Three post-doctoral researcher positions, Oxford (‘Crossreads’ ERC grant)

Current Epigraphy; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned research institution in the UK is offering three post-doctoral researcher positions at the Oxford Faculty of Classics. Candidates should have a doctorate or be nearing completion, with specialist knowledge in epigraphic studies and fluency in at least one ancient language. The roles are part of a 5-year ERC funded project aiming to analyze a corpus of epigraphic texts.

Skills

Specialist knowledge in epigraphic studies

Working knowledge of ancient Greek, Latin, or Phoenician

Education

Doctorate or close to completion in a related field

Job description

Overview

Three post-doctoral researcher positions at the Oxford Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford, reporting to the Principal Investigator Professor Jonathan Prag. Two posts are for a 12-month duration and one post continues into the second year of a 5-year project for a duration of 24 months. Please indicate in your supporting letter which post(s) you would like to be considered for.

Project

“Crossreads: Text, materiality, and multiculturalism at the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean” is a 5-year ERC funded project. Developing and analysing a comprehensive corpus of all written (epigraphic) documents from the island, the project will offer the first coherent account of the interactions and interplay of linguistic and textual material culture in ancient Sicily over 1,500 years. The project builds upon the initial work of the I.Sicily project (sicily.classics.ox.ac.uk/inscriptions) and https://isicily.org/, and uses a variety of digital humanities tools and methods. The three posts advertised here are integral to the first work-package, which aims to complete the development of the comprehensive open-access corpus of epigraphic texts in TEI-EpiDoc, underpinning the rest of the project.

Profile and Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have a doctorate, or be close to completion, in a related field.
• Specialist knowledge in epigraphic studies and working knowledge of at least one of ancient Greek, Latin, or Phoenician.

Application Details

Closing date for applications: 12.00 noon BST on Monday 3 August 2020.