Corpus Christi College is seeking to appoint a stipendiary Junior Research Fellow in Hebrew Palaeography, tenable for two years with effect from 1 August 2024. The appointee will engage in internationally recognized research at the postdoctoral level.
The appointee will work on the project HebrewPal – Digital Hebrew Palaeography Album which is a part of the ERC-Synergy Project MiDRASH (Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script).
The salary will be in the range £33,966 – 38,205 per annum plus research allowable expenses of £2,866 per annum (as at August 2023). The appointment will be pensionable under the USS scheme.
Applicants will normally be expected to have submitted for a higher research degree before taking up the post. The post is an early career position and post-doctoral candidates will normally be within six years of a viva.
The appointee will be based at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, OX1 4JF and the Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
For full details of the post, its conditions, and the application process click here.
Applications should be sent electronically as pdfs, saved in the format surname_letter.pdf, to the Academic Registrar at college.office@ccc.ox.ac.uk to arrive no later than Midday on 27 May and should include:
a) The cover sheet, available to download here.
b) A covering letter or statement explaining how you meet the selection criteria set out above.
c) A 1,000 word description of present and future research interests.
c) A full CV and publications list.
d) A completed equal opportunity monitoring form, available to download here.
In case of difficulty, please email the Academic Registrar at college.office@ccc.ox.ac.uk.
Applications are particularly welcome from women and Black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.
The College is an equal opportunities employer.