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Position: PhD position
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Best wishes
Stuart Lane
Introduction
UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution in Switzerland, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.
Presentation
The section of Antiquity Sciences at the University of Lausanne and the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG) offer a doctoral position in paleoenvironmental reconstruction of ancient landscape dynamics.
Job information
Expected start date: 01.05.2022
Contract length: 1 year, renewable for 2 years (1+2 years)
Activity rate: 100%.
Language: French and/or English
Workplace: University of Lausanne ; Eretria/Amarynthos (Euboea, Greece)
Your responsibilities
The position is part of the research project "Amarynthos and the making of Eretria's sacred landscape," supported by the SNSF. The aim of this project is to continue the archaeological exploration of the large extra-urban sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia at Amarynthos (Euboea, Greece) and to study its insertion within the ancient landscape.
The doctoral thesis will focus on reconstructing the paleoenvironmental history of the Amarynthos region from the start of the Bronze Age (c. 3300 BCE) to present. The student will be expected to apply landscape evolution modelling for a range of temporal scales to capture both long-term landscape evolution of the Amarynthos region and the detailed hydrological and geomorphological conditions associated with particular key time periods in the history of the sanctuary.
This work will be supported by high quality topographical (LiDAR datasets), existing cores from the region, additional cores to be collected, as well as the wider understanding that comes from the cultural history of the project. Indeed, the student will be expected to interact continuously with the archaeologists in the project to guarantee that the work that they do supports the wider objectives of the project.
Your qualifications
The successful applicant should have Master's degree in a quantitative branch of the geosciences or archaeology that includes training in geographical data handling (e.g. GIS), remote sensing (e.g. LiDAR) and, ideally, computational modelling.
A geomorphological and/or a sedimentological background would be valuable. Experience of fieldwork whether archaeological, sedimentological or geomorphological would be an asset.
Research includes significant fieldwork in Greece (Euboea).
Contact for further information
Please contact jointly Prof. Sylvian Fachard (sylvian.fachard@unil.ch) and Prof. Stuart Lane (stuart.lane@unil.ch)
What the position offers you
We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.
Your application
Deadline: March 15, 2022
Please send your full application in Word or PDF. Applications should include a letter of motivation, a Curriculum vitae, a copy of University degrees (with grades), an electronic copy of the Master's Thesis (including any publications), two letters of reference, a brief presentation of your PhD project*.
This brief presentation of a thesis project (max 1 page A4) is a declaration of intent; it should not be confused with the « Thesis project » (about 10 pages) which will be developed during the first year and which will be submitted to the Dean’s Office when the student formally registers for the thesis.
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Additional information
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