Project assistant in Digital Humanities at the University of Graz

Dear colleagues, there is currently a job opening at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Graz for a Digital Humanities Project assistant (without doctorate) in the "Liminal Waters" CHANSE project: https://chanse.org/liminalwater/ Please also distribute this information to your networks. Project assistant without PhD (pre-doc), 20 hrs/week, starting in September 2025, until January 2027 (hours could increase in 2026). Essential: * Proficiency in spoken and written German and English (minimum B1) * Experience with a web-based CMS (content management system) * Experience with configuring and administrating a (preferably Linux-based) server * Knowledge of core GIS (Geographic Information Systems) concepts * Basic spreadsheet and desktop publishing skills) * Basic proofreading and copy-editing skills * Basic image editing skills (i.e. resizing and formatting image files) * General understanding of online maps and (online) content creation * International experience (work or study experience abroad) Desirable: * Proficiency in other languages (especially Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, German, Greek, French, and/or Portuguese) * Experience with GIS software experience (ie. ArcGIS or QGIS) * Understanding of taxonomies and categorisation of data * Understanding of uses of audio-visual sources in research (e.g. ethnographic film or ethnographic photography, video essays, PhotoVoice) * Experience with museum collections * Experience of digitization of archival or museum collections If you are interested, please send your application, including a CV and appropriate documentation of the required skills, to the project's PI at the University of Graz, Dr. Yvonne Zivkovic: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (phone +43 316 380 2437), who is also available for further information on the position and the project. The deadline for applications is June 7, 2025. Kind regards, Walter Scholger ____________________ Walter Scholger Institutsmanager | Department Manager Institut für Digitale Geisteswissenschaften | Department of Digital Humanities Universität Graz | University of Graz Elisabethstraße 59/III, A-8010 Graz Tel.: +43/(0)316/380 - 2292 E-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: https://digital-humanities.uni-graz.at<https://digital-humanities.uni-graz.at/>
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Scholger, Walter (walter.scholger@uni-graz.at)