Research Associate, East Asian Digital Humanities
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Inserito il 23/05/2012
We are looking for a candidate with an interest in visualization and/or text mining for a project focusing on the history of communication in imperial China. The Research Associate in East Asian Digital Humanities will conduct research and publish in an area relevant to the project (text mining—e.g., the automated mark-up and extraction of named entities in classical Chinese, or visualization in the digital humanities); consult on appropriate mark-up procedures; develop delivery and querying tools in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities; manage the project website; liaise with international experts; assist in the organization of a conference on visualization in the humanities.
A Ph.D. in informatics or computing sciences, or a PhD. in a humanities subject together with expertise in the digital humanities is required.
Familiarity with East Asian languages is desirable but not essential.
The position is for a duration of four years starting September 2012.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 10th June 2012. For further details and an application pack, please go to
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=11686
