Postdoctoral Scholar in Italian Paleography (two-year)
Review of applications begins February 28; position available August 1.
Department: Center for Renaissance Studies
Summary: Reporting to the Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies, the Postdoctoral Scholar will assist with preparing materials for inclusion in an online handbook for Italian paleography, 1300-1700.
Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the selection of original source documents for inclusion in the site;
• Preparing database entries for them;
• Drafting reference resources;
• Translating manuscripts and secondary sources into English;
• Encoding the documents and reference resources.

Qualifications:

• PhD in field relating to Italian medieval and/or early modern studies (e.g., history, art history, philosophy, literature);
• Exceptional writing and editing skills in English;
• Fluent reading knowledge of Italian in its modern and early forms;
• Experience with archival research in Italy;
• Coursework in paleography in early modern Italian;
• Familiarity with Access database and TEI encoding knowledge preferred (or ability to learn new applications quickly).

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