The Buddhist Studies Post-Doctoral Research Scholar will provide scholarly expertise in Buddhist Studies to advance the creation of the Buddhist Universal Digital Archive (BUDA), a multi-language digital repository of Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese and Tibetan. The research scholar will work closely with our board of advisors, our board of directors, and senior librarians in our home office in Cambridge, MA. Report to the Executive Director of BDRC in Cambridge, MA, the Buddhist Studies Postdoctoral Research Scholar will identify important collections of Buddhist materials scattered in the world’s great libraries, and document these materials using BDRC’s linked open data framework.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate work of two Buddhist Studies Research Scholars at ZJU and senior librarians in Cambridge office.
- Work with board of advisors to identify important collections of Buddhist texts and document these collections in a preservation database
- Work closely with technical team on creating, managing, improving and expanding a cultural heritage ontology that defines key aspects of literary culture including works, persons, places and topics.
- Classify texts and create cultural heritage information in the Buddhist Universal Digital Archive (BUDA)
- Advise technical team on the development of research tools for Buddhist Studies
Requirements
- PhD required
- Knowledge of Chinese or Sanskrit required; knowledge of Pali is highly desirable; working knowledge of Tibetan desirable but not required.
- Experience with multi-year data driven projects, digital humanities, or possess an equivalent technology background