Research Associate in Digital Humanities Institute

1 month ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom University of Sheffield Full time

Digital Colonial and Imperial Studies, with a focus on the following intersecting topics: colonial and imperial history; digital collections and archives; and digital mediation (of history and culture).
- Machine-Assisted Scholarly Editing, with a focus on the following intersecting topics: mediaeval and early modern manuscript studies and material culture; digital scholarly editing; and computational approaches to scholarly editing, such as Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning.
- Visual Digital Humanities, with a focus on the following intersecting topics: visual objects of historical, cultural and/or artistic significance; computer vision; and semantic annotation. Visual objects might include maps, paintings, sculpture, film, monuments, built environments, and born-digital content (AI art, LIDAR etc).

The University of Sheffield is one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

This post is full time and fixed-term for three years.


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