Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Digital Humanities at Ghent University --
deadline 25
Feb
Applications are
invited for a fully-funded three-year full-time postdoctoral
fellowship in Digital Humanities in the Department of
Literary Studies at Ghent University, Belgium. The
successful candidate will participate in the project “Agents of Change:
Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation,
1710-1920”, funded by an ERC Starting Grant and directed by Prof.
dr. Marianne Van Remoortel. This project aims to map the
transnational networks of intellectual and textual exchange
through which women editors of periodicals impacted social
and cultural life in early-eighteenth- to
early-twentieth-century Europe.
Job description
You participate in the
project as a team member and will work on the digital
component of the project. Your main responsibility will be
the project’s
nodegoat database, which
currently contains data on over 1400 women editors and their
periodicals. You will enrich the database with textual data
and provide a transnational network perspective, using
digital research methods to unearth, explore and visualize
connections among editors and periodicals across national
and language boundaries. In addition, you will further
develop our online Database of European Women Editors and
work with various stakeholders to ensure that the database
is fully in line with Linked Open Data best practices.
Profile
You hold a doctoral
degree in literature, history or another field of the
humanities or social sciences, and have a clear interest in
literary, cultural and/or social history. Experience in
women’s history would be considered a plus.
You have demonstrable
knowledge and skills in data mining, data visualization and
social network analysis. Knowledge of Research Data
Management would be considered a plus.
You have excellent
oral and written communication skills in English. Working
knowledge of other modern European languages would be
considered a plus.
You have an aptitude
for original and creative work, independently as well as in
a team.
Conditions of
employment
This fully-funded
full-time postdoctoral fellowship is offered for a period of
three years. The starting date is 1 June 2017 at the latest.
How to apply?
Submit your
application via email to
Marianne.VanRemoortel@UGent.be by 25 February 2017. Further
information about the project and/or position can also be
obtained at this address.
Applications should
include
- a cover letter, in which you specify why you are interested in the project and why you consider yourself a suitable candidate
- a current CV
- transcripts of your qualifications to date
- a writing sample
- a link to a website showcasing your experience with relevant digital research methods
- names and full contact details of two referees
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