Postdoctoral position (2y) in formal representation of narratives, Hamburg (Germany)

The University of Hamburg advertises (subject to funding approval) a position as post-doc research associate starting date of 1 October 2011. This is a full-time position (39 hours per week, salary group 13 TV-L) of 24 months duration. The research associate's duties include academic service for the project "What Makes Stories Similar: A structural logic-based approach to narratives" funded by the John Templeton Foundation (principal investigator: Prof. Dr. B. Löwe).

Area(s) of Responsibility: The successful candidate will study, develop and compare formal representations of narratives. There are two student assistants funded by the project that will have to be supervised by the successful candidate. Presentation of results at international conferences as well as writing scientific publications and technical documentation is amongst the duties of the successful candidate. Close collaboration with a related research group at the Universiteit van Amsterdam is expected.

Applications dossiers must be received by 21 August 2011. For more information, see http://www.verwaltung.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/wissmit/ or contact Prof. Dr. B. Löwe at loewe at math.uni-hamburg.de.