ERC Postdoctoral Researcher

Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) is seeking to
appoint an ERC Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Invisible East research
programme.





**About the role**



You will be reporting to the Principal Investigator (PI) Dr Arezou Azad and be
member of the Invisible East research programme. The project explores the
nuances of Islamisation during the first 500 years of Islamic rule in the
Islamicate East (a vast area that stretches from Islam to Tibet and includes
parts of the modern states of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and of the wider
Central Asian region). Project activities include the analysis and
digitisation of a variety of texts, principally documents written in Persian
and Arabic, most of which reflect everyday, local use – from receipts to
personal letters to legal opinions – and others are literary in nature.





This is a full-time position (part-time hours, a minimum of 0.8FTE, will be
considered), available on a fixed-term contract.





**About you**



You will be responsible for carrying out research on medieval writing and
material culture in the Islamicate East and its connections with the history
of language and multicultural encounters. You will contribute to building an
online digital corpus of documents written in Persian, Arabic, Bactrian,
Pahlavi, Hebrew and other languages of the medieval Islamicate East, and will
edit a volume for a new book series on the Islamicate East with Edinburgh
University Press, under the supervision of the PI. You will have expertise in
a language of the Islamicate world, and knowledge of the history and
civilisations of Islamicate world.





**About us**



OUDCE provides opportunities for people from a wide variety of backgrounds to
benefit from the University’s rich and unique resources. We are ambitious and
forward-thinking, with a strong sense of identity and community. Our mission
is to inspire people locally, nationally and globally by extending access to
Oxford’s world-class teaching and resources through flexible and inclusive
opportunities for study and research.





Colleagues uphold the uphold the Mission, Vision and Values of the Department
and actively promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion.





**What we offer**



Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of
family friendly and financial benefits including:





• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days’ annual leave



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans





**Application process**



You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and
the details of two referees as part of your online application.





To make informal enquiries about the post please contact
arezou.azad@ames.ox.ac.uk





The closing date for applications is 12 noon on **Tuesday 2 April ****2024**.





Bring your expertise to the University of Oxford and be a part of a community
that values creativity, diversity, and excellence.





_The University of Oxford is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes
applications from individuals regardless of their background._