37.3526, Support: Gallo-Romance, Italian Romance; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600), Occitan (post 1500), Old French (842-ca. 1400); Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics: PhD, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Subject: 37.3526, Support: Gallo-Romance, Italian Romance; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600), Occitan (post 1500), Old French (842-ca. 1400); Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics: PhD, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Date: 26-Oct-2026
From: Sabine Tittel [sabine.tittel at hadw-bw.de]
Subject: Gallo-Romance, Italian Romance; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600), Occitan (post 1500), Old French (842-ca. 1400); Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Semantics: PhD, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities


Institution/Organization: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities
Department: Knowledge Networks in Medieval Romance Speaking Europe
(ALMA)
Web Address: https://www.hadw-bw.de/alma

Level: PhD

Duties: Research, Project Work

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics;
Semantics
Required Language(s): Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm)
                      Occitan (post 1500) (oci, occi1239)
                      Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro, oldf1239)
                      Gallo-Romance
                      Italian Romance (ital1287)

Description:

In our long-term research project
“Knowledge Networks in Medieval Romance-Speaking Europe” (ALMA),
we are offering a
PhD position / position as a research associate
(f/m/d)
in the field of Digital Humanities and within the context of medieval
French linguistics.
The position (scope: 65%, salary: E 13 TV-L German public sector pay
scale) is limited to three years and preferably starts on 1 February
2027. The place of work is Heidelberg.
A doctorate (in cooperation with Heidelberg University or other) is
encouraged.
Tasks include contributing to data annotation and processing, to the
development of the IT infrastructure, the development of LLM/BERT
models for medieval French and possibly medieval Occitan and Italian,
and ontology engineering.
Required:
 - A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in computational linguistics,
computer science, or a Humanities discipline with a focus on Digital
Humanities
 - Very good command of English or German
 - Reading knowledge of French; familiarity with Old/Middle French or
Latin is a plus
 - Programming skills and software development experience (preferably
Python)
 - Practical experience with machine learning / NLP, ideally with
transformer models (e.g. BERT, LLMs)
 - Strong interest in historical lexicology of the medieval Romance
languages based on text corpora
 - Ability and enthusiasm to work collaboratively in an
interdisciplinary team
Desirable:
 - Experience with ontologies or knowledge graphs (RDF, OWL, SKOS)
 - Experience with data annotation, XML/TEI, and corpus tools
 - Experience with IT infrastructure (servers, databases, version
control)
We offer:
 - An exciting position at the intersection of humanities research and
the latest developments in IT
 - Participation in a complex, interdisciplinary research project
 - Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work (by
arrangement)
 - A supportive working environment and a motivated, international
team
Please send your CV and a motivation letter explaining why you are
interested in and qualified for the position as a single PDF to
verwaltung at hadw-bw.de, reference number 04/2026.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins on 01 December
2026; the position remains open until filled.
Website: https://www.hadw-bw.de/alma.
For questions, please contact sabine.tittel at hadw-bw.de.
We welcome applications from all genders. The HAdW is committed to
increasing the proportion of women in research and particularly
encourages suitably qualified female researchers to apply. Candidates
with disabilities will be given preferential consideration in cases of
equal qualification.

Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2026
Application Instructions:
Please apply per email, thank you.

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Karlstraße 4
        D - 69117 Heidelberg
        Germany
Web Address for Applications: https://www.hadw-bw.de/alma
Email Address for Applications: sabine.tittel at hadw-bw.de

Contact Information:
Sabine Tittel
Contact Email: sabine.tittel at hadw-bw.de


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