Exzellenzausschreibungen – Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies EXC 2020 Temporal CommunitiesResearch associate (praedoc) (m/f/d) with 50%part-time job limited to 3 years Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L FU reference code: EXCTC DOC RA5_DigObs 2023_EN Bewerbungsende: 13.11.2022

The Cluster of Excellence 2020 “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective” aims to create a new theoretical and methodological take on literature in a global perspective. Introducing the notion of ‘temporal communities’, the Cluster investigates the ways in which literature reaches out through space and time, establishing complex temporalities and extensive transcultural and transtemporal networks as it interacts with other arts and media. The Cluster’s research is conducted within five Research Areas: 1. Competing Communities, 2. Travelling Matters, 3. Future Perfect, 4. Literary Currencies, 5. Building Digital Communities.

From 1 October 2023, 5 positions for research associates (50% part-time, limited to 3 years, pay group 13 TV-L FU) are available at the Cluster (www.temporal-communities.de ). The research associates will at the same time be members of the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies as doctoral students: They will complete its curriculum and have access to the mentoring and qualification offers. In case of thematic fit, an affiliation with the Graduate School of North American Studies is also possible. Doctoral students will have access to travel, conference, and workshop funds.

The position advertised here will be filled in the research project “Digital Observatory of World Literature” (project lead: Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer) in Research Area 5 “Building Digital Communities” of EXC 2020. The selected candidate will build a digital component for the project, which will automatically collect and aggregate data on authors and literary works from a variety of digital sources (via the APIs of Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBpedia, Index Translationum, different national libraries, etc.). The aim is a constantly updated analytical tool that makes it possible to explore various aspects of world literature as implicitly revealed in the major digital encyclopaedias and repositories. For further information on the project, please refer to:
www.temporal-communities.de/research/digital-communities/projects/digital-observatory-world-literature .

Job description:
– Conducting a three-year research project in the framework of the project “Digital Observatory of World Literature” in the EXC 2020 “Temporal Communities”; a short synopsis of 1–2 pages outlining possible lines of investigation for the research project must be included with the application.
– Completion of the curriculum of the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies with the aim of obtaining a doctoral degree
– Participating in regular working meetings and workshops of the Research Area 5 of the Cluster
– Participating in the organisation and implementation of interdisciplinary, international conferences and workshops and contributing to the resulting publications
– Contributing to the publication of the project’s research results in the »Living Handbook of Temporal Communities«

Requirements:
Completed MA-level university degree (Master, Magister, Diplom) in Digital Humanities, Computer Science, Library/Information Science and/or a philology or other humanities discipline

Desirable:
– Excellent academic track record
– Practical experience with data modelling (ideally with literary/cultural data)
– Documented programming skills (ideally with front-end experience, i.e. React or similar frameworks)
– Knowledge of relevant formats, specifications, standards and query languages (such as JSON, RDF, OWL, SPARQL, FRBR)
– Interest in literature-related research questions
– Proactivity and teamwork skills
– Pragmatic and goal-oriented approach to work
– Very good knowledge of German and English (one of the two languages at least on level C1 CEFR, the other at least on level B2 CEFR)

For further information, please contact Mrs. Izabella Goikhman ([email protected] / +49 30 838 65648).

There is an online portal through which submitted applications with informative documents are preferably accepted under the identification code. You can find information on this at: www.temporal-communities.de

or postal to

Freie Universität Berlin

Exzellenzausschreibungen

Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies

EXC 2020 Temporal Communities

Mrs. Izabella Goikhman

Habelschwerdter Allee 45

14195 Berlin (Dahlem)

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