Historical Evidence & Interpretation Evaluator

ixolabs.ai; France; Hybride; EUR 66 000 - 126 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

IXO invites historians to develop complex history scenarios that test source criticism, historical context, and causal reasoning. You will construct problems around primary evidence and competing explanations, and write reference interpretations to show what the evidence supports and what remains uncertain.

This remote, asynchronous work requires an advanced degree in history, at least two years of relevant teaching or research, and clear written English.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in history or related discipline.
• At least two years of teaching, research, archival or published historical work.
• Clear written English and ability to commit at least ten hours per week.

Responsabilités

• Construct problems around primary evidence and competing explanations.
• Write reference interpretations showing what the evidence supports and what remains uncertain.
• Evaluate historical accuracy, context and awareness of relevant scholarship.
• Identify invented causal links, flattened evidence and anachronistic assumptions.
• Document the reasoning so another specialist can assess the conclusion.

Connaissances

Primary-source analysis

Historical reasoning

Evidence evaluation

Problem construction

Documentation & reporting

Formation

Advanced degree in history

Description du poste

Your work at IXO

Develop IXO history scenarios that test source criticism, context and causal reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Construct problems around primary evidence and competing explanations.
• Write reference interpretations showing what the evidence supports and what remains uncertain.
• Evaluate historical accuracy, context and awareness of relevant scholarship.
• Identify invented causal links, flattened evidence and anachronistic assumptions.
• Document the reasoning so another specialist can assess the conclusion.

Required experience and preparation

An advanced degree in history or a closely related discipline and at least two years of relevant teaching, research, archival or published historical work are required. Bring depth in a period or region supported by primary-source experience, clear written English and availability for at least ten hours per week.

Preferred experience

A PhD, publications, archival or public-history practice, or relevant research-language reading.

Deliverables and engagement

Deliverables include specialist scenarios, reference analyses, evaluation criteria and evidence-based feedback. The work is remote and asynchronous, with the particular scope and schedule agreed before work.

Pay is $55 $105/hr in USD. IXO will agree the scope, deliverables and schedule before work begins.