Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation/Durham University: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Priory Library Digitisation Project) – Call For Applications

Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation/Durham University 12-month Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Job Purpose: To conduct post-doctoral research in the context of the Priory Library Digitisation Project. This project, entitled ‘Durham Priory Library Recreated’, is a collaboration between Durham Cathedral and Durham University for the digitisation of 480 volumes of manuscripts and several dozen printed books belonging to the pre-Reformation Cathedral Library and dating from the seventh century AD onwards. The fellow will work on material that has been, or is being, digitised in one of five (overlapping) research areas: (1) History of the Book; (2) Community Living: Liturgy, Rules and Well-Being; (3) Scholastic Learning and Philosophical Enquiry; (4) Science, Knowledge and the Natural World; (5) Digital Recreations (for more information about these areas, see: www.dur.ac.uk/imems/durhampriory).

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_applicant_no=&p_recruitment_id=004063&p_process_type=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y

Applications close on 9 January, 2017.

Please note the short-listing for this vacancy will take place on Wednesday 11 January, 2017. Interviews will be held on Friday 20 January, 2017.