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Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
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STATUS: EXPIRED
29 Sep 2023

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Research Field
Other
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Portugal
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number
research fellowship (BI) ECHOES
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Call for the attribution of one (1) research fellowship (BI) within the scope of the Project Echoes from the Past: Unveiling a Lost Soundscape with Digital Analysis(ECHOES) (2022.01957.PTDC), financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).

 

The research fellowship’s duration is 24 months and is non-renewable. The expected starting date is 1st January 2024.

 

Working plan: The research fellow will assist the research team in carrying out the tasks performed during the term of the project; he/she will also actively participate in other activities of CESEM. Specifically, the selected candidate 1) will study the plainchant sources from Braga and catalogue them in the Portuguese Early Music Database; 2) prepare the musicological material that will serve as basis for the automatic analysis. The latter task will be performed jointly with the PI of the project.

Researcher Profiles: Holder of a MA in Musicology or equivalent and enrolment in a Doctorate in Musicology or equivalent.

Research fields: Historical Musicology.

The candidate must send an application letter, including identification and contact details, accompanied by the following documents: (1) Curriculum Vitae, (2) certificate of enrolment in a PhD, certificates of qualifications and, optionally, (3) other documents that the candidate considers relevant.

 

In the case of academic degrees obtained in foreign higher education institutions, it is necessary to present the recognition of the degrees obtained, in accordance with DL Nº 66/2018, of August 16; or, in the absence of recognition at the time of application, declaration under oath that the candidate will provide this this recognition before contracting the Scholarship in case one is the selected candidate.

 

However, it is mandatory to present the acknowledgment by the time the scholarship is contracted.

 

Applications should be sent by e-mail to cesem@fcsh.unl.pt, with the reference “BI- Digital plainchant - ECHOES” in the subject line.

 

In compliance with the provisions of article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the FCT (Reg. n.º 950/2019):

  • Research fellowship (BI) for a PhD student
  1. Being enrolled in a PhD.

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries require registration by a Portuguese institution, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25. The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signature of the contract. More information can be obtained at https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

 

Applicable legislation and regulation: Law n.º 40/2004, of August 18 (Statute of Scientific Research Fellows), as amended by Decree-Law n.º 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Research Grants Regulation, available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968

Required Educatio: Holder of a MA in Musicology or equivalent and enrolment in a Doctorate in Musicology or equivalent.

Where to apply

E-mail
cesem@fcsh.unl.pt

Requirements

Research Field
Other
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Specific Requirements

Preferential requirements: 1) area of specialization in Historical Musicology; 2) previous experience in inventory/cataloguing of musical sources; 3) willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team of historical musicologists and IT specialists to learn new techniques for digital analysis in the area of early music.

Additional Information

Benefits

The research fellowship corresponds to €1.199,64 monthly, according to the table of scholarships awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in Portugal. (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). Added to this amount is the voluntary social insurance corresponding to the first category, if the candidate so chooses, as well as a personal accident insurance.

Selection process

The selection method will be the following:

a) curriculum evaluation, on a grading scale from 0 to 10, with weighting of the academic background (0-5 points) and the preferential requirements (0-5 points).

 

 

After the provisional list of assessment results has been communicated, candidates have a period of 10 working days to give their opinion, if they wish, at a prior hearing of interested parties, in accordance with articles 121 et seq. of the Code of Administrative Procedure. The final decision must be taken no later than 60 working days after the conclusion of the prior hearing of interested parties or the public consultation. A complaint can be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal can be lodged with the highest executive body of the funding body within 30 working days, both after the respective notification

 

Composition of the jury:

President: Elsa De Luca, PI of ECHOES;

1st member: Manuel Pedro Ferreira, University Professor;

2nd member: Alberto Medina de Seiça, Integrated Researcher;

substitute member: Svetlana Poliakova, Assistant Professor.

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM)
Country
Portugal
Street
Campus de Campolide
Geofield

Contact

City
Lisboa
Website
Street
Av. de Berna, 26 C
Postal Code
1069-061

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