The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is seeking highly motivated students to join a grant-funded digital archive project on the history of the Middle East. A successful applicant for this position will be fluent in Arabic and have a demonstrated ability to read and understand eighteenth- to nineteenth-century Arabic chronicles. The student will primarily work on enhancing the performance of the project’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tool through verifying the accuracy of its rendered text contents against an original source material. The student will perform all administrative and research tasks under the general supervision of a faculty member or research coordinator affiliated with the project.
Expected Qualifications:
- Native fluency in Arabic language
- General knowledge of the history of the Middle East
- Experience in Digital Humanities’ projects (preferred)
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and at Harvard University.
Salary ranges from $20-22 per hour, 5-10 hours per week, depending on experience. Please send resume and cover letter to turath@fas.harvard.edu. Formal offers will be made through the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.