The
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven announces a 2 year research fellowship, starting
in October 2010, to work on a project entitled "The Tree of Texts: Towards an
empirical model for text transmission and evolution". This project will be
carried out at the Faculty of Arts, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Caroline
Mac¨¦.
Profile
The
candidate has a PhD or a Master degree (with research experience) in a field of
study related to computer sciences applied to the humanities. The candidate
should be able to design a database, apply statistical tools, and draw
mathematical models. Some experience in digital philology would be an advantage,
but at least an interest in textual scholarship is
required.
Description of the work
The
first step in the research process will consist in creating a data base where
data coming from different manuscript traditions in different languages will be
gathered and structured.
The
data will be analysed according to the following questions: what types of
variations occur, can these types be divided into sub?\types, do all these variations occur in all types of texts /
manuscripts, are some variants reversible and others irreversible, are there
indisputable (objective) criteria to distinguish between "original" (or primary)
readings and "derived" (or secondary) readings, etc.
Applications (CV + motivation letter) and inquiries can be sent to
Caroline.Mace@arts.kuleuven.be