Job Opportunities: 2 Post-doctoral assistants in Digital Humanities

The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities is currently looking for two full-time digital humanities post-doctoral assistants in areas of a) Geo-humanities and b) Digital Textual Analysis.

1) Geo-humanities:

  • To undertake academic research in the methodological fields of geo-spatial and temporal-spatial analysis (at least 70% of your working time will be dedicated to academic research);
  • To coordinate the development of a service infrastructure for geo-spatial and temporal-spatial analysis;
  • To coordinate a Belgian and European DARIAH Working Group on geo-humanities.

2) Digital textual analysis:

  • To undertake academic research in digital textual analysis (at least 70% of your working time will be dedicated to academic research);
  • To coordinate the development of a service infrastructure for digital textual analysis;
  • To coordinate a Belgian and European DARIAH working group on ‘Text-mining literary and historical texts’.

What we are looking for

  • You hold a PhD or equivalent degree in the humanities, social sciences or geography 
  • You have conducted academic research using a) GIS and data visualisation or b) digital textual analysis within the humanities
  • You have relevant programming skills, e.g. Python
  • You are interested in working in an multi-disciplinary expert team
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and preferably, also in Dutch.

What we can offer you

  • We can offer you a three-year appointment, which is not renewable. (Please note: If you have been previously appointed as a post-doctoral assistant at a university within the Flemish Community, you cannot apply for this position.)
  • Your appointment will start on 1.10.2016 at the earliest.
  • Your remuneration will be determined according to salary scale AAP5
  • All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as 38 days of paid leave, a wide range of training and education opportunities, bicycle commuting reimbursement, ecocheques, etc. A complete overview of all our fringe benefits can be found on the Ghent University website.

Interested?

Applications must be received no later than 11/05/2016 at 23:59 (CET) at recruitmentaap@ugent.be, with the following documents attached as one file:

  • application letter
  • CV
  • a transcript of the required degree
  • an overview of your relevant scientific publications

Please indicate clearly what position and department you are applying for, as well as the following reference numbers: Geo-humanities: 2016-04-02 and Digital Textual Analysis: 2016-04-03.  You will get a confirmation e-mail as soon as we have received your application.  

Please note: Late applications are not accepted. As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.

Further information

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