Dear colleagues,

Radboud University Nijmegen is advertising a position for a parttime research assistant in Medieval Manuscripts and Late-Antique and Medieval Christianity to be part of the research teams of the ERC Project PASSIM (Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages. The dissemination, manipulation and interpretation of Late-Antique sermons in the Medieval Latin West), which kicks off on 1 January 2019, and the NWO Project Alanus (On the trail of Alanus of Farfa. Tracing the formation of Augustine’s authority in medieval sermon collections for the liturgy), which commenced on 1 October 2018.

The research assistant will contribute to the gathering of data on Medieval manuscripts that contain collections of Late-Antique sermons, from manuscript catalogues and online repositories. He/she will also be expected to undertake field trips to manuscript libraries in Europe and organise the exchange of data on the manuscripts with existing databases and online catalogues.

Location: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Contract: Education/Research Officer, Level 3 Duration: 1 year initially, with the possibility of extension up to 4 years Starting date: 1 February 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter Contract type: Parttime (0,5 FTE) Deadline for the application: 17 December 2018

Full details of the job offer can be found here: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601810 https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601810 More information on the research projects can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0cxFB3wo_RVeztt_EOt68TF_ObIJ1F_/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0cxFB3wo_RVeztt_EOt68TF_ObIJ1F_/view

Thank you for distributing this message to interested candidates.

Sincerely,

Shari Boodts