PhD Position on Linguistic Representation of Gender in Translated Children's Literature
4 maanden geleden
What are you going to do
?Children's literature plays a crucial role in shaping societal values and cultural norms. Stories serve as a significant means through which beliefs about sociocultural phenomena, such as gender are formed in children. The project Tales and Tongues across Time: A Linguistic Exploration of a Century of Gender Representation in Children's Books in the Netherlands aims to explore how gender representation in the language of children's books has evolved over the past century (-) in the Netherlands. This study will analyze original Dutch books and translations from English and Scandinavian languages, focusing on linguistic elements like pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and verbs to understand changes in gender portrayal over time and and in the process of translation and transcreation. Applying distant reading methods, the research aims to uncover how societal values reflected in language evolve and impact cultural norms.
As a PhD candidate, you will engage in the Tales and Tongues across Time project. You will have the freedom to apply your own interpretation of the research topic. You compile your own corpus and design your own studies within the scope of the project. A more extensive description of the research project is available upon request.
Tasks and responsibilities
submission of a PhD thesis within the period of appointment; compiling a corpus of children's literature conducting computational linguistic analysis on a large corpus; participating in meetings of the research group Corpus based and/or Computational Approaches to Language and Literature (CCALL) and possibly other relevant research groups; publishing one single-authored, peer reviewed article; presenting intermediate research results at workshops and conferences; organising knowledge dissemination activities; (co-)teaching courses at BA-level in the second and third year of the appointment (maximum 0,2 fte per year); participation in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities PhD training programmes.What do you have to offer?
You demonstrate a genuine interest and enthusiasm for the research topic. You actively seek out resources, tools, and knowledge to advance the research project and quickly adapt to new methodologies, tools, and research directions. You do not give up easily and you have a positive attitude in the face of setbacks or challenges. You use feedback constructively to improve and advance your research. You carefully and critically review data, analyses, and written work. You are able to present research findings at meetings, conferences, and in written publications in a clear way, making complex concepts accessible to both academic and general audiences. You can balance multiple tasks and deadlines.
Your experience and profile
Candidates need to have the following qualifications:
a completed Master's degree in translation studies, linguistics, literary studies or a related field. You may apply if you have not yet completed your Master's degree only if you provide a signed letter from your university stating that you have met all requirements to obtain your master’s degree and will graduate before 30 November ; excellent research skills demonstrated by an outstanding Master's thesis and a demonstrable capacity to develop a track record of publishing in high-ranking journals and/or with leading presses; interest in and willingness to learn how to apply distant reading methods; ability to work independently and a strong cooperative attitude; enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences; good command of Dutch, English and at least one other language (preferably Swedish or another Scandinavian language).Experience with computational research and/or digital humanities is an advantage.
Please note that if you already hold a doctorate/PhD or are working towards obtaining a similar degree elsewhere, you will not be admitted to a doctoral programme at the UvA.
What can we offer you?
We offer a temporary employment contract for the period of 48 months. The first contract will be for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months, contingent on a positive performance evaluation within the first 12 months. The employment contract is for 38 hours a week. The preferred starting date is 01 December .
Your salary is in the first year of the employment contract € 2, and in the last year a maximum of € 3, gross per month on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. Favourable tax agreements may apply to applicants moving from abroad. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.
What else do we offer?
PhD candidates receive a tuition fee waiver; PhD candidates have free access to courses offered by the Graduate School of Humanities and the Dutch National Research Schools; excellent possibilities for further professional development and education; an inspiring academic and international work environment in the heart of Amsterdam; an enthusiastic and professional academic team.-
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