[Commlist] Three research associates for the project "Poetry in the Digital Age" (Universität Hamburg)

As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the 
strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in 
the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts 
to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes 
sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, 
nationally, and internationally.

The Faculty of Humanities, Institute of German Language and Literature 
invites applications for

  3 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR THE PROJECT “POETRY IN THE DIGITAL AGE” - 
SALARY LEVEL 13 TV-L -

The positions in accordance with Section 28 subsection 3 of the Hamburg 
higher education act (Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG) will 
commence on October 1, 2022, fixed till 30.09.2025 (This is a fixed-term 
contract in accordance with Section 2 of the academic fixed-term labor 
contract act [Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG]). The 
positions call for 50 % of standard work hours per week*.
Application deadline: 16.06.2022

  Responsibilities:
Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research 
associates may also pursue independent research and further academic 
qualifications.

Specific Duties:
Research in the frame of the interdisciplinary project “Poetry in the 
Digital Age”, funded by the European Research Foundation (ERC).

  Position 1: Research in Sub-Project 1, dealing with “Audioliterary 
Poetry between Performance and Mediatization”.
The sub-project investigates the relationship between poetry on the 
page, on the stage, as video or audio recordings. It examines three 
fields: live poetry performances, created through the co-presence of 
audience and performer; mediatized spoken poetry, e.g. recordings of 
events published or posted on modular websites; contemporary audio 
poetry: spoken poems, professionally recorded in studios.
For this position, preference will be given to individual projects 
researching new forms of live poetry performances: Spoken Word, Slam 
Poetry, or other (experimental) forms of reading and performing poetry.

https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=95308f5de1f505b4893848e9cbfd9992fa5a96a8 
<https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=95308f5de1f505b4893848e9cbfd9992fa5a96a8>


Position 2: Research in Sub-Project 2, dealing with “Music(alization) 
and the Lyric: Recent Medial Correlations”.
The sub-project inquires into the impact of digitalization on musical 
poetry. It examines poets who perform with musicians or sound artists, 
who manipulate their voices digitally or use fully synthesized voices in 
their performances, who add sounds or electronic beats to audio 
recordings, as well as other hybrid genres between music and poetry. 
Furthermore, it investigates voice, rhythm, and melody in poetry in 
relation to music (e.g. poetry performers using rap styles).

For this position, preference will be given to individual research 
projects focusing on contemporary poetry accompanied by or set to music 
of any genre (art music, experimental music, pop music etc.) in the form 
of live performances, audio recordings and/or poetry video clips.

https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=caa5a938cd4eb3d9c5cbf23eb5c019eb7ac64086 
<https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=caa5a938cd4eb3d9c5cbf23eb5c019eb7ac64086>



Position 3: Research in Sub-Project 3, dealing with “Poetry and 
Contemporary Visual Culture”.
The sub-project investigates contemporary forms of (audio-)visual 
poetry. It examines the iconic and kinetic scripts as innovative 
elements of digital visual poetry and explores functions of algorithms 
and source code. Furthermore, the sub-project researches popular online 
phenomena, such as contemporary poetry on social media sites, focusing 
on the interrelation of aesthetics and sociopolitical potentials. The 
research associate is particularly supposed to inquire a third, scarcely 
researched object, namely current poetry films – a manifold genre of 
poetic image-sound combinations. The project could, for example, explore 
the extensive archive of Zebra Poetry Film Festival Berlin, with whom 
the project collaborates.

https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=15c9915465b102424a9e93c7211c428606587792 
<https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=15c9915465b102424a9e93c7211c428606587792>


  All three positions require participation in research colloquia, 
lecture series and workshops, as well as active engagement in the 
project's collaborative research activities.

Requirements:
A university degree in a relevant field, such as literary studies, 
performance studies, sound studies/musicology, speech science/ 
linguistics, visual culture studies/art history, media or film studies.

Sound knowledge of academic English and/or German.

Affinity with and interest in contemporary cultures, poetry, and media.

Contact:
Vadim Keylin, PhD: (vadim.keylin /at/ uni-hamburg.de) 
or (poetry-digital-age /at/ uni-hamburg.de)

Further information: 
https://www.poetry-digital-age.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/medien/news/ausschreibung-doktorandinnenstellen.html 
<https://www.poetry-digital-age.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/medien/news/ausschreibung-doktorandinnenstellen.html>


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