Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
- Department
- Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM)
- 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 an EU programme
- Reference Number
- 2022.01957.PTDC / CESEM
- 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 6 months and is non-renewable. The expected starting date is 1st July 2022.
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: 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-b-01 – 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
a) 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
For further information on ECHOES (2022.01957.PTDC) and this job post, please contact the project PI, Dr. Elsa De Luca (elsadeluca@fcsh.unl.pt).
Requirements
- Research Field
- Other
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Holder of a MA in Musicology or equivalent and enrolment in a Doctorate in Musicology or equivalent.
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
The research fellowship corresponds to €1.199,64 monthly.
The selection methods 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);
b) optional interview, carried out by decision of the jury.
In the event of an interview, the weighting of each of the selection methods, a) and b), will be 50%.
The candidates short listed for the online interview will be notified by email. The final results, in the form of a list ordered according to the points obtained by each candidate, will be published on the CESEM website (http://cesem.fcsh.unl.pt), and the successful candidate will be notified by email.
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;
substitute member: Zuelma Chaves, FCT-funded PhD Scholar.
Draft_ scholarship_contract: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Contrato_Bolsa.pdf
Draft_Final report to be prepared by the grantee: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Relatorio_%20final_bolseiro.pdf
Draft_Final report to be prepared by the supervisor:
https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Relatorio_final_a_elaborar_pelo_Orientador_Cientifico.pdf
- Website for additional job details
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM)
- Country
- Portugal
- State/Province
- Campus de Campolide
- City
- Lisbon
Where to apply
- cesem@fcsh.unl.pt
Contact
- City
- Lisboa
- Website
- Street
- Av. de Berna, 26 C
- Postal Code
- 1069-061