Employment Opportunities
The Map of Early Modern London (MoEML) project invites applications for a post-doctoral
fellowship valued at $32,500 per year for up to two years. The successful
applicant will be expected to join the project on site in Victoria, BC, and
work closely with the project director, developers, and research assistants
in the next phase of MoEML’s development. He or she
will take a leading role in the ongoing identification of all the features
of the Agas Map (Civitas
Londinum); textual and critical work on the map; ongoing work on
the encyclopedia of early modern streets and
sites; and the editing, markup, annotation, and creation of a
critical apparatus for a versioned edition of the 1598, 1603,1633, and
modern texts of John Stow’s A Survey of London. The
successful applicant will also be encouraged to work on related projects, to
bring his or her particular research interests to MoEML, and to help shape MoEML’s
future. Applicants need to have a strong background in the literature of
early modern London, preferably in textual criticism, drama, chronicle
histories, civic literature, pageantry, and/or the geohumanities. Facility
with literary computing and some knowledge of TEI are essential.
Experience with editing, historical or literary GIS, and databases is
desirable.
MoEML is an established project with SSHRC
funding and ongoing technical support from the Humanities Computing and Media
Centre at the University of Victoria. MoEML is directed by Janelle
Jenstad (Department of
English, University of Victoria), and overseen by advisory and
editorial boards. The summary from MoEML’s SSHRC
Insight Grant can be found here.
The University of Victoria is
committed to providing an environment that protects and promotes the human
rights of all persons and affirms the dignity of all persons. MoEML is committed to honouring the Collaborators’ Bill of Rights.
Enquiries and applications may be sent to MoEML via
Janelle Jenstad at london@uvic.ca. Electronic application packages should include a
statement of relevant experience, a full CV, reference letters (or the names
of referees), and links to the applicant’s projects and publications. All
applications received by 17 July 2012 will be acknowledged. Interviews will
be conducted via Skype the following week.
This project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
