🌍 About the Project: Petrarch in Global Translation (PGT)
“A Genealogy of Western Love” – PGT is an ambitious, interdisciplinary digital humanities initiative investigating how Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere shaped conceptions of love across languages, cultures, and centuries. Funded by the NOMIS Foundation, the project combines literary research, translation, and digital methods to build an open-access platform featuring:

• Multilingual translations

• Artwork, scholarship, and audio resources

• Data visualizations and analytical tools

We are now seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in digital humanities to co-lead the design and implementation of the project’s online components.

📌 Position Details
🕒 Duration: 2 years (starting September 2025)
🏛️ Affiliation: Brandeis University (USA) or University of Vienna (Austria)
💻 Focus: Digital editions, data visualization, corpus analysis, global reception of Canzoniere

🔬 Key Responsibilities

• Develop interactive data visualizations and digital tools

• Collaborate with scholars and web designers on corpus tagging and repository building

• Conduct independent research aligned with PGT’s themes

• Coordinate data visualization content and contribute to web platform design

• Contribute 10% time to coordination, programming, and team activities

💡 Sample Tasks May Include:

• Creating tools for comparative analysis of Petrarch translations

• Intercultural semantic tagging and linking of texts

• Visualizing global circulation and reception of Canzoniere

• Managing and co-developing digital repositories and searchable databases

🎓 Eligibility and Qualifications
Required:

• PhD (by Fall 2025) in one of the following:
  ▪ Digital Humanities
  ▪ Linguistics with a DH/computational focus
  ▪ Italian/Romance Studies with digital portfolio
  ▪ Computer Science with DH/linguistic applications

• Proficiency in Italian and English (reading, writing, scholarly work)

• Strong foundation in digital textual scholarship and tools

Preferred Experience with at least 3 of the following tools:

• Node (JavaScript)

• D3plus

• TEI Guidelines

• MALLET

• Gephi, Voyant, Word Seer

• Recogito, Kami, EVT

• Textual markup (XML, HTML) and corpus annotation

• Digital scholarly editing or computational lexicography

📄 Application Materials

1. Cover letter outlining motivation and suitability

2. Academic CV with publication list and PhD certificate

3. Research summary and proposed project (max 500 words)

4. Names and contact info for two referees

📧 Submit all documents as a single PDF to: Email ID

🗓️ Deadline: June 9, 2025

📍 Location: Based on visa/citizenship – Massachusetts, USA or Vienna, Austria
📅 Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
📧 Submit to: Email ID
🔗 PGT Project Website (via NOMIS Foundation)
📩 Contact: Dr. Philip Stockbrugger – Email ID

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