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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 January,
2008. 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 January, 2008. 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 21 September 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, [log in to unmask]). It is hoped that
interviews will be held and the appointments made on 11 October.

 

 

Professor Alan Bowman
Camden Professor of Ancient History
Brasenose College,
Oxford OX1 4AJ
+44 (0)1865 277874

Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
The Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine
Studies
66 St Giles'
Oxford OX1 3LU
+44 (0)1865 610227

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