Post-doctoral scholarship in international mobility on the BICROSS project

Project

BICROSS is an interdisciplinary project linking Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Gothic, Armenian and Arabic philology, New Testament textual criticism, manuscript studies, ancient history and digital humanities. The project investigates bilingual New Testament manuscripts from the 4th century to the 15th century. It aims at establishing the significance of bilingual manuscripts for the formation and transmission of New Testament texts by uncovering mutual exchange and cross-language interaction through a multilingual approach. The project assesses bilingual manuscripts as artefacts (codicology) and analyse their texts by means of digital tools in order to classify their readings and relationships.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will contribute to the project’s objective of assessing bilingual NT manuscript by means of digital tools of digital tools in order to conduct cross-language examinations and interpretations. The work of the candidate is expected to build directly on the candidate’s previous knowledge and expertise.

The successful candidate will

• assess bilingual manuscripts using digital tools within an individually designed work package that reflects the candidate’s prior computational research and experience with New Testament manuscripts.
• explore and, where appropriate, develop digital tools tailored to the specific needs of a bilingual tradition.
• investigate and compare bilingual manuscripts textually, including morphological, syntactic, and semantic analyses. This may involve digitally transcribing, studying, and analysing bilingual manuscripts and their text using electronic transcription tools and databases.
• work independently to achieve the project's goals.
• present research findings at international and national conferences and colloquia and publish research results at the highest scientific level.

Profile

The successful candidate

Offer

We are offering a scholarship in an intellectually challenging and inspiring environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied research. It is highly inter- and multidisciplinary focused and strives for international excellence.

The postdoctoral researcher is scheduled to start on 1 December 2025. The project team is led by Prof. Christina M. Kreinecker.

Interested?

Your application should include (and be limited to) the following attachment(s) :

letter of motivation (max. 1 page);

curriculum vitae including details of computational skills;

outline of the work planned during the scholarship with a clear link to the BICROSS project and the profile of this vacancy (max. 2 pages).

Applications for this job are possible until 17 July 2025 via the KU Leuven online application tool.

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