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[1] From: Kirsten Ostherr <kostherr@RICE.EDU>
Subject: Medical Humanities and Computational Health job opening at Rice University (39)
[2] From: Michael Piotrowski <michael.piotrowski@unil.ch>
Subject: Junior Lecturer (Postdoc) Position in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland (42)
[3] From: Lisa Rabin <lrabin@gmu.edu>
Subject: PhD in Cultural Studies at George Mason University - - Apply now for Fall of 2026! (55)
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Date: 2025-10-21 06:43:35+00:00
From: Kirsten Ostherr <kostherr@RICE.EDU>
Subject: Medical Humanities and Computational Health job opening at Rice University
Dear colleagues,
I'm writing to publicize a job opening in Medical Humanities and
Computational Health at Rice University.
Tenure-track assistant or associate professor of Medical Humanities,
specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to
medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries. Focus on data,
technology, and computational approaches to health narratives (or
critical data and software studies focusing on health/medicine) highly
desired, with a preference for scholars with demonstrated engagement
with Medical Humanities who can connect with Rice’s new Media Studies
major and Science and Technology Studies minor. Ability to teach courses
in literature and medicine, digital health humanities, and diverse
narrative traditions is highly desired. A research focus on minoritized
or marginalized communities, and engagement with interdisciplinary and
collaborative methods is preferred. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a
relevant field in the Humanities (e.g. Literary Studies, Media Studies,
Digital Humanities, or a related interdisciplinary field) by July 1, 2026.
Deadline: October 31, 2025.
*For full details and to apply, visit:
https://apply.interfolio.com/172836 <https://apply.interfolio.com/172836>*
For questions, please contact: Christine Medina <cmedina@rice.edu
<mailto:cmedina@rice.edu>>
Best wishes, Kirsten
--
Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH
Gladys Louise Fox Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing
Rice University - MS 30
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
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Date: 2025-10-20 15:01:27+00:00
From: Michael Piotrowski <michael.piotrowski@unil.ch>
Subject: Junior Lecturer (Postdoc) Position in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Dear HUMANISTs,
The Department of Language and Information Sciences <https://unil.ch/sli/> at
the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has an opening for a junior lecturer
(postdoc) in computational humanities: 80%, up to 5 years, starting Feburary 1,
2026.
We are specifically looking for persons who have recently obtained a doctorate
in the broad field of computational humanities (digital humanities, computer
science for the humanities, computer science or data science with a focus on
applications in the humanities, etc.), or who are about to obtain one before the
starting date.
At least 50% of the workload will be dedicated to personal and collective
research, and to carrying out a personal research project in the broad field of
computational humanities, particularly in the theoretical, historical,
methodological, and applied dimensions.
A maximum of 50% of working hours will be devoted to supporting teaching tasks
in the Computer Science for the Humanities and Digital Humanities programs, and
to participating in and organizing the scientific activities of the department.
Knowledge of French (approx. B2 level) is required for teaching.
Please check out the official job posting (in French) for details. Deadline for
applications: November 16, 2025.
Hit me up if you have any questions!
Official announcement and application link: https://career5.successfactors.eu/ca
reer?company=universitdP&career_job_req_id=22518&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLev
el=JOB_SEARCH
Please note that only applications submitted via this website will be
considered.
--
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Piotrowski <michael.piotrowski@unil.ch>
Professeur en humanités numériques · Université de Lausanne
Section des sciences du langage et de l’information · Faculté des lettres
☎ +41 21 692-3039 · Quartier Chamberonne, bâtiment Anthropole, bureau 3137
OpenPGP public key 0x926877BF1614A044
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Date: 2025-10-20 15:16:18+00:00
From: Lisa Rabin <lrabin@gmu.edu>
Subject: PhD in Cultural Studies at George Mason University - - Apply now for Fall of 2026!
George Mason University
Cultural Studies
The PhD in Cultural Studies at George Mason University bridges critical theory,
interdisciplinary scholarship and social transformation.
Our program is the oldest of its kind in the U.S. It is designed to augment
traditional disciplinary training in the humanities and social sciences with
rigorous training in interdisciplinary work. Hence, it is not a self-designed
(liberal studies) degree but one steeped in the traditions of cultural studies,
the agenda of which is to train students in the skills it takes to engage
critically with the current cultural and political conjuncture.
The program's watchword is topicality: our curriculum offers coursework in
gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, power, the state, nationalism, political
economy and biopolitics, as well as mass, visual and digital culture. Students
read contemporary cultural and critical theory from Marx and Foucault to queer
and critical race theory, and work to put that theory to the test of evidence.
Student research interests vary widely; past dissertation topics include:
Harvesting Home: Economy, Gender and Identity in the Crop Over Festival; Texting
Capital: Mobile Phones, Social Transformation, and the Reproduction of Power in
the Philippines; Working Paradise: An Ethnographic Study of Tourism Labor in the
21st Century Caribbean; Activist Museums - History, Memory, and the Politics of
Exhibition; Picturing Capital: Mass Media and the Art of Visualizing Poverty.
Our Cultural Studies program attracts a diverse, international student body
whose graduates have gone on to successful academic and professional careers.
Alumni hold faculty positions at institutions such as the University of Utah,
Simmons College, Cal State Fullerton, University of Maryland-Baltimore County,
SUNY Empire State College, Cornish College of the Arts, Columbia College
Chicago, and Grand Valley State University, as well as several universities
abroad. Others have applied their degrees in nonprofit, cultural, and policy
organizations.
Located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, our program offers flexible
scheduling--courses meet once a week, Monday through Thursday, in the late
afternoon or evening--making part-time study possible. Financial aid is
available for promising full-time students.
To learn more, visit our website:
https://culturalstudies.gmu.edu/about/about
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/jcvmfrb/zk0o4qic/v169wy1).For admissions details,
including our January 15, 2026, deadline for full-time applicants, see
https://culturalstudies.gmu.edu/apply
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/jcvmfrb/zk0o4qic/bu79wy1). We also review applications
throughout the spring for fall enrollment.
For questions or to contact faculty and students, please contact Dr. Lisa Rabin,
Interim Director of Cultural Studies, at lrabin@gmu.edu (mailto:lrabin@gmu.edu).
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/jcvmfrb/zk0o4qic/rm89wy1)
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/jcvmfrb/zk0o4qic/7e99wy1)
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