The Summer 2010 EpiDoc training workshop will now take place in London, at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London, from June 28 – July 1. Thanks to the generosity of the Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine (AIEGL) there €500 available for bursaries to help students attend this event. The workshop will be taught by Gabriel Bodard (KCL) and James Cowey (Heidelberg). There will be no charge to attend this workshop.

From the workshop description: [read more...]

Location

The PhD studentship in Digital Humanities will be held at the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities which brings together work being done in many different UCL departments and centres, in the humanities, computer science and engineering, as well as Library Services and Museums and Collections. We also collaborate with organisations outside UCL, such as museums, galleries, libraries and archives. We aim to produce research that is meaningful to both computer scientists and humanities scholars, and that will bring about new knowledge in both research areas. [read more...]

Get real. Stay relevant. The reality of the current economic climate means that it's imperative to provide pertinent services, utilise the most appropriate tools, and explore alternative approaches, regardless of your information environment. Even if you’re managing information outside a traditional library setting - as web designer, content evaluator, portal creator, systems professional or independent researcher - you must continue to offer services that are relevant and cost-efficient. [read more...]

Location

UCL Department / Division
Bentham Project
Grade: 7
Hours: Full Time
Salary (inclusive of London allowance): £31,778 - £36,395 per annum

Duties and Responsibilities

The Bentham Project is a vibrant research centre, whose purpose is to produce the new authoritative edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. [read more...]

Applications are invited for a full-time 12 month fixed term post of
Applications Developer, available immediately. ADS has been awarded funding
by AHRC to migrate its digital archive system to a fedora-based repository,
and the post holder will be required to take the Java programming lead for
this project. Applicants should have a computing or software engineering
qualification, and a high level of java programming expertise. Experience
with Oracle and the implementation and configuration of fedora would be an
advantage. [read more...]

Applications are invited for a fifteen-month, fixed term contract position of IT Manager to the DHO. The DHO is designing, constructing and hosting an electronic access portal and research resource for the humanities. Funded under Cycle 4 of PRTLI, the RIA and its partners are building a joint national platform for the coordination and dissemination of humanities research, teaching and training at an all-island level. The key infrastructural element of the consortium is the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO).

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The Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London is looking for three highly motivated and technically sophisticated individuals to work on its text-based research projects. The positions will involve using computer tools and methods to facilitate digital scholarship. [read more...]

• Teaching on the graduate programmes offered in electronic communication and publishing in these areas: Electronic Publishing, Legal and Social Aspects of electronic publishing and XML.

• Assessment and examination of modules taught by the post holder and second marking or moderation of other modules.

• Supervision and assessment of MA dissertations.

• Tutorial support for graduate students studying Electronic Communication and Publishing and Publishing.

• Academic administration in support of teaching activities. [read more...]