Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Position in Cultural Heritage Knowledge Integration in Ocean and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador

Location: St. John's, NL, Canada
Compensation:  http://munfa.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Appendix-D.2_CA-19-20.pdf

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Memorial University is home to over 200 researchers in fifteen academic departments, and contains the Maritime History Archive (MHA) and the Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA). Both of these are internationally significant archives; the MHA is one of the world's largest repositories of materials related to global waged workers from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century; MUNFLA is one of the oldest and largest archives of intangible cultural heritage. The Faculty houses a full range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, diplomas, and certificates, including interdisciplinary, international, and co-operative education models.

Many of our programs include research and training in cultural heritage and ocean and maritime studies, while directly engaging with archives. The successful candidate may work with Memorial University's CREAIT Network, our branch of Canada's RDC, and other research centres such as the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place.

The Faculty places strong emphasis on the cultural and social heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is keenly interested in issues of social justice, reconciliation, and respectful collaborative relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities. Among its key areas of inquiry are life in the North Atlantic, diverse ocean and maritime cultures, and what it means to live near, on, or by the sea.

Memorial University is the largest university in Atlantic Canada. As the province's only university, Memorial plays an integral role in the educational and cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador. Offering diverse undergraduate and graduate programs to over 18,000 students, Memorial University provides a distinctive and stimulating environment for research and learning in St. John's; a safe, affordable, friendly city with great historic charm, a vibrant cultural life, and easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities.


Description and Duties    

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Memorial University invites applications to the highly prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program with specialization in Cultural Heritage Knowledge Integration in Ocean and Maritime Studies. The CERC 2022 Competition aims to attract world-leading research talent to Canada with the high potential to generate social and economic benefits via their research aligned with priority areas of Canadian science, technology, and innovation (ST&I). The allocation to this non-renewable position is $500k/year for 8 years for a total of $4M, with all funds available to the applicant for research activities. The CERC recipient will be appointed to a full-time tenure-stream faculty position.

See attached job ad for full details and links to CERC documents.

Qualifications
    
The successful candidate will be an established, internationally recognized leader in their field. They will be expected to create an externally funded research program, and provide expertise and leadership in the development of digital infrastructure and methods which foster the long lasting transformation of institutional archives into digital data stores offering new computational modes of access to extensive world-class archival holdings. The candidate should have expertise in one or more areas and fields related to knowledge integration of cultural holdings, such as:

archival and information sciences;

digital repositories as well as their design and architectures;

large scale digitization, data mining, and information retrieval;

and linked open data and application programming interfaces.

This should be in combination with expertise in digital humanities and on the diverse multi- cultural socio-economic histories of ocean & maritime Indigenous and colonial societies and cultures of the 19th through 21st centuries. The candidate should have a proven record of building collaborative research networks combining archival, historical, computational, and information science methodologies in innovative ways.

How to Apply    

The selection process will be conducted in consultation with Memorial's Office of Indigenous Affairs, as well as with research and teaching elements of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Appointment of a candidate to the advertised position is conditional upon the success of the CERC application. The application process involves 3 stages. For Stage I, candidates will submit an application to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; details on the selection process are available here. The application should include:

• a cover letter describing their fit with the CERC Program (1-3 pages);
• a curriculum vitae including the names and contact information of at least three referees;
• a brief research plan covering the 8-year duration of the CERC position (1-3 pages);
• a statement on how the applicant's research program fosters and implements best practices
  

in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) (1-3 pages);   

• a statement on how the candidate's research program could develop new links, synergies, and knowledge exchange between academia, government, industry, and Canada's northern and Indigenous communities in Newfoundland & Labrador (1-3 pages).

See attached job ad for full details.

Application Webpage (URL): https://www.mun.ca/vpacademic/academic-recruitment/canada-excellence-research-chairs/

Application Deadline: 11 June 2022

 
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