Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital, Asia

Universiteit Leiden
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Digital Asia
Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow Digital Asia.

Key responsibilities

  • coordinate international grant proposals for the development of Digital Humanities research in Asian languages;
  • develop a master’s programme in digital Asian cultural studies at Leiden University;
  • undertake research in the area of Asian digital humanities or cultural studies.

The postdoctoral fellow will be funded by the Critical Approaches to New Asian Media Ecologies (CANAME) project (a collaboration of professor Hilde De Weerdt, dr. Bart Barendregt, and dr. Florian Schneider) and funded by the Leiden University Asian Modernities and Traditions cluster. He/She will work with staff in the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (e.g., De Weerdt, Schneider), the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (e.g., Cha, Vierthaler), the Institute for Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology (e.g., Barendregt), and international collaborators (e.g., the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) to develop and coordinate teaching and research in Asian digital humanities.

Selection Criteria:

  • Ph.D. in humanities, social sciences, or computer science field relevant to the analysis of digital media in Asia or in Asian languages (in hand before September 1, 2017);
  • fluency in English (speaking and writing);
  • strong communication and project management skills;
  • experience in grant proposal writing;
  • familiarity with or strong interest in digital research infrastructures;
  • experience or strong interest in teaching digital humanities.

Applications

  • must be received no later than 10 May 2017
  • should be in English, and be submitted vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
  • must include a single PDF document named ‘FAMILY NAME – Given name – vacancy number and in this order: 1) letter of motivation  2) resume.

Queries can be directed to professor Hilde De Weerdt: h.g.d.g.de.weerdt@hum.leidenuniv.nl.

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