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Humanist Archives: March 5, 2024, 6:20 a.m. Humanist 37.478 - positions: research officer; PhD studentships

				
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    [1]    From: James Smithies <jsmithies@gmail.com>
           Subject: Senior Research Officer, AI as Infrastructure (22)

    [2]    From: Paul Arthur <pwlarthur@gmail.com>
           Subject: PhD scholarship opportunity in Digital Humanities at the University of Western Australia (14)

    [3]    From: James O'Sullivan <james.osullivan@ucc.ie>
           Subject: CASCADE recruiting for 10 PhD projects (100)


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        Date: 2024-03-05 06:03:58+00:00
        From: James Smithies <jsmithies@gmail.com>
        Subject: Senior Research Officer, AI as Infrastructure

Dear Humanists,

We're advertising an interesting fixed term part-time role at ANU, on our
AI as Infrastructure project. Please forward to likely candidates
(Australian work visa required).

https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/senior-research-officer-ai-as-infrastructure-
canberra-act-act-australia

Best wishes,
James

Professor James Smithies
Director, HASS Digital Research Hub
College of Arts & Social Sciences
Australian National University



The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates, and pays our
respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples of the Canberra region and to
all First Nations peoples on whose traditional lands we meet and work.

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        Date: 2024-03-04 12:06:22+00:00
        From: Paul Arthur <pwlarthur@gmail.com>
        Subject: PhD scholarship opportunity in Digital Humanities at the University of Western Australia

Please circulate to your networks - opportunity for a DH PhD at the
University of Western Australia. International applications are welcome.

We invite applications from candidates interested in the fields of Museum
Studies, Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities and related areas.
Applicants for the scholarship can choose from a wide range of potential
research projects relating to Western Australian cultural objects with a
focus on, for example: their collection history, their associated stories,
their digitisation, their presentation, or on an aspect of the heritage
engagement around the objects.

https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/scholarships/xvyz0/life-after-digitisation-
future-proofing-wa-s-vulnerable-cultural-heritage-phd-scholarship


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        Date: 2024-03-04 17:37:57+00:00
        From: James O'Sullivan <james.osullivan@ucc.ie>
        Subject: CASCADE recruiting for 10 PhD projects

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the CASCADE project is looking to recruit early
career researchers for 10 generously funded PhD projects broadly associated with
language and linguistics, and text and cultural analytics. In addition to fees
being covered, researchers will receive annual salaries in the range of 40-49k.
CASCADE is a Doctoral Network based across University College Cork, the
University of Sheffield, KU Leuven, Universität des Saarlandes, and the
University of Helsinki. The studentships based located at EU universities
(University College Cork, KU Leuven, University of Helsinki and Universität des
Saarlandes) are funded by Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions; the
studentships based at the University of Sheffield are funded by the UKRI
Guarantee.

Applications are now being sought for each of the 10 CASCADE PhD projects:
https://www.horizoncascade.net/apply-for-a-phd/

Please note that candidates should submit their applications directly to the
relevant university. Details of individual projects and institutional
application processes are detailed as follows:

Computer-assisted exploration of lexicalisation through time (University of
Sheffield)
https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9
pbnN0X2d1aWQ9NjVEREVGODBCMTFDMjY2OEUxMDAwMDAwQUMxRTg4NzgmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3
d&sap-client=400&sap-language=EN&sap-accessibility=X&sap-ep-
themeroot=%2fSAP%2fPUBLIC%2fBC%2fUR%2fuos#

Automating the analysis of concepts through time (University of Sheffield)
https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9
pbnN0X2d1aWQ9NjVEREVGODBCMTFDMjY2OEUxMDAwMDAwQUMxRTg4NzgmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3
d&sap-client=400&sap-language=EN&sap-accessibility=X&sap-ep-
themeroot=%2fSAP%2fPUBLIC%2fBC%2fUR%2fuos#

The prototype structure of concept drift (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60307020?lang=en

Underlying dimensions in conceptual change (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60307020?lang=en

Measuring Change in Irish Literature (University College Cork)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/195615

Language Modelling and Visualization for Parallel Text Analysis (University
College Cork)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/195633

Diachronic development of text types in the English Language (Universität des
Saarlandes)
https://www.uni-
saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2440.pdf

Modelling context for the analysis of language variation and change (Universität
des Saarlandes)
https://www.uni-
saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2439.pdf

Political vocabulary of eighteenth-century Britain (University of Helsinki)
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Doctoral-Researcher%2C-Political-
vocabulary-of-eighteenth-century-
Britain/788857502/?feedId=350602&utm_source=CareerSite_UniversityOfHelsinki

Adapting computational methods to challenges in historical research at scale
(University of Helsinki)
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Doctoral-Researcher%2C-Adapting-
computational-methods-to-challenges-in-historical-research-at-
scale/788858302/?feedId=350602&utm_source=CareerSite_UniversityOfHelsinki

Each project is a full-time PhD position with the expected start in September
2024. The vacancy is open to applicants of all nationalities who comply with the
following requirements:


  1.
Applicants must not have resided in the country of the CASCADE university that
will host them (university of the main supervisor) for more than 12 months in
the 36 months preceding appointment;
  2.
Applicants must not hold a doctoral degree in any other field nor have failed a
corresponding doctoral examination at another higher education institution;
  3.
Additionally, each university and PhD project may have its own specific
eligibility requirements.

Being part of a Doctoral Network means taking part in networking activities and
spending time abroad. Candidates will be expected to fully participate in the
training programme, consisting of summer schools, workshops, a regular online
seminar, and other activities, as well as planned secondments.

It is possible to apply for more than one position, in which case the applicant
must send a separate email to james.osullivan@ucc.ie, stating that they have
done so. Queries about specific doctoral projects should be directed to the
relevant institution.

Best wishes,
James

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Dr James O'Sullivan H. Dip., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities


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