34.148, Jobs: Latin; Ling & Literature: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts, Harvard University

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Subject: 34.148, Jobs: Latin; Ling & Literature: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts, Harvard University

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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 01:49:32
From: Christopher Preheim [cpreheim at oeb.harvard.edu]
Subject: Latin; Ling & Literature: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

 
University or Organization: Harvard University 
Department: Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA 
Web Address: https://heb.fas.harvard.edu/
Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Ling & Literature 

Required Language(s): Latin (lat)

Description:

We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational
approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project
on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year
full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one
additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich
(Harvard University; Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab), and co-PI,
Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University), the position will entail close
collaboration with the Quantitative Criticism Lab, co-directed by Joseph
Dexter (Harvard University) and Pramit Chaudhuri (University of Texas at
Austin). The aim of the project is to develop computational methods for the
study of diachronic changes in psychology based on current research in the
social sciences and recent advances in computational text analysis for Latin
and other pre-modern languages. The work forms part of a larger
multi-institutional project, funded by the Templeton Foundation, entitled
“Religion, Family Structure and the Origins of Individual Freedom and Economic
Prosperity.” 

The successful applicant will join a cross-disciplinary, highly collaborative
team of humanists, social/life scientists, and data scientists; this position
will contribute to the team through expertise in natural language processing,
corpus linguistics, computational literary studies, digital humanities, or a
related area. Experience in Latin language and literature is desirable, but
interested applicants who have worked on other literary traditions, or on text
mining of large English corpora, are strongly encouraged to apply and will
receive full consideration. Other desired but optional areas of experience
include one or more of the following: cultural analytics, cultural evolution,
history of ideas, and lexicography. The fellow will have no teaching
responsibilities. 

Basic Qualifications:  
 - A Ph.D. in a computational, statistical, linguistic, or literary field is
required; possible disciplines include (but are not limited to) anthropology,
applied mathematics, bioinformatics, classics, cognitive science, comparative
literature, computer science, English, evolutionary biology, information
science, linguistics, psychology, and statistics. 
 - By the start date of the position, applicants should either have the Ph.D.
in hand or be able to provide certification from their home institution that
all degree requirements have been fulfilled. 
 - The Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab space is based at Harvard
University; residence near Cambridge during the fellowship period is preferred
but not required.

Applicants should submit the following materials by February 15, 2023:
 - Cover letter describing their interest in the position and any relevant
prior work;
 - CV;
 - Short (1-3 page) summary of past and current research interests, which
gives particular attention to any computational work and includes links to a
GitHub page or other online coding portfolio, if available;
 - Writing sample of not more than 30 pages;
 - Names and contact information of three referees (letters will be requested
only for short-listed candidates)



Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2023 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11991 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Joseph Dexter 
	Email: jdexter at fas.harvard.edu 


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