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Our comprehensive dataset of witchcraft trials in Czech lands has been utilised by the popular online publication Aktuálně.cz to create a new map.
The Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) seeks a short-term research assistant with competence in Latin language and in historical research. The team member will work for a period of 3–6 months (potentially extendable) on the digital collection of historical data essential to our computational study of medieval dissident religious networks and inquisition.
The Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) seeks a short-term research assistant with competence in Latin language and in historical research. The team member will work for a period of 3–6 months (potentially extendable) on the digital collection of historical data essential to our computational study of medieval dissident religious networks and inquisition: in particular the transcription of place name indices, the identification of locations based on secondary literature and Latin sources, and assigning locations with geographic coordinates through an online application. The successful candidate will also provide assistance with other research support tasks, such as bibliographic searches and the scanning of literature. The role would be suitable for a Ph.D. student in a related discipline, but postdocs and advanced M.A. students keen to gain or enhance their experience within the digital humanities are also invited to apply.
The DISSINET project is based at Masaryk University’s Centre for the Digital Research of Religion (Faculty of Arts, Department for the Study of Religions).
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Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in a test consisting of (1) a short translation of an inquisition record extract from Latin to English and (2) assigning geographic coordinates to a set of c. 10 place names. Then, potentially after another round of shortlisting, the shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview through Zoom.
Please send your application (a short expression of interest and CV) to Dr. David Zbíral, david.zbiral@mail.muni.cz before 15 September 2020, 23:59 Central European Summer Time.
Our comprehensive dataset of witchcraft trials in Czech lands has been utilised by the popular online publication Aktuálně.cz to create a new map.
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