Dear medievalists,
On behalf of my colleague Andreas Berger from the Thomas Institute at the Univeristy of Cologne I forward this exciting job announcement: CoffeeScript, Arabic, LAMP via CLI...
Best wishes, Franz
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Jop opening: Research Fellow (75% TVL 13, 3 years) in Digital Humanities to enhance and develop a virtual research environment in cooperation with the Fraunhofer-Institute.
The position is tied to a project and limited to a period of three years, during which the existing digital infrastructure of the Digital Averroes Research Environment (DARE) is to be enhanced with a prototype of an automated layout recognizance tool, which is to be developed in cooperation with the Fraunhofer IAIS. Furthermore, additional advanced solutions especially for the research environment`s user interface and search engine are to be created.
Responsibilities/Tasks: The Research Fellow in Digital Humanities will be responsible for maintaining, developing and enhancing the DARE virtual research environment. Including: -Maintenance and new solutions for existing Front End and Back End -Managing the data server and the ever expanding TEI-xml based files -Development focus on User Interface and enhanced search algorithms
Furthermore, the Research Fellow is to cooperate with the Fraunhofer IAIS in developing automated layout recognizance options for an existing, manual annotation tool, including: -Providing sophisticated test case scenarios from existing database of mediaeval manuscript material -Integrating and testing of prototypes in the DARE infrastructure
Necessary Qualifications: -University degree in a humanities discipline and/or in the field of information technology, and experience in historical research; -Expertise in working methods in the digital humanities: -Metadata standards, especially the TEI -Content management systems (Drupal 7) -Programming languages (PHP, JavaScript,CoffeeScript) -Markup languages (XML, HTML) -Search engines / information retrieval (Apache Solr, Lucene) -Linux-Administration (Debian, LAMP via CLI, git/svn) -Compiling (Free Pascal) -Experience in data modelling and data management -At least basic knowledge of mediaeval material philology -Good contacts in the networks of the Digital Humanities and the ability to develop humanities research infrastructures and research projects with partners at other institutions and in other disciplines -A very good command of written and spoken English or German
Desired Qualifications: -Language skills in Latin (and/or Hebrew and/or Arabic) -Experience in preparing grant applications -Experience in web design
Administrative Details: The Thomas-Institute welcomes applications from scholars from all around the world, provided the applicants are willing to relocate to Cologne for the duration of the project. The Thomas-Institute is a family-friendly, equal opportunity employer and allows for flexible working hours and a measure of telework. The position is advertised for 30 hours per week (75% of standard working time) and salary according to TVL-13. The contract will cover a time frame of 36 months; a possible further employment will be depending on future successful grant applications.
Contact/Deadline: Please submit your application (CV, list of publications and/or work samples, links to online projects, certification of degrees earned, references) as one PDF (5 MB maximum) along with a separate cover letter of one page that briefly outlines your experience and qualifications by email to: andreas.berger@uni-koeln.de by September 20th, 2015.
Should you have questions about the position, please contact Andreas Berger via E-Mail or Telephone (0049 221 470 2391).
Interviews can be conducted via Skype. Should you prefer this, please indicate so in your cover letter. We are looking forward to your application!