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--[1]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 06:03:31 +0100 From: Christopher Burlinson cmb29@cam.ac.uk Subject: jobs in the Cambridge Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online
Senior Research Associate and Research Associate Vacancy Reference No: GG03380 Salary: GBP 34,793 - GBP 44,074 or GBP 25,888 GBP 33,780
Limit of tenure applies. Final year of research project.
Cambridge University, in association with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, wishes to appoint one Senior Research Associate and one Research Associate, both for a period of one year, with effect from 1 October 2008, to its project entitled Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, based in the Faculty of English http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk.
Candidates will need high-level bibliographical, codicological, and palaeographical skills relevant to English manuscript study in the period 1450 - 1720, and should be familiar with (or ready to develop expertise in) HTML and XML, as well as javascript and database-driven projects, and the processing and handling of digital images. The SRA and RA will be responsible for organizing colloquia and handling project communications, and for co-ordinating manuscript-based research, developing both electronic and print outputs, and producing written research at the highest level; candidates therefore must have a doctorate in a relevant period and discipine (or comparable research excellence), experience in handling medieval and/or early modern manuscripts, and excellent oral and written communication skills. Those with a proven research record, and with experience with one or more of the manuscript subject areas (e.g. English and/or Latin poetry, heraldry, law, medicine, theology), will be preferred. Faculty-based mentoring will be available.
Further details and an application form for both posts can be downloaded from the English Faculty website or obtained from the Secretary to the Appointments Committee, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP (tel: 01223 335074, email: va215@cam.ac.uk). Candidates should indicate in their application whether they wish to be considered for one or both posts.
Referees should be asked to write directly to the Secretary to reach the Faculty by the closing date of 6 June 2008. Interviews will be held on 27 June 2008.
See also http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/jobs/index.htm
-- Dr Christopher Burlinson Emmanuel College Cambridge
Senior Research Associate Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk Faculty of English 9 West Road Cambridge
Tel.: 01223 331970 (college) / 767310 (faculty) e-mail: cmb29@cam.ac.uk