SFI/IRC 4-year funded PhD Studentship in Early Modern History and the Digital Humanities - Investigating Visual Communication during the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation at University College Dubl

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SFI/IRC 4-year funded PhD Studentship in Early Modern History and the Digital Humanities - Investigating Visual Communication during the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation
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Qualification Type:
PhD
Location:
Dublin - Ireland
Funding for:
UK Students, EU Students
Funding amount:
Not Specified
Hours:
Full Time
Placed On:
21st March 2022
Closes:
31st March 2022
The project:
This four year award is open to students embarking on PhD research at **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. in the School of History starting in May or September 2022 investigating visual communication during the religious upheavals of the sixteenth century. We are looking for applicants interested in pursuing original research to be supervised by Dr Drew Thomas and Professor Alexander Wilkinson.
The successful applicant will join a project funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council entitled ‘Applying Artificial Intelligence to the Printing Press: Transforming Visual Communication During the Protestant Reformation’. Although Gutenberg’s printing press is best remembered for transforming Europe’s literary landscape, it also transformed visual communication. Nowhere is this clearer than in the religious upheavals of the sixteenth century. Printed images and illustrations were used by Catholics and Protestants to build and support their religious identities and to denigrate their opponents. Yet the sheer number of these images has made it difficult to approach beyond sampling or specific case studies. Leveraging artificial intelligence, this project will use UCD’s Ornamento image dataset to train computers to recognise, identify and describe the subjects represented in the illustrations used in approximately 60,000 printed books of the early modern Holy Roman Empire.
The research student will assist in the work of the project and use the image corpus to undertake a dissertation on the provisional topic of ‘Visual Communication in the Post-Tridentine Holy Roman Empire: The Construction of Lutheran, Calvinist and Catholic Identities, 1563-1600’. With the Council of Trent ending in 1563 this period provides a perfect case study on how German Catholics adapted their iconographies to serve the purpose of the Catholic Reformations and how protestants used images to grow and sustain their movements. The PhD student will investigate how confessions used and borrowed iconographies to create confessional identities. While this research topic indicates the general area of research, other ideas are welcome in the cover letter.
How to apply:
Please apply to **** with a CV, writing sample, two letters of recommendation or contact information for two referees and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) of your suitability for a role that combines history, art history and the digital humanities.
Candidate requirements:
A first in a Bachelors degree and distinction in a Masters degree (or international equivalent), or be working towards a Master’s degree. Knowledge of German and an understanding of basic religious iconography are essential. Experience in the digital humanities is desirable, but not required. Scholars from all disciplines, especially art history, history, or languages, are encouraged to apply.
Funding:
EU and International students will receive an annual bursary of €24,000 to cover tuition fees (up to €5,750.00; the UCD School of History will fund the difference for EU or International Fees) and a maintenance stipend (€18,250.00). The student will also receive a conference travel stipend of €500 in years 2 through 4.
Contacts:
For questions, applicants should contact Dr. Drew Thomas ( ****
). All applications should be submitted by 20
th
April 2022
with an anticipated start date at the beginning of the summer trimester ( 16
th
May)
or the Autumn trimester (11
th
September)
. Please list your desired start date in your cover letter.
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