Ghent University invites applications for a Research Assistant on the Everyday Writing Project. The European project ‘Everyday writing from Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. A socio-semiotic study of communication variation’, led by prof. Klaas Bentein, studies the communicative choices made by everyday writers from antiquity, focusing on Greek papyri from the Roman and Late Antique period (letters, petitions, and contracts in particular).
The new collaborator will assist with the paleographical annotation of the corpus; s/he will assist with the revision of existing annotations in the project’s database, as well as with the creation of new annotations. S/he will focus on the description of layout and handwriting in Roman and Late Antique petitions and contracts, in close collaboration with prof. Klaas Bentein and other team members working in these areas.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Classics (Ancient Greek in particular)
- Master’s degrees in related disciplines (Ancient History, Papyrology) will also be taken into account.
- A good knowledge of Ancient Greek documentary sources is essential, as well as the capacity to work with an electronic database on a daily basis, and to process large quantities of information.
- An acquaintance with digital humanities and/or other languages (Latin, Coptic, Arabic) is an asset.
Requisition ID 22995
No closing date listed. Job posted April 1, 2022.