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La tecnologia informatica applicata a testi, documenti e papiri greci e latini

 

Qui di seguito troverete tutti i dettagli relativi al bando di concorso per 2 posti per un dottorato di ricerca ed un post-dottorato. Indubbiamente si tratta di una applicazione molto recente delle nuove tecnologie informatiche, uscite dal ristretto cerchio dei gabinetti scientifici, per entrare nel settore umanistico, suscitando entusiasmi e consensi notevoli in tutto il mondo accademico. Una ghiotta occasione, questa, offerta dalla università di Oxford, per chi ha talento e predisposizione per l'informatica, sotto la guida di esperti docenti.

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
FACULTY OF CLASSICS
Sub-Faculty of Ancient History
E-Science, Imaging Technology and Ancient Documents

 

Applications are invited for two posts for which funding has been secured through the AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Arts and Humanities E-Science initiative to support research on the application of Information Technology to ancient documents. Both posts are attached to a project which will develop a networked software system that can support the imaging, documentation, and interpretation of damaged texts from the ancient world, principally Greek and Latin papyri, inscriptions and writing tablets. The work will be conducted under the supervision of Professors Alan Bowman FBA, Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng (University of Oxford) and and Dr. Melissa Terras (University College London).

 

1. A Doctoral Studentship for a period of 4 years from 1 January, 2008. The studentship will be held in the Faculty of Classics (Sub-Faculty of Ancient History) and supported at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Oxford E-Research Centre. The Studentship award covers both the cost of tuition fees at Home/EU rates and a maintenance grant. To be eligible for a full award, the student must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for a period of 3 years before the start of the award.

2. A postdoctoral Research Assistantship for a period of 3 years from 1 January, 2008. The post will be held in the Faculty of Classics (Sub-Faculty of Ancient History) and supported at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Oxford E-Research Centre. The salary will be in the range of £26,666 - £31,840 p.a. Applicants must have expertise in programming and Informatics and an interest in the application of imaging technology and signal-processing to manuscripts and documents.

 

The deadline for receipt of applications is 21 September 2007. Further details about both posts, the project, the qualifications required and the method of application are available from Ms Ghislaine Rowe, Graduate Studies Administrator, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles' , Oxford OX1 3LU (01865 288397, ghislaine.rowe AT classics.ox.ac.uk). It is hoped that interviews will be held and the appointments made on 11 October.

Professor Alan Bowman
Camden Professor of Ancient History
Brasenose College,
Oxford OX1 4AJ
+44 (0)1865 277874

Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
The Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies
66 St Giles'
Oxford OX1 3LU
+44 (0)1865 610227