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In our long-term project


„Knowledge Networks in der Medieval Romance-Speaking Europe” (ALMA),
we are offering a

PhD position / position as a research associate
(f/m/d)

 

in the field of Digital Humanities and within the context of medieval French linguistics. 

 

The position (scope: 65%, salary: E 13 TV-L German public sector pay scale) is limited to three years and preferably starts on 1 February 2027. The place of work is Heidelberg.

A doctorate (in cooperation with Heidelberg University or other) is encouraged. 

 

Tasks include contributing to data annotation and processing, to the development of the IT infrastructure, the development of LLM/BERT models for medieval French and possibly medieval Occitan and Italian, and ontology engineering. 

Required:

  • A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in computational linguistics, computer science, or a Humanities discipline with a focus on Digital Humanities
  • Very good command of English or German
  • Reading knowledge of French; familiarity with Old/Middle French or Latin is a plus
  • Programming skills and software development experience (preferably Python)
  • Practical experience with machine learning / NLP, ideally with transformer models (e.g. BERT, LLMs)
  • Strong interest in historical lexicology of the medieval Romance languages based on text corpora
  • Ability and enthusiasm to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team

Desirable:

  • Experience with ontologies or knowledge graphs (RDF, OWL, SKOS)
  • Experience with data annotation, XML/TEI, and corpus tools
  • Experience with IT infrastructure (servers, databases, version control)

We offer:

  • An exciting position at the intersection of humanities research and the latest developments in IT
  • Participation in a complex, interdisciplinary research project
  • Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work (by arrangement)
  • A supportive working environment anda motivated, international team 

Please send your CV and a motivation letter explaining why you are interested in and qualified for the position as a single PDF to verwaltung@hadw-bw.de, reference number 04/2026.

Application Deadline: Review of applications begins on 01 December 2026; the position remains open until filled.

Website: https://www.hadw-bw.de/alma.

For questions, please contact sabine.tittel@hadw-bw.de. 


We welcome applications from all genders. The HAdW is committed to increasing the proportion of women in research and particularly encourages suitably qualified female researchers to apply. Candidates with disabilities will be given preferential consideration in cases of equal qualification.