25 April: fyi -- postdoc, Sweden
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A two-year postdoctoral fellow position at HUMlab (deadline May 5)
The Humanities Faculty at Umeå University, Sweden, advertises seven two-year
postdoctoral positions, and one of these positions targets the digital
humanities. This position is part of a large-scale initiative to strengthen
research in the humanities and information technology at Umeå University.
The intended focus is the digital humanities as a field and more overarching
issues such as the development from humanities computing to digital
humanities, cyberinfrastructure for the humanities, studio spaces in the
digital humanities/related areas, creative technology-supported practice in
the humanities, critical making, or interdisciplinary collaboration
in/through the digital humanities. Projects may be influenced by science and
technology studies, design studies and other relevant approaches and
disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged. Apart from the primary focus on the
digital humanities, projects may relate to the following research areas:
participatory media, digital cultural heritage, digital art, critical
perspectives and electronic literature.
The applicant should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline, and the Ph.D.
must be no older than three years (at the date of the application deadline).
The applicant should not have had a postdoctoral position prior to this one.
HUMlab is a lively and convivial studio space with a wide variety of
activities, research, technologies and cross-disciplinary interaction. It is
expected that you will contribute to such the environment during your two
years as a post doctoral fellow. You are therefore expected to live in Umeå
during the post doc period.
The application should include:
a complete curriculum vitae
a list of publications
a plan for the two-year research project (5-8 pages)
The position is salaried. Salary is dependent on experience and will be
negotiated individually. Other benefits may be negotiated. Please indicate
any expenses that are relevant to your planned research project in the
application.
The application should be sent to jobb@umu.se by May 5, 2008, and the
reference number Dnr 312-1625-08 should be given. Information in Swedish is
available here.
Contact person:
Patrik Svensson
patrik.svensson@humlab.umu.se
+46 (0)90 786 7913
HUMlab is a digital humanities environment at Umeå University in the North
of Sweden. The basic idea behind it is to stimulate innovative cooperation
in a dynamic interdisciplinary setting. Here the humanities and the arts on
one hand, and modern information and media technology on the other,
interface and collaborate, both in real terms and virtually. HUMlab attracts
students, lecturers, researchers, artists, engineers, media people and many
others. In this unique technological and creative studio space, a lot can,
and does happen.
More information about HUMlab can be found at http://blog.humlab.umu.se.
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