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MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT DARTMOUTH

With the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth will be accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities from Fall 2024 to the end of Spring 2026. These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while …

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Did Vlad the Impaler Really Shed Tears of Blood? Reexamining the Bloodthirsty Image

The haunting legacy of Vlad III Basarab, famously known as Vlad the Impaler, continues to captivate our imagination with tales of terror. The legends surrounding him provided the basis for the iconic vampire character, Dracula. However, a fresh perspective on this bloodthirsty tyrant emerges from a meticulous study of letters …

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Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (Italy | oncology | chronic diseases)

Sequencing of the human genome marked the beginning of a new era in biomedicine that is rapidly transforming our understanding of human diseases and, consequently, our ability to prevent and treat them. The availability of tools for quantitative analysis might translate the evaluation of disease risk from the population to …

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