Development of a database and annotated digital editions of Renaissance comedies representing Roma, Ottomans, and Moors

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Università degli studi di Roma is seeking researchers for the FIS3 StOIRC project to analyze representations of Roma, Ottomans, and “Moors” in Italian Renaissance comedy (c. 1500-1650) and its adaptations. The role centers on building a data-rich workflow with a focus on bibliographic data, TEI encoding, and digital editions.

The fellowship emphasizes co-designing a database, data standardisation, and producing annotated editions, with eligibility restricted to those residing in Europe.

Qualifications

• Eligibility: fellows must be European/within Europe.
• EU/Europe residence required for eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Co-designing a database aimed at identifying theatrical texts in the corpus and classifying bibliographic and textual information.
• Entering and standardising data (e.g. bibliographic records, transcriptions of texts, and XML-TEI encoding) within the database.
• Producing annotated digital editions of texts related to the project.

Tools

XML-TEI encoding

Job description

Organisation/Company Università degli studi di Roma Research Field Literature European literature Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 31 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The research will be carried out within the framework of the FIS3 StOIRC project, which focuses on the analysis of representations of Roma, Ottomans, and “Moors” in Italian Renaissance comedy (c. 1500-1650) and in adaptations of theatrical texts produced in various languages of Western Europe. The main activities will include:
Co-designing a database aimed at identifying the theatrical texts included in the corpus and classifying bibliographic and textual information relevant to the objectives of the project.
Entering and standardising data (e.g. bibliographic records, transcriptions of texts, and XML-TEI encoding) within the database.
Producing annotated digital editions of texts related to the project.

• Italy

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

• EUROPE