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→ Number of positions: 1
→ Type of employment: Contract of limited duration
→ Term of assignment: 3 months
→ Wage scale: WM1 to WM4 (master degree or doctoral degree)
→ Required diploma:Master or PhD
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For this project, you will work as part of the “AlUla Inscriptions Corpus Analysis Project (AICAP).” This is a four-year collaboration between Ghent University and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), which started in May 2024. The project will develop an online, accessible, long-term database of the inscriptions documented by the RCU in the AlUla County, in Saudi Arabia. The inscriptions include texts from as early as the 6th century BC up to modern Arabic graffiti.
The goal of the project is to digitize and analyze the thousands of inscriptions that the RCU collected to understand and share AlUla's rich, intercultural history through the inscriptions of its historical residents and visitors, while also shedding new light on, among others, Ancient North Arabian languages and Arabic. The project will also contribute to capacity building and public outreach programming in AlUla.
YOUR TASKS
Outreach and education are important and highly valued elements of the AICAP project. As a part of AICAP‘s outreach program the project will put together an online exhibition to highlight the inscriptions from AlUla County. As curator for this exhibition, you will be responsible for selecting the materials to be displayed in the online exhibition, and for creating narrative scripting around the objects, with the input of the different researchers that work on the different languages represented in the corpus. Since the corpus mostly consists of graffiti, and includes few monumental inscriptions, the narrative scripting of the exhibition will play an important role in the presentation of the exhibition.
- You will contribute to the selection of the objects for the online exhibition in collaboration with different stakeholders,
- You will be responsible for putting together a narrative that will contextualize and highlight the selected objects,
- You will collaborate with the IT-team to organize and shape the online exhibition website,
- You will collaborate with the IT-team to text the exhibition website.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- You hold a Master’s degree in archaeology or the history of the Ancient Near East (Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabian Peninsula), art history of the region, or a related field of study.
- You have demonstrable knowledge of the history of the region,
- You have demonstrable experience organizing and developing historical/archaeological exhibitions,
- You are creative and have a passion for telling stories centering objects,
- You preferably have experience organizing online exhibitions,
- Your written and spoken English is sufficient for effective communication,
- A level of Arabic that will allow you to offer the exhibition texts in Arabic as well as in English is highly valued for this position.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
- We offer you a contract of definite duration for the period of three months.
- Your contract will start on 1/10/2025 at the earliest.
- Your remuneration will be determined by salary scale WM1 to WM4 (if you hold a Master’s degree) or salary scale PD1 to PD4 (if you hold a doctorate). Click here for more information about our salary scales.
- The opportunity to work as part of an international team on newly discovered epigraphic material.
- All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits.
INTERESTED?
Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late applications or applications that are not submitted through the online system.
Your application must include the following documents:
- In the field ‘CV’: your CV (merged into one pdf file)
- In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
- In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of the required degree (if already in your possession). If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
- In the field “other documents”: the contact information of three referees, if you are selected for an interview, we will ask you to supply their letters of recommendation.
Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.
As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Fokelien Kootstra-Ford ([email protected]). Important: do NOT send your application by email, but apply online
Do you have a question regarding the online application process? Please read the FAQ or contact us via [email protected] or +32 9 264 34 36
