Postdoctoral Fellowships/Associates in the Digital Humanities

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Cambridge, MA

The Digital Humanities Programs of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) <https://digitalhumanities.mit.edu> announce a Postdoctoral Fellowship/Associate in the Digital Humanities to begin Sep. 1, 2020, tenable for two years.

In its third year of existence the SHASS Programs in Digital Humanities work to advance the humanities through code, communication, and community. The Programs include a diverse undergraduate DH Programming lab (over 70% female and 35% under-represented minority) whose members work with postdocs, technical staff, graduate students, and faculty throughout the humanities.

The postdoc will work within the Mellon-funded SHASS Programs in Digital Humanities to pursue their own research, mentor undergraduate students in Digital Humanities, and enable the creation of digital tools to assist in other faculty research and pedagogy. Depending on departmental needs, the scholar will teach up to one class per year in their area of research or discipline.

Applicants are welcomed in all areas of humanistic research represented in SHASS, including History, Literature, Anthropology, Global Languages, Music and Theater Research, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Women and Gender Studies, and humanistic aspects of fields straddling the social sciences such as Philosophy, Linguistics, and Political Science. Humanities disciplines not represented in SHASS, such as Art History or Archeology, may also be considered so long as the work overlaps substantially with a field described above. Computer Scientists and other graduates with technical degrees whose work demonstrates a deep and sustained interest in the humanities may also be considered.

The annual salary will be $70,000, plus benefits. Additional funding for limited research and presentation travel will be provided

Qualifications:

Doctoral degree must have been earned between January 1, 2016, and August 31, 2020. Candidates who are defending before June 2021 may also be considered, to be appointed as Visiting Researchers at the same base salary.
Experience in humanistic research and evidence of teaching ability.
Technical skills including demonstrable knowledge of at least one programming language. Prior experience in uniting technical and humanistic research is a plus.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work in a team.

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.

Send Cover letter, C.V., names and contact information for at least one recommender, links to evidence of technical experience, and code samples to [log in to unmask]. Review of candidates will begin on February 3, 2020, however the position is open until filled.

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