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[Commlist] JHI Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022-23
Mon Sep 27 21:47:35 GMT 2021
Call for Applications
JHI Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2022-2023
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2021
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APPLY HERE:https://redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=9TC7NHM4WR9PFXYC
<https://redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=9TC7NHM4WR9PFXYC>
The Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) at the University of Toronto, in
partnership with the Digital Humanities Network, offers a twelve-month
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities, with a project that fits
the JHI’s annual theme, “Labour”.
The Annual Theme for 2022-2023 is LABOUR
From the labour of childbirth to the travail of making a living, human
beings are labouring animals who derive meaning and experience
meaninglessness in work. Historically, human creativity has long
flourished both through and against labour-saving technologies. In a
globalizing and climate-changing world, rising nationalist movements
call for the fortification of borders that would stop seasonal flows of
labour, while women call for pay equity and harassment-free workplaces
to allow for the freedom to work in peace. In a world of increasingly
precarious labour, thanks in part to automation, what does the future of
work portend for both people and the planet? What forms of resistance
are possible when workers face both the irrelevance of their labour and
its exploitation?
The Digital Humanities Network
The Digital Humanities Network builds research and teaching strengths at
the University of Toronto through programming, mentorship, and advocacy.
We define digital humanities broadly, to include both critical praxis
and the analysis of digitality. As of 2020 our primary focus is on
critical digital humanities, a version of DH that places anti-racist,
decolonial, feminist, and queer/trans/non-binary work at its core, and
which understands our current historic shift in digital technology as an
opportunity for social and political transformation. At the University
of Toronto, Critical Digital Humanities foregrounds creative praxis,
co-creation, public engagement, and community-based research.
The JHI DH Postdoctoral Fellow will have an established track record in
their own discipline and/or the digital humanities. They will pursue
their own research while at UofT, while working to foster the Digital
Humanities Network.
Responsibilities
The JHI DH Postdoctoral Fellow will draw upon their disciplinary
expertise and upon training provided the JHI, DHN, and UofT Libraries to
connect and strengthen DH projects across the tricampus university.
Specifically, depending on their own skillset and research interests,
the JHI DH Postdoctoral Fellow will spend 15 hours per week as a member
of the DHN Executive Team, where they will:
* establish and maintain online spaces where members of the DH Network
can share information about their research and discuss matters of
common interest;
* run regular roundtables and workshops on digital humanities topics;
* convene a monthly community of practice to support the cohort of the
Graduate Fellows in Critical Digital Humanities
* organize, facilitate, and participate in other tricampus DH training
initiatives;
* facilitate introductions and connections between researchers within
the DHN;
* in consultation with digital librarians, provide one-on-one and
group consultancy to humanities researchers seeking to make use of
infrastructure for digital scholarship in and beyond UofT; and
* participate in planning the future shape and directions of the DHN.
While working with the DHN, the Fellow will also be part of the JHI
scholarly community and will participate in weekly JHI fellows lunches
every Thursday from the beginning of September to the first week of May.
The JHI DH Postdoctoral Fellowship is a twelve-month position, from 1
July 2022 to 30 June 2023 <x-apple-data-detectors://7>supervised by
Professor Elspeth Brown (Director of the DHN and Professor of Historical
Studies) and Alison Keith (Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute
and Professor of Classics and Women’s Studies). The JHI DH Postdoctoral
Fellow may seek additional research supervision from within UofT
according to their own interests. They will have access to equipment and
collaborative digital working space at JHI. This fellowship award
provides an annual stipend of $56,275 (CAD) plus benefits. The incumbent
is welcome to seek up to two one-semester courses as a sessional
instructor with the appropriate unit(s) at the University of Toronto.
The JHI DH Postdoctoral Fellow will be expected to pursue their own
research relevant to the JHI’s annual theme of Labour.
Eligibility and Attributes
Applicants must have completed their doctorate within five years of the
beginning of the fellowship on 1 July 2022 <x-apple-data-detectors://9>.
Applicants who will defend their thesis before the end of May 2022 are
eligible, but a letter from their supervisor or Chair may be requested.
Any award will be conditional on a successful defense. Applicants who
received their Ph.D. prior to 1 July 2016 are ineligible. Applicants who
are graduates of doctoral programs at the University of Toronto are
eligible. This position is not open to those who hold a tenure-track
position.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellence in
teaching and research and have an established track record in the
digital humanities, with a focus on critical DH. They will understand
the history, development, and current state of the field; be able to
assess institutional processes and policies; be willing to work with a
range of scholars in and outside of their own field; desire to learn and
pursue research in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment; and
be committed to open source development and open access scholarship.
The JHI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities is open to
citizens of all countries. The University of Toronto is strongly
committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes
applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women,
Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ persons, and
others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Engagement as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is
covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.
Procedure
The competition is located
athttps://redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=9TC7NHM4WR9PFXYC
<https://redcap.utoronto.ca/surveys/?s=9TC7NHM4WR9PFXYC>. You will be
asked to upload the following documents in your application (please see
our FAQ for further information about length and content):
1. Letter of Application
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Project proposal
4. Statement of Digital Humanities Research Interest, with specific
reference to work in critical DH
5. Research Sample
All documents must be compiled into a single file in .pdf format. For
further information about formatting and length, please see the FAQ
sheet below.
You will also be asked to provide the names and email addresses of two
referees, whom we will contact to request letters of reference. Your
referees will receive an automated request for their letters, which will
be due on 7 December 2021 <x-apple-data-detectors://12>. Please ask
your referees to watch for our request email.
If you SAVE your file without clicking SUBMIT, you will be able to edit
your application and replace your application document until you click
SUBMIT or the deadline passes. Please submit your application before the
deadline. If you SAVE, you will receive a secret number that will enable
you to re-enter your application.*Please record this number*; JHI staff
will not have access to this information.
Deadline
All applications must be submitted by 30 November 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
(EDT) <x-apple-data-detectors://13>. Faxed, emailed, and paper
applications will not be considered.
Questions?
About the fellowship: contact Professor Elspeth Brown
(atdhn.director /at/ utoronto.ca) <mailto:(dhn.director /at/ utoronto.ca)>
About the application process: contact Dr. Kimberley Yates
(atjhi.associate /at/ utoronto.ca) <mailto:(jhi.associate /at/ utoronto.ca)>
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