Meet ApplyKite Twin, the application assistant that learns with you
Meet your Twin, it learns with you
Your Twin learns with you
Launch week codes:30% off annual Pro20% off monthly Pro
Ends in00h00m00s
Ends in00h00m00s
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Just Landed
Posted Yesterday
Post-doc position in historical sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Available
Deadline
Dec 10, 2026
Country
Poland
University
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Apply for this position
Keywords
Suggested positions
About this position
The Institute of Advanced Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is recruiting a post-doc for a 12-month fixed-term appointment within the EUROpest ERC Synergy Grant project, A Novel Understanding of Pandemic Disease in Preindustrial Europe (1300–1800): Combining History, Machine Learning, and Natural Sciences.
The successful candidate will join a research environment that combines historical scholarship with computational and interdisciplinary methods. The project investigates epidemics in preindustrial Europe and their environmental and social context, and the post-doctoral researcher will contribute directly to this theme by working with diverse mass historical sources, including documentary and literary materials. A central part of the role is the extraction of epidemic-related data and contextual information using large language models, together with critical verification of model outputs.
The post holder will also support the HumEco and EUROpest teams in carrying out their own data extraction work. This includes consultations, preparing procedures and tools, and training other researchers in the independent use of large language models for historical-source analysis.
In addition to research and collaboration, the position includes preparing scholarly publications and participating in EUROpest consortium meetings.
The position is based at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Toruń, Poland.
Funding details
Available
What's required
Applicants must hold a PhD in history or a related discipline. Required experience includes designing and conducting data extraction from diverse mass historical sources, both documentary and literary, using large language models and critically assessing model output; training or supporting other researchers in the independent use of large language models with historical sources; and building historical databases based on mass sources, especially on epidemics or environmental phenomena. Candidates should have a research record in environmental history or the history of epidemics of Europe and the Mediterranean, knowledge of at least one source language of Europe or its neighbourhood (for example Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac or Ottoman Turkish), very good English, and knowledge of at least two modern European languages other than Polish and English sufficient for scholarly literature.
How to apply
Send the required application documents by email to [email protected]. The advert asks for a professional CV, personal letter, personal questionnaire, degree documents, publication list, and signed declarations. Use the job email subject indicated in the listing.
Make your next move.
Prepare your application
Review drafts and confirm requirements with the university.
Make your next move.
Prepare your application
Review drafts and confirm requirements with the university.