Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medieval Art and Digital Humanities, Toronto
University of Toronto Mississauga, September 17, 2018 – September 1, 2020
Application deadline: Jul 15, 2018
The Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in medieval art, with a focus on Digital Humanities and web-based technologies. The Fellow will have an established track record in his/her/their own discipline and/or Digital Humanities. Qualifications for the position include excellent writing and communication skills, expertise in an area of medieval visual culture (broadly defined as European, Byzantine, Islamic art and architecture or related fields), and experience working with Drupal and information architecture.
The primary role of the Fellow will be to help develop a website that accompanies a new textbook on medieval art. The Fellow will be collecting and organizing data from several sources for implementation in the website. Close collaboration with the authors, content creators, publisher, and web host is required. The Fellow must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to meet firm deadlines.Responsibilities
The first sixteen months of the Fellowship will be dedicated to the development of the website. In 2020, the Fellow will teach one semester-long course in the Department of Visual Studies at University of Toronto Mississauga. The topic of the course will align with the Fellow’s research area and include a Digital Humanities component.
At the University of Toronto, the normal hours of work for a full-time postdoctoral fellow are 40 hours per week, recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work.
The stipend per year is $45,000 (Canadian) plus benefits. The position begins on September 17, 2018 and ends September 1, 2020.Background
The primary role of the Fellow will be to help develop a website that accompanies a new textbook on medieval art. The Fellow will be collecting and organizing data from several sources for implementation in the website. Close collaboration with the authors, content creators, publisher, and web host is required. The Fellow must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to meet firm deadlines.Responsibilities
The first sixteen months of the Fellowship will be dedicated to the development of the website. In 2020, the Fellow will teach one semester-long course in the Department of Visual Studies at University of Toronto Mississauga. The topic of the course will align with the Fellow’s research area and include a Digital Humanities component.
At the University of Toronto, the normal hours of work for a full-time postdoctoral fellow are 40 hours per week, recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work.
The stipend per year is $45,000 (Canadian) plus benefits. The position begins on September 17, 2018 and ends September 1, 2020.Background
The University of Toronto Mississauga is one of the three campuses comprising the University of Toronto. It is home to the Department of Visual Studies, which offers several undergraduate programs in art history and related fields. The Fellowship provides opportunities for scholarly exchange with faculty and students on the main campus, including in… read more