Stanford University -- Stanford, CA
The Department of Classics at Stanford University seeks to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow in classical archaeology with a focus on urban studies and the city of Rome for the 2001-02 academic year. This position is part of Stanford's Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project and is focused on the Severan Marble Plan, a fundamental resource for studying the ancient city of Rome that survives only partially and in fragments. A team from Stanford's Computer Sciences department has high-resolution 3D scans and digital color photographs of every fragment; their aim is to develop computer algorithms to generate 3D matches among the fragments and reconstruct portions of the map (for more information, please see http://www-graphics. stanford.edu/projects/forma-urbis/). The archaeological side of the project has two aims: 1) to develop the archaeological potential of this work, and 2) to broaden the study of the Severan Marble Plan beyond narrow topographic identification to include issues of graphic representation, civic ideology, urbanism, movement through the city, the development of neighborhoods and the organization of space.
The research fellow will be expected to work half-time on the Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project and half-time on his or her own research. Work on the Project may include developing the database of digital photographs and 3-D models as an archaeological research tool, reviewing and synthesizing bibliography on the Severan Marble Plan and Roman topography, overseeing some student work on the Project, working on any new fragment matches generated by the Computer Sciences team, and being a point person for the archaeological development of the Project in collaboration with the faculty, graduate students and undergraduates involved. The successful candidate will have research interests germane to the Project, strong scholarly language skills and a proven record of scholarship, preferably in some area of urban studies and Roman archaeology.
The term of the appointment is September 1, 2001 to July 30, 2002. Salary is $45,000 plus benefits. Please send cover letter, CV, research proposal and three letters of recommendation by March 15, 2001 to: Jennifer Trimble, Department of Classics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2080. Please e-mail any questions to trimble@stanford.edu.