Call for Applications
Application deadline: 19 August 2024 Midnight, Central European Summer Time
The École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL-University in Paris, France, is hiring one postdoctoral research associate in Hebrew Palaeography. The successful candidate will join the team led by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger in the framework of the ERC Synergy project MiDRASH (Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script).
MiDRASH is composed of four teams led respectively by Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (EPHE, PSL), Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (EPHE, PSL/Oxford), Nachum Dershowitz (Tel Aviv- University), Avi Shmidman (Bar Ilan University), in collaboration with the National Library of Israel and Haifa University. Its overall aim is to advance our understanding of the literary, textual and manuscript production processes in Ancient and Medieval Judaism by applying computational methods in order to transcribe and analyse thousands of medieval Hebrew manuscripts. For a brief presentation of the project please check https://escripta.hypotheses.org/500 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAWSw-vtn0
Working closely with Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and the other team members, the selected postdoctoral research associate will be responsible for annotating palaeographical samples of Medieval Hebrew manuscripts for the online Hebrew Palaeography Album (HebrewPal) (https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/).
Position : Part-time postdoctoral research associate (50%, 19h/week)
Employer : Paris, France: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, Section des Sciences Historiques et Philologiques. The postdoctoral research associate will be also affiliated with the research cluster EA 4116 – SAPRAT-Savoirs et pratiques du Moyen Âge à l’époque contemporaine (https://www.saprat.fr/)
Place of employment : EPHE, PSL, Condorcet Campus, 15 rue Waldeck–Rochet, 93300 AUBERVILLIERS, France.
Gross Salary: 1305 € / month
Length of the contract : 1 year with possibility of extending for at least 1 additional year.
Start date : 1 November 2024
Essential qualifications :
- Doctorate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, with specialisation in medieval history, manuscripts, art history or book history
- Training / experience with Manuscript Studies
Required competencies:
- Excellent knowledge of Hebrew
- Excellent writing skills in English and preferably knowledge of French
- Experience with / knowledge of large databases
- Research experience
- Excellent organisation and sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
To apply :
Send (as a single PDF file with your name and MiDRASH):
- Letter of motivation
- CV
- List of publications
- Sample of a published work or a thesis chapter
- Two letters of recommendation from thesis advisers and/or senior academic figures
To : Judith Olszowy-Schlanger at the address: judith.schlanger@ephe.sorbonne.fr by 19 August 2024 at the latest and Sarah Fargeon at the address: sarah.fargeon@ephe.psl.eu
Contact :
For further particulars, please contact Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, judith.schlanger@ephe.sorbonne.fr