The Digital Encyclopedia of British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century / Platform Evolution

LAB & PEOPLE

• Name of the hosting lab: Héritage et Création dans le Texte et l’Image (HCTI)
• General activities of the lab: word-image relationships; current subject matter: “Breach and deviation”

Website: https://www.univ-brest.fr/hcti

Number of staff / PhD: 50 affiliated researchers + 25 associates / 30 PhD students

• Supervisor name and contact: Alain Kerhervé and Kimberley page-jones

TOPIC OF THE INTERSHIP

• Scientific context of the internship (max 20 lines)

The internship will take place in the HCTI research unit at the Universty of Western Brittany in Brest. The internship will take place as part of the lab’s programme ‘Sociabilités européennes du XVIIe au XIXe siècle’, as a follow-up of the H2020 DIGITENS project which ended in December 2022 and helped develop the digital Encyclopaedia and a network of 12 European and North-American institutions working on the topic of sociability in the long eighteenth century. The main task will be the implementation of the second version (v2) of the Encyclopaedia and the coordination of 18th-century academic events organised by HCTI and the GIS- Sociabilités.

• Keywords: Sociability, Digital humanities, 18th & 19th century, Europe, history, literature, art, philosophy
• Bibliography : https://digitens.eu
• Tasks and duties entrusted to the student:
  • Development of the DIGITENS Encyclopaedia: putting entries online using the Drupal CMS and latest news
  • Evolution to v2 of the platform and integration of
  • Organisation and communication of scientific activities

• Skills to be acquired or developed:
  • Use of Drupal for Internet Sites (a training session can be organised but knowledge of wordpress or any other CMS would be appreciated)
  • Interest for social and cultural history of the 18th and 19th

PROFILE OF THE DESIRED STUDENT

• Minimum level of study required: Master (second year)
• Field(s) of study: long eighteenth-century studies, sociability, literature, history, digital humanities
• Scientific skills

Data collection & data analytics

IT skills: proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, spreadsheets & databases, experienced user of online platforms such as Zoom, GoogleMeet etc

• Language skills required

English (fluent), French (reading, speaking)

THE INTERNSHIP ASSIGNMENT:

Desired duration of the internship (in months): 3 to 5 months Desired Starting date of the mission: 1 October 2023 Indicative weekly schedule: 35h / week

Remuneration: 600€/month, paid on French SEA-EU funds for a maximum of 5 months; additional Erasmus grant could be asked to your own university.

Internship agreement: an internship agreement will be signed.

To SEA-EU students:

If you’re interested please send your CV and letter of motivation to the scientist in charge, as soon as possible.