Hi all
We have a new PhD Opportunity at the University of Liverpool, starting
September/October 2024:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/islamicate-scholars-algorithms-and-the-
making-of-the-contemporary-world-a-decolonial-study-of-mathematical-scientifi
c-and-technological-practice-in-the-islamic-golden-age/?p172975
Working in partnership with the World Museum Liverpool across their science
and global cultures collection, the aim of the study is to recover the
algorithmic methods developed during the Islamic Golden Age (in dialogue with
a variety of Eastern traditions, primarily in India and China, as well those
of Greece) through a series of re-enactments in the field of mathematics
(arithmetic and algebra), technology (the astrolabe) and astronomy (via the
systematic collection of data in the production of star charts). The project
is an attempt to rethink computation, and by extension contemporary AI,
ethnomethodologically but also in explicitly decolonial terms.
The available funding can cover an MA/MRes as well as 3 years of PhD funding,
so undergraduates with a broad background or desire to learn in the domains
relevant to the study can apply. The PhD is also open to international
students. A lot of support will also be made available to the successful
candidate and the underlying mathematics, while groundbreaking at the time, is
(relatively) elementary and knowledge of classical Arabic is not a
pre-requisite critical editions of all of the texts are available in
translation.
While the timescale is quite tight (with the application deadline being
Friday 19th July), if any of your students are interested and want to know
more, please do feel free to direct them to myself
(p.d.brooker@liverpool.ac.uk) or Michael Mair (mdmair@liverpool.ac.uk) and
well happily answer any questions the students may have.
Many thanks!
Phil Brooker
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