Call for applications: PhD research fellowship on Sustainably Don(n)e: Responsible Development of Digital Resources Literary Studies

The Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan invites applications for a PhD research fellowship on Sustainably Don(n)e: Responsible Development of Digital Resources Digital Resources in Literary Studies. Applicants to the PhD program should propose a PhD thesis related to some aspect of this project. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:

·         John Donne and adjacent authors and topics

·         Literature and culture in early modern manuscript miscellany collections

·         Implementations of digital tools and methods in literary research

·         Digital humanities and scholarly editing/archival collections

·         The implications of emerging and changing infrastructure on humanities research

The successful candidate will be part of a team of Canadian and International scholars and will work locally with a support team in the Digital Research Centre in the USask Library. They will also be part of the INKE: Implementing New Knowledge Environments partnership (inke.ca).

The level of funding will depend on the quality of the candidate’s application and will include funding for travel to and participation in conferences and digital humanities workshops. Facility with Latin and advanced skills in computing will be particularly valuable, but not essential.

Please follow the Department of English guidelines for application, which can be found at https://artsandscience.usask.ca/english/students/graduates/applications.php.  In the application, please specify that you are applying for this position and provide a substantial description of your research interests as they relate to the project and associated themes. This fellowship is contingent on funding.

For more information specifically about this research fellowship, please contact Brent Nelson at brent.nelson@usask.ca. The deadline for complete applications is February 1, 2025.

University of Saskatchewan is Located on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis. We pay our respect to the First Nations and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another.

Upcoming talk: Sustainably Don(n)e: Taking Care of Digital Literary Resources

More information on next steps in the planning process for developing our Digital Donne resources is forthcoming, but in the meantime, I will be giving this talk offering some preliminary thoughts and introducing a nascent partnership to address the question of how we can build our resources sustainably. If you happen to be in Saskatoon, we would love to see you there; and for our partners and interested parties abroad and elsewhere, we hope to produce a recording, so watch this space for more.