British Library PhD Research Placements (London, 2019)

Forwarded from Gethin Rees:

The British Library are advertising placements for PhD students, several of which might be of interest.

https://www.bl.uk/news/2019/january/phd-research-placements-2019

May I draw your attention to the placement titled ‘Identifying and using map images in born-digital collections’.

https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202019/digital%20map%20images.pdf

The deadline for applications is 18 February 2019.

This is a great opportunity for a student with an interest in geography, maps and digital research to develop their skills and experience through working with the British Library’s diverse digital collections.

Editor’s note: there are also several other placements in this call for applications that may be of interest to digital classicts, including:

• Greek Papyri of Late Antique Egypt
• Illumination in Persian manuscripts
• Historic photographs of the Silk Road
• The oriental manuscripts collection of Sir William Jones (1746-94)

And potentially many others…