The Faculty of Arts at Umeå University has advertised a total of 25 Ph.D. positions. At least ten of these positions have a digital humanities inflection. They are based on a double affiliation model, where the candidate is primarily based at a department and discipline with a secondary affiliation to HUMlab.
The digital humanities positions are within the following disciplines:
- Educational Work with a focus on Art Education, Music, Dance or Sloyd (3 PhD students, 2 DH).
- English Literature (1 PhD student)
- English, General, Russian or Scandinavian Linguistics (1 DH PhD student).
- Environmental Archaeology, with Digital Humanities orientation (1 PhD student).
- Environmental Archaeology within the MOBIMA–Mobile Imaging in Archaeology (1 PhD student).
- Ethnology with Digital Humanities orientation (1 PhD student).
- History with Digital Humanities orientation (1 PhD student)
- History of Science and Ideas with Digital Humanities orientation(1 PhD student).
- Media and Communication Studies -specializing in Digital Humanities or Media History or Streaming Media (3 PhD students).
- Religious Studies with a focus on didactics with Digital Humanities orientation (1 PhD student).
- Sami Studies(at least 1 DH)
Here is a link (http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/5-246--264-14.html#eng) to the formal announcement with links to the departments and the departmental information. Please contact the listed people if you do not find enough information in English. Deadline for applications: March 31, 2014.
The positions are full-time, salaried positions based at departments and disciplines across the humanities. It is essentially like having a proper job, although time limited for four years. The position can be extended to five years depending on teaching and other extra-Ph.D. work (this is normally not a requirement though). Candidates are expected to be active in the intellectual milieu and contribute to their department and HUMlab.
