Research Assistant in Digital Humanities

Dubnow Institut; Leipzig; Ibrido; EUR 47.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

TV-L + VBL

Internationales Umfeld

Zentrale Lage in Leipzig

Gleitzeit

Vielfältiges Team

Descrizione del lavoro

Das Leibniz-Institut für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Simon Dubnow (DI) sucht ab 2027 eine/n Research Assistant im Bereich Digital Humanities in Leipzig. Die Stelle ist Vollzeit (40 Std./Woche) mit zwei Jahren Laufzeit und der Möglichkeit auf Festanstellung.

Arbeiten Sie an der Materiality of Jewish Culture-Labor, gestalten Sie digitale Editionen und Open-Source-Komponenten. Sie bringen einen Masterabschluss in Digital Humanities oder vergleichbar sowie Erfahrung in webbasierter

Competenze

• Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Master) in Digital Humanities oder vergleichbar.
• Erfahrung in webbasierter Softwareentwicklung und -architektur.
• Erfahrung in digitalen DH-Projekten und Koordination.
• Gute Kenntnisse von Datenstandards und Datenmodellierung im Kontext von Gedächtnisinstitutionen/digitalen Editionen.

Mansioni

• Schnittstellenmanagement zwischen Forschungs- und Datenmanagementabteilungen.
• Eigenständige digitale Geisteswissenschaften-Forschung im Laborthema.
• Daten- und Metadatenmodellierung inkl. Provenance (XML/TEI, RDF, CIDOC-CRM).
• Arbeitsabläufe für Datenerfassung, Annotation, Veröffentlichung und Archivierung dokumentieren.
• Beiträge zur Entwicklung von Open-Source-Komponenten leisten.
• Arbeitsplanung, Zeitplanung und Meilensteine überwachen.
• Datenverarbeitung, -anreicherung, -verlinkung und Veröffentlichung von Forschungsdaten.

Conoscenze

Deutsch & Englisch

Teamarbeit

Proaktives Arbeiten

Formazione

Master oder gleichwertig in Digital Humanities oder Geisteswissenschaften

Strumenti

XML/TEI

RDF

CIDOC-CRM

Descrizione del lavoro

Research Assistant in Digital Humanities

Application Deadline: 28 October 2026

The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) is advertising the following position to be filled from 1 January 2027:

Research Assistant in Digital Humanities in the “Materiality of Jewish Culture” research laboratory

Full-time (40 hours per week)

The Dubnow Institute conducts interdisciplinary research across multiple eras of Jewish history in Central and Eastern Europe from the early modern era to the present day. Its research adopts a pan-European perspective in addition to the regions of Jewish emigration, in particular Israel and America. It teaches this subject in university courses and presents the results of its research to both the academic and general public in various formats. The Dubnow Institute works closely with Leipzig University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Furthermore, it maintains collaborative relationships with numerous academic institutions in Israel, the United States, Europe, and Germany, and serves as a hub for exchange among scholars from around the world.

From 2027, a research laboratory will be established at the Dubnow Institute dedicated to the content and methods of material culture research. The project will take into account the fact that research into Jewish history requires an epistemology focused on loss and fragmentation that goes beyond general theories of collections and archives.

As an experimental, interdisciplinary unit, the laboratory will draw on thematic ideas from the institute’s three research divisions – “Politics,” “Law,” and “Knowledge” – and combine them with new methodological approaches. This strategic expansion will be linked to the development of an open science strategy and the digital transformation of research and knowledge transfer practices in line with the FAIR principles.

The position, contingent on relevant qualifications, will be remunerated according to pay grade 13 TV-L. It will initially be limited to a period of two years, but may be converted into a permanent position thereafter. Full-time preferred; part-time possible.

Your responsibilities:

• Interface management/liaising between academic and data management departments


• Designing and, where appropriate, carrying out independent digital humanities research within the research laboratory’s thematic area


• Modelling data and metadata as well as their provenance using established standards such as XML/TEI, RDF, and CIDOC-CRM


• Developing and documenting workflows for data processing and publication, from image and text digitization (OCR, HTR) through annotation to publication and archiving


• Contributing to the development of open-source software components


• Planning, managing, and monitoring work processes, timetables, and milestones


• Processing, enriching, integrating, linking, and publishing research data (for example, in the areas of collection portals, research data repositories, and online publications)


• Documentation and quality assurance; preparation of reports and project documentation in accordance with the guidelines and requirements of the funding bodies

Your profile:

• A completed university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in digital humanities or general humanities, with relevant knowledge of computer science


• Experience with web-based software development and architecture


• Experience with carrying out and coordinating digital humanities projects


• In-depth knowledge of common data standards and data modelling in the context of memory institutions and/or digital editing (meta- and standard data standards, TEI-P5/XML, Linked Open Data, etc.)


• Detailed knowledge of and a keen interest in digital humanities methods such as statistical techniques for text analysis and classification (named entity recognition and disambiguation, stylometry, etc.) and historical network analysis


• Contributions to academic publications and research projects


• A very good command of German and English


• A proactive approach, personal responsibility, solution-oriented working style, as well as strong teamwork and communication skills


• Experience in the field of text recognition using machine learning techniques


• Experience in the field of digital editions

We offer:

• Remuneration and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector in the German federal states (TV-L), including an additional company pension scheme (VBL)


• An interesting and varied job in an international environment and interdisciplinary setting


• A workplace in a central location in Leipzig (with excellent public transport links) and in a region offering a high quality of life


• Good opportunities to combine career and family, with flexible working hours in line with the requirements of the work area (flexitime)


• We value a diverse team. We therefore welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social background, or religion. Applications from people with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration where qualifications and abilities are equal.The DI promotes the balance between family, care responsibilities, and work through a flexible working hours model.

For content-related questions, please contact:DrCaroline Jessen, Tel. [phone], jessen(at)dubnow.de

Personal data you share in the application procedure will be processed by the DI. The DI will use this data only for the purposes of the application procedure. Data is not shared with third parties. The DI can unfortunately not cover the costs associated with an interview.