Development and implementation of a database of Latin exegetical texts; computational linguistic analysis of commentaries and glosses on the Aeneid

Position: Post-doctoral research contract Institute: Uni. La Sapienza of Rome
Posted on: 05/05/2026 Deadline: 04/06/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

10/LATI-01 - Latin Language And Literature

Description

Development of criteria for the coding, display and search functionality of a database of Latin exegetical texts relating to the digital Aeneid, and its implementation within the Latin Grammarians Collection (https://latingrammarianscollection.uniroma1.it/site/index). Data entry and annotation in the database. Conducting computational linguistic analysis on the corpus of commentaries and glosses on the Aeneid covered by the CAVE project. The software Cadmus, Python and R (stylo package) will be used throughout all stages of the research.

Compensation

2,799,098 Euro

Number of positions

1

Maximum duration

24.0

Funding body

Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità

How to apply

direttore.antichita@cert.uniroma1.it

Selection process

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