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.