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[1] From: Marten DURING <marten.during@uni.lu>
Subject: Job: Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital History (C2DH/Impresso) (136)
[2] From: Rossenova, Lozana <Lozana.Rossenova@tib.eu>
Subject: Open position for research software engineer at Open Science Lab (TIB Hannover) (35)
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Date: 2025-03-26 15:49:43+00:00
From: Marten DURING <marten.during@uni.lu>
Subject: Job: Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital History (C2DH/Impresso)
Dear colleagues,
I am happy to announce this job posting in the field of digital history. Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Best regards, Marten
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital History
The University of Luxembourg<https://www.uni.lu/en/> is an international
research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary
character.
The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital
History<https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/> (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg is an
interdisciplinary research centre committed to high-quality research and public
dissemination in the field of contemporary history with a particular focus on
digital methods and tools. The C²DH's ambition is to venture off the beaten
track and find new ways of doing, teaching and presenting contemporary history
of Luxembourg and the history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries. It
serves as a catalyst for innovative and creative scholarship and new forms of
public dissemination.
Your role
The Impresso project at the University of Luxembourg is seeking a Postdoctoral
Researcher to help pioneer new approaches to data-driven media history across
languages and modalities.
Leveraging an unprecedented corpus of newspaper and radio archives, Impresso -
Media Monitoring of the Past (https://impresso-project.ch/) is an
interdisciplinary research project that uses machine learning to pursue a
paradigm shift in the processing, semantic enrichment, representation,
exploration, and study of historical media across modalities, time, languages,
and national borders.
To complete our team in Luxembourg, we are recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher
in digital history. In this role, you will help us achieve Impresso’s
goal<https://impresso-project.ch/project/objectives/> to link historical
newspaper and radio collections and to develop novel interfaces to enable their
exploratory and computational analysis.
* Conduct original data-driven historical research on newspaper and radio
sources
* Contribute to the development of innovative computational research methods
building on Impresso’s corpus of multilingual newspaper and radio sources
provided by a network of Western European partners
* Contribute to the design of the Impresso Web App and the Impresso Datalab
together with a team of designers and experts in natural language processing and
history
* Engage in outreach activities such as workshops, conferences, trainings
and teaching and user evaluations
* Contribute to other Impresso work packages as needed and participate in
on-site meetings with partners in Switzerland
For any questions, please contact Marten Düring
(marten.during@uni.lu<mailto:marten.during@uni.lu>).
Your profile
* Proven research experience in contemporary (media) history using digital
methods
* PhD in history or a related field or, alternatively a PhD in computer
science with experience in conducting historical research
* Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary environment with digital
humanists, designers, developers and computational linguists
* Ability to meet deadlines and demonstrate methodological, organised,
pragmatic and effective approaches to your work
* Fluency in English is required; knowledge of French, German and/or Dutch
are considered an asset
An advantage would be:
* Knowledge of at least one programming language, preferably Python
* Knowledge of machine learning
* Knowledge of current debates in media history
* Experience in working with data derived from historical newspaper and
radio collections
We offer
* Multilingual and international character. Modern institution with a
personal atmosphere. Staff coming from 90 countries. Member of the “University
of the Greater Region” (UniGR)
* A modern and dynamic university. High-quality equipment. Close ties to the
business world and to the Luxembourg labour market. A unique urban site with
excellent infrastructure
* A partner for society and industry. Cooperation with European
institutions, innovative companies, the Financial Centre and with numerous non-
academic partners such as ministries, local governments, associations, NGOs …
How to apply
Applications should include:
* Curriculum Vitae
* Cover letter
Early application is highly encouraged, as the applications will be processed
upon reception. To ensure full consideration, please apply by 30th April 2025
ONLINE formally through the HR system. Applications by Email will not be
considered.
All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. In line with our values, the
University of Luxembourg promotes an inclusive culture. We encourage
applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to upholding
equality and respect for our employees and students.
General information:
* Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 21 Month
* Work Hours: Part Time 40.0 Hours per Week
* Location: Campus Belval
* Internal Title: Postdoctoral researcher
* Job Reference: UOL07250
The yearly gross salary for every Postdoctoral Researcher at the UL is EUR 83099
(full time).
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Dr Marten Düring
Assistant Professor
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG
BELVAL CAMPUS
Room 4.135
2, avenue de l’Université
L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette
T +352 46 66 44 9029<tel:+3524666449029>
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Date: 2025-03-26 15:13:07+00:00
From: Rossenova, Lozana <Lozana.Rossenova@tib.eu>
Subject: Open position for research software engineer at Open Science Lab (TIB Hannover)
Dear List-members,
We have an open research software engineer position at the Open Science
Lab (TIB Hannover)
<https://www.tib.eu/en/research-development/open-science> ,
working on research projects in the fields of cultural heritage and the digital
humanities. The position has a special focus on Java applications and semantic
web technologies (within an open source tool ecosystem).
Flexible (suitable for PT-work) and remote-friendly team environment.
Full posting details in English - https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-
apprenticeships/vacancies/details/stellenausschreibung-nr-19-2025
And German - https://www.tib.eu/de/die-tib/karriere-und-
ausbildung/stellenangebote/detail/stellenausschreibung-nr-19-2025
For questions, get in touch with lozana.rossenova@tib.eu
Kind regards,
Lozana Rossenova
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Dr. Lozana Rossenova
Postdoc Researcher
Open Science Lab
TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University
Library
Welfengarten 1 B // 30167 Hannover
lozana.rossenova@tib.eu
<http://www.tib.eu/>
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