[eXist-TEIXML] Fwd: MoEML Post-Doc opportunity

[Joe W. <jo...@gm...>]

Hello all,

See below for an announcement about a fellowship opportunity involving a TEI P5 / eXist-db project.  (Apologies for cross posting.)

Joe


Forwarded message:

> From: Martin Holmes <mh...@uv...>
> To: TE...@li...
> Date: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:58:05 PM
> Subject: Fwd: MoEML Post-Doc opportunity
> 
> I'm forwarding information about this Post-Doc opportunity on behalf of 
> Janelle Jenstad. Full details are also here:
> 
> <http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/opportunities.htm>
> 
> This is a TEI P5 / eXist db project with lots of interesting encoding 
> and rendering issues, and would suit anyone with the appropriate 
> academic background and a strong interest in TEI-based online editions.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Etcl] MoEML Post-Doc opportunity
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:33:33 -0700
> From: Janelle Jenstad <je...@uv...>
> To: et...@li... <et...@li...>
> 
> *** Please feel free to forward either the flyer or this email. ***
> 
> /The Map of Early Modern London/(/MoEML/) project seeks applicants for a
> post-doctoral fellowship valued at $32,500 per year for up to two years.
> The successful applicant will be expected to join the project on site in
> Victoria, BC, and work closely with the project director, developers,
> and research assistants in the next phase of /MoEML/'s development. He
> or she will take a leading role in the ongoing identification of all the
> features of the Agas Map (/Civitas Londinum/); textual and critical work
> on the map; ongoing work on the encyclopedia of early modern streets and
> sites; and the editing, markup, annotation, and creation of a critical
> apparatus for a versioned edition of the 1598, 1603,1633, and modern
> texts of John Stow's /A Survey of London/. The successful applicant
> will also be encouraged to work on related projects, to bring his or her
> particular research interests to /MoEML/, and to help shape /MoEML/'s
> future. Applicants need to have a strong background in the literature
> of early modern London, preferably in textual criticism, drama,
> chronicle histories, civic literature, pageantry, and/or the
> geohumanities. Facility with literary computing and some knowledge of
> TEI are essential. Experience with editing, historical or literary GIS,
> and databases is desirable.
> 
> /MoEML/is an established project with SSHRC funding and ongoing
> technical support from the Humanities Computing and Media Centre at the
> University of Victoria. /MoEML/ is directed by Janelle Jenstad
> (Department of English, University of Victoria), and overseen by
> advisory and editorial boards. The summary from /MoEML/'s SSHRC Insight
> Grant can be found at mapoflondon.uvic.ca/SSHRC2012.htm
> <http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/SSHRC2012.htm>.
> 
> The University of Victoria is committed to providing an environment that
> protects and promotes the human rights of all persons and and affirms
> the dignity of all persons. /MoEML/ is committed to honouring the
> Collaborators' Bill of Rights
> <http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/offthetracks/part-one-models-for-collaboration-career-paths-acquiring-institutional-support-and-transformation-in-the-field/a-collaboration/collaborators%E2%80%99-bill-of-rights/>. 
> 
> 
> 
> Enquiries and applications may be sent to /MoEML /via Janelle Jenstad at
> je...@uv... <mailto:je...@uv...>. Electronic application
> packages should include a statement of relevant experience, a full CV,
> reference letters (or the names of referees), and links to the
> applicant's projects and publications. All applications received by
> *July 17, 2012* will be acknowledged. Interviews will be conducted via
> Skype the following week.
> 
> Dr. Janelle Jenstad, Associate Professor, English, UVic
> 
> 250-721-7245; CLE C327
> 
> General Editor, /The Map of Early Modern London <mapoflondon.uvic.ca>/
> 
> Assistant Coordinating Editor, Internet Shakespeare Editions
> <internetshakespeare.uvic.ca>
> 
>