Announcement – digital humanities asia @ stanford university

DHAsia Postdoc Application Now Open

tsmullaney — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:47:39 +0000

Position, Digital Humanities Asia Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University

The Digital Humanities Asia (DHAsia) program at Stanford University invites applications for a 12-month Postdoctoral position during the 2017-2018 academic year. This position is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program, with further support provided by Stanford University. The successful applicant is expected to begin on or by October 1, 2017.

Stanford University is a globally recognized leader in the fields of Digital Humanities, GIS, text analysis, social network analysis, Text Technologies, and natural language processing. The Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR), the Literary Lab, and more attract scholars from around the world who are eager to learn from our experiences and implement our methods. Flagship projects, such as Mapping the Republic of Letters, the Çatalhöyük Living Archive, Kindred Britain, the ORBIS Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World have all begun to reshape not just the methods that we as Humanists bring to bear on our questions, but the very questions we ask.

At home within this rich DH ecology at Stanford, Digital Humanities Asia (DHAsia) seeks to advance a new era in Non-Western Digital Humanities, with a focus on East, South, Southeast, and Inner-Central Asia. We seek energetic and creative applicants who demonstrate innovative thinking and a proactive approach to the questions that digital humanities methods, approaches, tools, and theories raise in their academic disciplines.

STIPEND & BENEFITS
• Stipend & Benefits: The 12-month stipend for this position is $51,600, including full benefits
• Office Space/Workstations: The DHAsia Postdoctoral Associate will enjoy two (2) dedicated workstations, one in the History department and one in the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)
• Undergraduate RA Support: the Postdoctoral Fellow will assist in the hiring of a Stanford undergraduate Research Assistant, who will work under their research direction for up to 5 hours per week during the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms; and then on a full-time basis during the Summer term
• Career Development Assistance: The Postdoctoral fellow will have access to Stanford’s extensive repertoire of career development workshops, to help assist in the candidate’s broader job search process, as relevant

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be affiliated with the Department of History, mentored by Professor Thomas S. Mullaney. Applicants need not hold a PhD in History, however. The Fellow should expect to focus on her/his own research, but also to be well-integrated into the Stanford community and engaging with interested faculty, students, archivists, librarians, and digital technologists. Responsibilities include:
• Pursuit of independent research project within Asian Digital Humanities
• Participation in the intellectual life of DHAsia@Stanford, the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, and the 2017-18 Mellon-funded Seminar Series on Asian Digital Humanities [Note: This seminar will bring to Stanford campus many of the world’s leading scholars of DH working on East, South, Southeast, and Inner/Central Asia.]
• Co-development of DHAsia White Paper, assessing needs, current capacity, and future uses of Asian Digital Humanities
• Interaction with visiting technologists from Silicon Valley and beyond, to help provide input on the development of next-generation DH tools tailored for the particular requirements of Asian Studies research ELIGIBILITY
• Applicants must provide evidence of successful completion of their PhD degree by June 30, 2017, and may not be more than three years beyond the receipt of their PhD at the start of the fellowship. Stanford University doctoral degree recipients are not eligible for this fellowship
• Applicants must have experience in conducting original academic research in Digital Humanities
• Applicants must have relevant/advanced language experience in a Non-Western/Asian language
• Fellow is expected to be in residence at Stanford University during the term of their appointment

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants will be asked to submit the following material electronically (faxed or emailed application materials cannot be considered):
• Cover Letter (2 pages max) describing your research interests to an interdisciplinary search committee • Dissertation Abstract (3 pages max)
• Research Plan for Fellowship Period (5 pages max)
• CV (5 pages max)
• Sample of Written Work (article length/40 pages max)
• Two Confidential Letters of Recommendation (from faculty members or other appropriate sources)

Applications should be submitted via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8685 by 11:59 pm EST on Friday, February 17, 2017.

Only complete applications submitted through the online system will be considered. All applications will be acknowledged. Finalists may be interviewed. Questions about the application process should be directed to DHAsia Director, Thomas S. Mullaney ([email protected]) with the email subject line ‘DHAsia PostDoc Inquiry’.

DHAsia @ Stanford | 2017 Schedule

tsmullaney — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:49:46 +0000

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DHAsia 2017 Residents Announced

tsmullaney — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:00:57 +0000

It is our pleasure to announce the 2017 DHAsia residents.

Song Chen
Anna Greenspan
Priya Kumar
Manu Sobti
Michael Stanley-Baker
Donald Sturgeon
Jeffrey Tharsen

All talks, clinics, and meetings to be held on the campus of Stanford University. Dates and further details coming soon!

Digital Humanities Asia @ Stanford | Complete 2016 Schedule

tsmullaney — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:40:37 +0000

DHAsia 2016 Residents | Mark Your Calendar

tsmullaney — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:00:08 +0000

It is our pleasure to announce the 2016 DHAsia residents. Please mark your calendars and stand by for further details:

All talks, clinics, and meetings to be held on the campus of Stanford University.

Paul Vierthaler joins inaugural DHAsia cohort

tsmullaney — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 15:44:24 +0000

After an intellectually stimulating and challenging process of reviewing a host of tremendously compelling applications, we are delighted to report that Paul Vierthaler has accepted our invitation to take part in DHAsia 2016 as a member of the inaugural cohort of short-term residents. Paul received his PhD in 2014 at Yale University, under the direction of Tina Lu. His dissertation, completed in East Asian Languages and Literatures, is entitled “Quasi-History and Public Knowledge: A Social History of Unofficial Historical Narratives in Late-Ming and Early-Qing China.” During the 2015-2016 year, Paul is serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston College. We are thrilled he is able to take part, and are busily preparing for his residency.

The full schedule for DHAsia 2016 will be announced soon.

Image: Data Visualization by Paul Vierthaler. “Textual Similarity Among Fourteen Chinese Texts.” Modified from Figure 4.3 in Paul Vierthaler, “Quasi-History and Public Knowledge: A Social History of Unofficial Historical Narratives in Late-Ming and Early-Qing China.” Unpublished PhD diss., Yale University, 2014, p. 216. Reproduced with permission.

DHAsia | Call for Proposals

tsmullaney — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:19:15 +0000

DHAsia, a new Digital Humanities initiative at Stanford University, is seeking proposals for its 2016 short-term residency program focused on East, South, Southeast, and Inner/Central Asia.

Directed by Tom Mullaney (Associate Professor of Chinese History), DHAsia is supported by the Stanford University Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), as well as other programs on campus.

Keynote residents during the 2015-16 program include:

– Hilde De Weert, Professor of Chinese History, Leiden University
– Javier Cha, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Sino-Korean Cultural Interactions, Hong Kong University
– Kris Manjapra, Associate Professor of South Asian History, Program Director of the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies Digital Humanities Lab, Tufts University
– Richard Jean So, Assistant Professor of English, the University of Chicago
– Hoyt Long, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, the the University of Chicago

ELIGIBILITY

Scholars working on Asia, in all disciplines and time periods, are welcome to apply. We are particularly eager to invite one (1) early-career candidate, ranging from the advanced PhD level (post-comprehensive/oral examination) through Assistant Professor rank or equivalent.

SUPPORT AND TIMEFRAME

One (1) applicant will be invited to Stanford campus during either Winter or Spring 2016 for an intensive 3-day residency featuring: (a) a 45-minute research talk; (b) a hands-on Digital Humanities clinic for faculty and graduate students (focused on the particular tool/technique/method/platform employed in the scholar’s research); and (c) a schedule of one-on-one meetings with interested faculty and graduate student researchers.

DHAsia will provide the invited resident an honorarium of $800, as well as all travel, lodging, and meals.

The deadline for applications is July 31, 2015. Materials should be submitted via email to [email protected] and must include:

I. Cover letter summarizing field of study, research, and Digital Humanities experience

II. CV

III. Two references including contact information (please do NOT request or provide letters of recommendation – but references may be contacted as part of application review process)

Introducing DHAsia

tsmullaney — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 01:01:59 +0000

DHAsia is a new Digital Humanities initiative at Stanford University focused on East, South, Southeast, and Inner/Central Asia. The program is supported by the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), and is directed by Tom Mullaney.

DHAsia 2016 will center around a series of intellectually intensive 3-day visits by a core group of scholars incorporating three components: (a) a 45-minute talk on their research; (b) a hands-on Digital Humanities clinic for faculty and graduate students (focused on the particular tool/technique/method/platform employed in their work); and (c) a schedule of one-on-one meetings with interested faculty and graduate student researchers.