Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for cross posting. These workshops may be of interest to some of you. Please see below for details.
Your social media coordinator,
Paul O’Shea
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Dear colleagues,
*** Apologies for cross posting ***
The Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH) at the University of Cologne (Germany) is offering a position for a
Digital Humanist / Software Developer
(3 years, TV-L 13, full-time with part-time option, starting 1 January 2015)
Tasks
Collaboration on different projects; among others an international EU-funded project aiming at providing access to archival material for academics and the public:
– implementation of open-source Web 2.0 features and tools
– usability of technical tools in the environment of digital archival material
– crowdsourcing tools for indexing and transcription on the basis of a web-based XML WYSIWYM
– gamification features
– development / enhancement / implementation of tools for image cropping, text image linking, image annotation (supported by tagging taxonomies, vocabularies and folksonomies)
– information enrichment (e.g. named entities) with authority files,
Required skills
– x-technologies (XML, XSLT, XQuery, XML-DB)
– web technologies (including deeper understanding of JavaScript)
– software development experience
– experience in distributed collaboration using git and issue tracking software
– dissemination & communication skills
Desirable skills
– additional programming languages (e.g. Java/C++, Ruby, Python, PHP)
– data and metadata standards in the Digital Humanities (CEI/TEI, EAD)
– digitization of cultural heritage objects (artifacts / images / texts)
– understanding humanities concepts and finding ways to realize them as technical solutions
A working knowledge / understanding of German should be acquired within 1 year.
Application Deadline: 17 November 2014
Applications should include a brief cover letter and a CV and may include links to projects. Applications must be sent electronically to info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
For further information or in case of queries contact Dr. Patrick Sahle at info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de/node/565
Please circulate widely!
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Dr. Franz Fischer
Cologne Center for eHumanities
Universität zu Köln, Universitätsstr. 22, D-50923 Köln
Telefon: +49 – (0)221 – 470 – 4056
Email: franz.fischer@uni-koeln.de
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Dear colleagues,
Tomorrow, at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris, the International Conference on Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Digital Cultural Heritage in the Ancient World, organized by the EAGLE project(#eagle2014) will host the panel
“Technology & Tradition: A Synergic Approach To Deciphering, Analyzing And Annotating Epigraphic Writings”
Assistant Professor of English: Corpus Linguistics/Digital Humanities
The University of Nevada, Reno, Department of English announces an entry-level tenure-track position in corpus linguistics and/or digital humanities. Requisite experience is in big data and/or other data science methodologies. Desired sub-areas are literature, linguistics, rhetoric or composition. A demonstrable record of research is expected as well as experience and promise as an excellent teacher. The faculty member will join an interdisciplinary cluster of big data methodologists in the social sciences and humanities within the College of Liberal Arts. Faculty with interests in computational analysis of big data in social sciences and humanities are in place in the Departments of English, History, Political Science and Psychology. The faculty member should be able to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in data-intensive humanities research as the field is relevant to English, as well as courses in the area of specialization. All classes are offered within the English department and, in addition to English majors, should also appeal and be accessible to non-majors in fields such as psychology, history, political science, education and anthropology. Our tenure-track faculty who teach and mentor in the graduate program and engage in scholarly research typically teach a 2/2 load.
Call for Hosting Conferences: The LLOH Prize (2015)
Deadline: October 10
Email address for proposal: oyvind.eide@uni-passau.de
The late EADH chair (2010-2012), Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen, attended conferences not only in the digital humanities but also in other disciplines. She was invariably interested in and encouraging of young scholars in particular, and she also spent a great deal of time in informal conversation with a wide range of colleagues. The Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen Young Scholar Prize was established in 2013 to honour her memory. The LLOH Prize is awarded to early-career scholars, that is, students, graduate students, or postdoctoral researchers at different conferences each year.
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An Foras Feasa at Maynooth University is delighted to announce an opening for a PostDoc in Irish History (ideally of the revolutionary period) with an expertise in Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will join a dynamic interdisciplinary team creating the first crowdsourced digital humanities project in Ireland, Letters of 1916. The
successful candidate will take a lead role as we prepare for the 2015 launch of the project, which has a significant TEI component. This position is funded by the Digital Repository of Ireland
For further details about the position, please visit
http://humanresources.nuim.ie/vacancies.shtml
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Susan Schreibman
Professor of Digital Humanities
Director of An Foras Feasa
Iontas Building
Maynooth University
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
email: susan.schreibman@nuim.ie
phone: +353 1 708 3451
fax: +353 1 708 4797
The Electronic Textual Cultures Lab at the University of Victoria is looking for a full-time (35 hours per week) web programmer to work with its team on several initiatives, including:
• developing digital humanities projects within an academic
framework, and
• assisting in the development of plugins and features for an online
journal environment.
The ETCL is a leading-edge Humanities research lab, working on a variety of exciting projects. Self-motivated personalities are essential. Individual development and new ideas are encouraged. Read more about us at
Continue reading “ETCL Web Developer / Programmer Job Posting”
Dear Colleagues,
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) is looking for three Digital Humanities specialists.
Further information (in German) can be found in the detailed job descriptions:
TELOTA (The electronic life of the academy) – full time, fixed-term until 31/12/2015
http://www.bbaw.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibungen-2014/2014-06-30_Ausschreibung_TELOTA_wiMi.pdf
Person data repository – part time, fixed-term for one year
http://www.bbaw.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibungen-2014/2014-06-30_Ausschreibung_PDR_wiMi.pdf
Music Migrations in the Early Modern Age – part time, fixed-term until 31/08/2016
http://www.bbaw.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibungen-2014/2014-06-30_Ausschreibung_MusMig-AV-10-2014_2.pdf
Best regards,
Alexander Czmiel
The National University of Ireland Maynooth has an exciting opportunity for a developer (either at the postdoc or researcher level) to join an exciting national, multiinstitutional initiative in developing a trusted digital repository. The role at NUIM is in the area of data modelling using metadata schemes and standards (including TEI) common in digital humanities, digital preservation, and digital library projects.
Full particulars are available here
http://humanresources.nuim.ie/vacancies.shtml
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role and the project, please get in touch with me.
with all best wishes
susan
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Susan Schreibman
Professor of Digital Humanities
Director of An Foras Feasa
Iontas Building
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
email: susan.schreibman@nuim.ie
phone: +353 1 708 3451
fax: +353 1 708 4797