[Note: This position is now closed]
The Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) project seeks a post-doctoral fellow in digital humanities with expertise in textual studies. This position is based in the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab at the University of Victoria. The successful candidate is anticipated to work closely with team members at U Victoria, U Toronto, Acadia U, U Saskatchewan, U Western Ontario, and beyond.
The postdoctoral fellow will work with digital manifestations of historical textual features, collaborating with those associated with INKE’s textual studies team and others, consulting with project stakeholders and potential stakeholders, and liaising with other INKE researchers located in North America and the UK.
The successful candidate will have skills and aptitudes in humanities-oriented research, textual studies and book history/bibliography, including training or demonstrated experience working with a variety of digital humanities resources, including digital archives, scholarly editions, journals and monographs, and text analysis and visualization tools. Organizational skills are essential. Interest and aptitude in research planning and management would be an asset. The ability to work in concert with our existing team is a critical requirement.
Examples of technologies employed in related INKE projects are as follows: TEI P-5 ; XML, XSLT, XSL and XHTML encoding; XQuery; eXist XML databases; JavaScript; and Ruby on Rails. Experience in some or all technologies in use in INKE-related project and similar areas would be an asset, but is not a requirement, though aptitude with digital tools is required.
Our current team members pride themselves on a passionate interest in both the humanities and their computational engagement. Our ideal candidate is someone with similar passions who can introduce the team to new ideas and provide new perspectives on existing digital humanities issues.
The salary for this position is competitive in the Canadian context, and is governed in part by SSHRC practices. Applications comprising a brief cover letter, CV, and the names and contact information for three referees may be sent electronically to etcl.apply@gmail.com . The contract can begin as early as 1 September 2009; it is for a one-year term, with the possibility of renewal.
Interviews are anticipated to take place in June at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, the Digital Humanities 2009 conference, and other venues at which INKE team members are present. Applications will be received and reviewed until the position is filled.