Vacancies

Post Title: Speaking the 1641 Depositions (Inter-disciplinary Ph.D. Studentship)
Post Status: Four years, fully-funded (EU and non-EU)
Discipline/School/Faculty: Centre for Language and Communication Studies / School of Histories and Humanities
Closing Date: Friday 6th August, 2010

Innovation Bursary Ph.D. Studentship: Speaking the 1641 Depositions

This innovative project under the theme of "Digital Humanities and Sustainable Records" will attract candidates who are interested in independent and advanced research linking speech synthesis and important historical documents. It will involve application of advanced linguistic and statistical methods using the latest tools and technologies, for the analysis and rendering into speech of large bodies of annotated historical text.

The project will last for four years. A stipend of €16,000 per year, research costs and coverage of fees, etc., will be offered.

Applicants will have a background in either history or computing. They will have keen analytical skills and will join a small team of researchers with similar interests in the way people speak and present information. The appointee will be especially interested in expressing personality through speech synthesis, and in attempting to render historical texts in order to express character through the synthesised voices.

Further information is available from: www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/InnovationBursaries/

Candidates will have an excellent academic record such as a postgraduate qualification, or a II.1 or higher in a relevant primary degree.

Candidates are asked to apply online via PAC (www.pac.ie/tcd) with a covering letter, a full CV to include the names and contact details of 2 referees, and academic transcripts.

Email contact for informal enquiries:

Prof. Nick Campbell (nick@tcd.ie) or Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer (ohlmeyej@tcd.ie)

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