Digital Humanities at the University of Bern invites applications for a three-year, fixed-term doctoral position in the field of digital philology or Armenian studies. The aim of the project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, is to create a digital platform for the edition, analysis, annotation, and presentation of a medieval historical text and to present in this way the twelfth-century Armenian-language Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa. The goals of the project are both to produce a critical edition and translation of a historical text, and to push the boundaries of digital methodology for how critical scholarly text is represented and modelled in a computer environment. The role of the Ph.D. student in this project will depend on his or her background; either a specialist in Armenian studies or a specialist in Digital Humanities would be appropriate.

Qualifications

EITHER:

• Completed Master′s degree in a field relevant to Digital Humanities, with a focus on medieval studies.
• Good knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, and Javascript)
• Experience with XML markup, in particular with the Text Encoding Initiative guidelines
• Some experience in computer programming in either Python or Perl
• Knowledge of at least one ancient or medieval written language
• Willingness to learn the classical Armenian language

OR:

• Completed Master′s degree in a field relevant to medieval Near Eastern history
• Good knowledge of the classical Armenian language
• Some experience with digital technology (e.g. web publishing, Filemaker or Access databases, or similar)
• Willingness to learn the principles of text encoding and computer programming