The Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in medieval art, with a focus on Digital Humanities and web-based technologies. The Fellow will have an established track record in his/her/their own discipline and/or Digital Humanities. Qualifications for the position include excellent writing and communication skills, expertise in an area of medieval visual culture (broadly defined as European, Byzantine, Islamic art and architecture or related fields), and experience working with Drupal and information architecture.
The primary role of the Fellow will be to help develop a website that accompanies a new textbook on medieval art. The Fellow will be collecting and organizing data from several sources for implementation in the website. Close collaboration with the authors, content creators, publisher, and web host is required. The Fellow must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to meet firm deadlines.
Responsibilities
The first sixteen months of the Fellowship will be dedicated to the development of the website. In 2020, the Fellow will teach one semester-long course in the Department of Visual Studies at University of Toronto Mississauga. The topic of the course will align with the Fellow’s research area and include a Digital Humanities component.
Eligibility and Attributes
Applicants must have completed the Ph.D. degree within four years of the beginning of the fellowship, 17 September 2018. Applicants who are to defend their thesis after 17 September 2018 are eligible, but a letter from their supervisor or Chair may be requested. Any award will be conditional on a successful defense. Applicants who received their Ph.D. prior to 17 September 2014 are ineligible.
The successful candidate will have an established track record in medieval visual culture and experience in digital technologies. The candidate will have an understanding of and interest in the history, development, and current state of the field; willingness to work with scholars in different areas of specialization; ability to meet deadlines; and the desire to learn and pursue research in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment.
The DVS Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to citizens of all countries.