<h2><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial">JOB VACANCY: RESEARCH FELLOW, ALAMIRE FOUNDATION, KATHOLIEKE
UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Belgium)</font></font></span></h2><p style="TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><span class="body"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">The Alamire Foundation, International Centre for the Study of Music in
the Low Countries, was established in 1991 at the musicology section of the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The Foundation undertakes and coordinates
musicological research into the music history of the Low Countries during the
Ancien Regime. </span></span></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span
class="body"><span>The Alamire Foundation?s rationale lies in localizing,
inventorizing, preserving and examining the musical heritage of Flanders. In a
natural continuation of this, it aims to make its results accessible to the
widest possible public.</span></span></font></font></p><h2><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial">Description of the research project and
vacancy</font></font></span></h2><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From the early Middle Ages until
the end of the Ancien Régime (10<sup>th</sup>-18<sup>th</sup> c.), liturgical
plainchant was omnipresent in the musical life of Europe. Even though the
Southern Low Countries played a significant role in the development and
dissemination of the chant repertory, and still keeps an important amount of
chant manuscripts, a complete and reliable inventory of the sources is not
available. For the office chant in particular, however, such an inventory is of
prime importance. Therefore, a new project will undertake the composition of an
inventory of all antiphoner manuscripts kept in Flanders.</span></p><p
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Applications are invited for a research fellow to inventory and to
describe the antiphoners according to the international description standards,
to participate in the (selective) digitization of the earliest and most
important antiphoners, and to contribute to making the results of the project
known through lectures, publications, and workshops.</span></p><p
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="NL-BE" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
lang="NL-BE" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Job
description</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">dr</font></span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">awing up an overview of antiphoners
in Flemish collections on the basis of extant catalogues, and through contacts
with private manuscript owners </span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt;
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt
"Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">studying and describing the manuscripts on their
locations</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">describing each
antiphoner in RISM and in the Cantus Source List</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">indexing the
most important antiphoners for the Cantus Database</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">collaborating
on the digitization of the most important antiphoners</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">consulting researchers on similar
projects abroad (RISM, Cantus Source List and Database, ?)</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">presenting the results of the project on an academic level, to
archivists and librarians, to musicians and ensembles, and to the wider
public</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">conferring and
collaborating with fellow researchers and colleagues of the Alamire
Foundation</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">conferring with
and reporting to the project promoter</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"> </span></p><h2><span lang="NL" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR:
windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial">Profile</font></font></span></h2><p style="TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><span lang="NL" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Candidates
should</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">hold a master
or doctoral degree in musicology (or a similar degree in history or theology,
specialization Middle Ages) </span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt;
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt
"Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">have a basic knowledge of chant, early music and liturgy,
or be prepared to acquire this basis through study</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">have a good
knowledge of Latin</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New
Roman""> - </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">have a fascination for (medieval) manuscripts; by preference, notions of
(music) palaeography and some experience in working with
manuscripts</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">be familiar
with the most important printed and on line catalogues for manuscripts and
music (RISM, Cantus, library catalogues)</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT:
-18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT:
7pt "Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">be communicative, and work autonomously and
accurately</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="NL"
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial"></font></font></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
lang="NL" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial">We offer</font></font></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt;
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="NL" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span
style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span lang="NL"
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">full-time employment</span></p><p
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="NL"
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman""> -
</span></span><span lang="NL" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">immediate commencement of employment</span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT:
-18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<span style="FONT:
7pt "Times New Roman""> - </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">employment for a period of three years (one year, with two
yearly extensions)</span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial"></font></font></span></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext"><font size="2"><font
face="Arial">How to apply?</font></font></span></p><p><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Interested? Please send a full and detailed résumé,
accompanied with a letter of motivation to </span></p><p><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a
href="mailto:bart.demuyt@alamirefoundation.be">bart.demuyt@alamirefoundation.be</a>
or Bart Demuyt, Director, Alamire Foundation, Parijsstraat 72B, B-3000 Leuven,
Belgium. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Applications
are expected before August 26, 2008.</span></p><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more
information about the project, please contact dr. Pieter Mannaerts
(</span><span lang="NL" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a
href="mailto:pieter.mannaerts@arts.kuleuven.be"><span lang="EN-US"><span
lang="EN-US">pieter.mannaerts@arts.kuleuven.be</span></span></a></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">). </span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information about the
Alamire Foundation, please see www.arts.kuleuven.be/alamire </span></p><p
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"> </span></p><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"
color="#990000" size="1">-- <br />Dr. Pieter Mannaerts<br />Research Fellow
FWO-Flanders<br />Katholieke Universiteit Leuven<br />Research Unit Musicology
| Alamire Foundation<br />Parijsstraat 72B | room 03.22 | post box 3380<br
/>B-3000 Leuven, Belgium<br />T +32 16 32 99 63<br />F +32 16 32 99 53<br
/>M <a
href="mailto:pieter.mannaerts@arts.kuleuven.be">pieter.mannaerts@arts.kuleuven.be</a>
<br />W <a
href="http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/alamire">www.arts.kuleuven.be/alamire</a> <br
/>TAV-n°: BE 0419.052.173<br /><br /></font>
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