Postdoctoral Researcher Trifecta Food History Dhlab - Amsterdam, Nederland - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
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Amsterdam, Nederland

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Daan Van den Berg

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Daan Van den Berg

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Beschrijving

Locatie:
Amsterdam


Max uren per week:38,00


Max salaris:5.929


Duur overeenkomst:48 maanden


Solliciteer t/m:

For the Trifecta project DHLab in Amsterdam is opening a vacancy for


Postdoctoral Researcher Trifecta Food History hrs)

What you will be doing


The mass scale digitization of sources provides the tantalising possibility of studying complex concepts and entities over long periods of time, across thousands or even millions of sources, and from a myriad of perspectives.

However, automated methods for analysing these "big data" are inadequate for complex concepts because they have not confronted the fundamental challenges of identity (i.e. what are they exactly and how are they perceived), change (i.e. how have they evolved over time) and the long tail (i.e. what low-frequent contexts do they connect to).

The ERC-funded TRIFECTA project will combine language technology and semantic web research to create a database that can be used to explore the cultural and societal contexts of contentious entities and concepts in the domain of food history.


What we are offering
You will be working in the Digital Humanities Lab, a research group at KNAW Humanities Cluster in Amsterdam. DHLab investigates and develops innovative, data-driven, and computationally strong methods for humanities research.

We develop computational methods for connecting collections and resources, computational heuristics and tool criticism, and we aim to bridge qualitative and quantitative methods.

The team publishes in diverse outlets such as Computational Humanities Research, Digital Humanities Quarterly, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, Digital Humanities Benelux, and the Extended Semantic Web Conference.


Your workplace
Our offices are located in a historical building in downtown Amsterdam.

Researchers work together in projects and a shared office space and can choose to spend part of their time at home.

DHLab aims to be an open and inquisitive, safe work environment where your input counts, not your job title. We value open conversations about pros and cons of a particular idea and approach based on content, not status.


For more information

Please contact:
Dr. Marieke van Erp, principal investigator & DHLab department head.


Application procedure


Please submit a CV, cover letter that includes a motivation on why you want to work on this project and a 1-page research statement.

Include one of your publications that best represents your research.

Interviews will take place online on 14 May, 23 May or 7 June 2024..


For this job, you must be reciding in the Netherlands at the start of the project and obtain a working proficiency of the Dutch language.

The starting date of the position is between 1 September and 1 November 2024.


Requirements:

What you will be contributing- You will bring an open-minded and collaborative attitude towards doing groundbreaking digital humanities research;- You have a firm grasp on computational methods and are willing to achieve proficiency in historical research methods or you are a historian willing to achieve proficiency in computational methods;- You will need to have finished a Ph.

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in history, digital humanities, language technology, semantic web or a related field by the starting date of the project;- Prior experience in interdisciplinary projects is a plus.


Conditions of employment
Fixed-term contract: 48 months.


About the HuC
The KNAW Humanities Cluster stands for innovative and interdisciplinary research in the humanities and heritage.


Employment conditions


Depending on education and experience, the salary amounts to a minimum of €4.332 and a maximum of €5.929 gross per month for full time employment (scale 11 collective agreement Dutch Universities/KNAW).

This excludes 8% vacation pay, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet and home working allowance and pension accrual with the ABP.

The KNAW offers its employees an excellent package of fringe benefits. A

For a complete overview of the employment conditions, please refer to the webpage: working at the KNAW.

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