2 postdoc, Virginia

Please share the following announcement for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in digital humanities at Virginia Tech:

https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/84636

The postdoc will advance the partnership in the Digital Humanities between the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, University Libraries, and faculty and students across Virginia Tech. The postdoc is expected to assume a high visibility position advancing the digital humanities at the intersection of research, outreach, and instruction appropriate to a land grant university. The postdoc will have workspace assigned in the Athenaeum, the new Digital Humanities collaboration space in Newman Library. The postdoc will also have an affiliation with the proposed Center for Humanities to be located in the new Liberal Arts Building, as well as appropriate humanities department(s), including English, History, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Religion and Culture, and Science, Technology, and Society. The postdoc will report to the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, while working closely with the Digital Humanities Librarian and the faculty advisory group for the Athenaeum.

Responsibilities:

-- Assist humanities faculty, university librarians, and students with digital humanities projects

-- Promote digital humanities collaborations between faculty, students, and university librarians

-- Teach two digital humanities courses a year

-- Develop the postdoc’s research program in ways that lead to appropriate outcomes

-- Coordinate speaker series / workshops in the digital humanities

-- Promote digital humanities projects consistent with Virginia Tech’s land grant mission

-- Contribute to grant-writing activities by Virginia Tech faculty and librarians

-- Support university initiatives: Data & Decisions and Creativity & Innovation Destination Areas

This position is for two years. Salary and benefits are competitive.

Review of applications will begin March 26, 2018