PhD Position: MEMORISE: Virtualisation and Multimodal Exploration of Heritage on Nazi Persecution

Employment

0.8 - 1.0 FTE

Gross monthly salary

€ 2,541 - € 3,247

Required background

Research University Degree

Organizational unit

Faculty of Arts

Application deadline

24 June 2023

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This PhD Project is part of the EU-funded Horizon programme MEMORISE: Virtualisation and Multimodal Exploration of Heritage on Nazi Persecution. The aim of MEMORISE is to create a comprehensive infrastructure to preserve and enhance heritage on Nazi persecution, supporting easy access to, exploration of, and engagement with this heritage. The PhD project will look specifically at on-site and virtual visits of heritage sites. Its aim is to develop an educational concept to evaluate the benefits and limitations of existing user interfaces for learning about and engaging with heritage on Nazi persecution. The outcome will also be relevant for other types of memorial sites and creative industries.
This PhD project analyses existing approaches that utilise automated computation and virtual and augmented reality techniques to engage with history in general and Holocaust memory in particular. The project develops and tests an educational concept based on reviewing existing educational approaches in Holocaust education and media literacy fields and evaluates best-practice approaches, learning principles and heuristics. This offers new approaches to learning about complex heritage through digital technologies. The project will test the concept with pilots at memorial sites and will evaluate the usability of the virtual environments, the search infrastructure and the educational concepts. 
This PhD project is a collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science of Radboud University. Prof. Paul Verschure (Faculty of Science) is the principal investigator of the MEMORISE project and first supervisor for this PhD track. Dr Edwin van Meerkerk (Faculty of Arts) will act as daily supervisor of the PhD candidate. The PhD candidate will therefore be principally embedded in the Faculty of Arts.
As a PhD candidate, your primary goal will be the completion of a PhD thesis within the contract period. In addition, there will be other tasks and duties to fulfil, such as participating in meetings of the project research group(s), presenting intermediate research results at workshops and conferences, and participating in staff meetings of the Radboud Cultural Studies programme and the intellectual life of the department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH). Finally, as a PhD candidate, you will write a PhD thesis, participate in the Graduate School for the Humanities - which includes taking courses for approx. six months - and provide six months of academic service to the Faculty of Arts at Radboud University.
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• You have completed an RMA, MA or MPhil degree in the Social Sciences, Education or the Humanities with an MA thesis of high quality with a grade of at least 8.0 on a ten-point scale, or a comparable assessment (if the degree has not yet been obtained at the time of application, a statement by your thesis supervisor should confirm that you will have obtained it by the start date).
• You possess well-developed research skills, including the ability to formulate relevant and creative research questions and hypotheses, descriptive and analytical skills, and a clear and persuasive style of writing.
• You have an excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 level).
• You have excellent competency in the methodology of social science research.
• You are an independent thinker and a team player.
• You have grit.

We are

The Faculty of Arts is committed to knowledge production with a significant scientific and social impact. With over 500 academic and support staff, we teach and conduct research in the fields of history and art, languages and cultures, and linguistics and communication, using innovative methodologies and working in close collaboration between the disciplines. Our research is embedded in two research institutes: the Centre for Language Studies (CLS) and the Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH). We currently have approximatively 2,500 students, enrolled in three departments: the Department of History, Art History and Classics, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, and the Department of Language and Communication. We aim to contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive world, which is why we especially seek applications from candidates who bring diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skills that will be assets to our study programmes and research profiles.

Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!
We offer

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €2,541 and a maximum of €3,247 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale P ).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract) or 3.5 years (5 year contract).
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services . Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions
Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions . You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.
Would you like more information?
For questions about the position, please contact dr. Suzanne van de Liefvoort, coordinator Graduate School for the Humanities at +31 243 61 55 59 or gshcoordinator@let.ru.nl .
Practical information and applying
You can apply until 24 June 2023, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to dr. Suzanne van de Liefvoort. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation.
• Your CV.

The first round of interviews will take place on Tuesday 25 July 2023. You would preferably begin employment on 01 September 2023.
We can imagine you're curious about our application procedure . It offers a rough outline of what you can expect during the application process, how we handle your personal data and how we deal with internal and external candidates.
Apply now Application deadline 24 June 2023

We would like to recruit our new colleague ourselves. Acquisition in response to this vacancy will not be appreciated.

Dr Liefvoort, S.J.A.G. van de (Suzanne)
coordinator Graduate School for the Humanities
suzanne.vandeliefvoort@ru.nl +31 243 61 55 59
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