Postdoctoral Researcher, Small Change and History

Join the Ashmolean Museum’s internationally renowned Heberden Coin Room and contribute to an exciting three-year research project exploring the monetary economy of ancient Syracuse during the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

Working alongside leading researchers at the Ashmolean Museum and the University of Oxford, you will help advance understanding of the role of small silver and bronze coinage in the political, economic and social history of Sicily. You will undertake original research leading to a major monograph, peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. Your work will involve developing a comprehensive corpus of Syracues’ small silver and bronze coinage, analyzing literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence, and applying quantitative and digital research methods.

You will collaborate with researchers across the DIEGEST Project, the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and international partners, contributing to innovative research in numismatics and monetary history.

This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 36 months.

Vacancy

Job Title:

Postdoctoral Researcher, Small Change and History:
Understanding the Monetary Economy of Ancient Syracuse

Location:

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford (with home working of up to 4 to 5 days per week by agreement)

Hours:

Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract type:
Fixed-term for 36 months

Grade:
Grade