>Dear Digital Classicists

Please forward this on to anyone you know that may be interested! thanks.
Melissa

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
FACULTY OF CLASSICS
Sub-Faculty of Ancient History

E-Science, Imaging Technology and Ancient Documents

Applications are invited for two posts for which 
funding has been secured through the 
AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Arts and Humanities E-Science 
initiative to support research on the application 
of Information Technology to ancient documents. 
Both posts are attached to a project which will 
develop a networked software system that can 
support the imaging, documentation, and 
interpretation of damaged texts from the ancient 
world, principally Greek and Latin papyri, 
inscriptions and writing tablets. The work will 
be conducted  under the supervision of Professors 
Alan Bowman FBA, Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng 
(University of Oxford) and and Dr. Melissa Terras (University College London).

1. A Doctoral Studentship for a period of  4 
years from 1 October, 2007. The studentship will 
be held in the Faculty of Classics (Sub-Faculty 
of Ancient History) and supported at the Centre 
for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Oxford 
E-Research Centre. The Studentship award covers 
both the cost of tuition fees at Home/EU rates 
and a maintenance grant.  To be eligible for a 
full award, the student must have been ordinarily 
resident in the UK for a period of 3 years before the start of the award.

2.  A postdoctoral Research Assistantship for a 
period of 3 years from 1 October, 2007. The post 
will be held in the Faculty of Classics 
(Sub-Faculty of Ancient History) and supported at 
the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and 
the Oxford E-Research Centre. The salary will be 
in the range of £26,666 - £31,840 p.a. Applicants 
must have expertise in programming and 
Informatics and an interest in the application of 
imaging technology and signal-processing to manuscripts and documents.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 4 
July 2007. Further details about both posts, the 
project, the qualifications required and the 
method of application are available from Ms 
Ghislaine Rowe, Graduate Studies Administrator, 
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine 
Studies, 66 St Giles' , Oxford OX1 3LU (01865 
288397, 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]). 
It is hoped that interviews will be held and the 
appointments made in the first half of July.




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Melissa M. Terras MA MSc DPhil CLTHE
Lecturer in Electronic Communication
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
Henry Morley Building
University College London
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT

Tel: 020-7679-7206 (direct), 020-7679-7204 (dept), 020-7383-0557 (fax)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/melissa-terras/

General Editor, Digital Humanities Quarterly: 
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