and artefacts connected to vision, sight and seeing in the Qur’an and early Islamic texts and their cultural contexts (7th – 11th century C.E.) in order to develop a holistic perspective on use and meaning of visual practices of seeing and concepts of the sense of sight in Early Islamic textual and material cultures.

The VISIONIS team will be constituted of five research positions; and is hosted by the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and will involve close collaboration with different departments at the university, as well as with an international network of scholars.

More information on: https://visionis.huji.ac.il/