The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is offering for the externally funded project "QuantiSlav" as of October 1, 2022 a
Post-Doc or Master’s level position (m/f/d)
E 13 TV-L | part-time (75 %)
Provided that the corresponding third-party funds are made available, the employment can take place maximally until the end of the project (September 30, 2025), if the corresponding conditions are met. Place of employment is Munich.
The BAdW conducts innovative long-term research in the Humanities and Natural Sciences. It networks scholars internationally and interdisciplinarily, impacts politics and society with its expertise, promotes young scientists and informs the public about current scientific findings.
Duties of this position include:
- Creating learning materials via digital means and quantitative methods for the analysis of Church Slavonic texts, e.g., in Jupyter notebook format.
- Teaching language technology for text-based historical research and data skills at (online) block seminars
- Applying language technology methods for the analysis of Slavic medieval writing, e.g. for dating and localization of texts from digital collections of different periods and regions of the 'Slavia Orthodoxa’
- Publishing and presenting scientific papers.
Your profile:
- Completed university studies in computational linguistics or natural language processing or another relevant technical area or have equivalent expertise,
- PhD desirable
- Experience in teaching and historical text processing desirable
- Knowledge of at least one Slavic language, as well as German or English
- Team player
- Willing to make regular regular business trips.
What we offer:
- Diverse fields of development and challenging tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom
- Professional development through regular and wide-ranging training opportunities
- Attractive work-life balance thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work on a mobile basis
- Attractive social benefits: e.g. a company pension scheme, discounted tickets for local public transport and capital-forming benefits.
The BAdW is a member of the Diversity Charter and is committed to the diversity of its employees. We support the compatibility of work, family and care. Equal opportunities are of particular importance to the Academy. People with disabilities are given preference in employment if they have equivalent qualifications. The Academy is characterized by the diversity of its employees and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ideology or ethnic origin.
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We look forward to receiving your application, sent as a single PDF file (max. 5 MB) to bewerbungen(a)badw.de.
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Ms. Balk/Mrs. Wagner (089/23031-1137 or -1327).
Your questions regarding the content of the position will be answered by Dr. Piroska Lendvai (piroska.lendvai(a)badw-muenchen.de).