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Job Title: Postdoctoral/Snr Postdoctoral Researcher Department: Music
Vacancy ID: 040484Closing Date: 29-Mar-2026
The Music Department at Maynooth University invites applications for a 22‑month position as a Postdoctoral Researcher to work with Professor Karen Desmond’s research team on the project “Polyphonic Singing and Communities of Music Writing in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c. 1150–1350” (BROKENSONG) (funded by a 5‑year ERC Consolidator Grant). See the project website: https://ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/.
About the Project
The BROKENSONG project examines singing in medieval Britain and Ireland during a transformative period of western music history, c. 1150–1350. The project team is digitally encoding approximately 700 music compositions copied on over 120 fragmentary music manuscripts. The project reconstructs lost vibrant musical cultures and communities.
Role & Responsibilities
Conduct analysis of the music corpus that has been recovered, transcribed, and edited within the scope of this project.
Qualifications & Skills
The ideal candidate will have a background in traditional music analysis (with a PhD in musicology, music analysis or music theory) and/or in computational musicology, digital humanities, computer science, artificial intelligence, or mathematics/statistics, with a PhD in one of these fields or a closely related field, and interest in applying this skillset to the analysis of music data.
Employment Terms
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher 2026: €54,851 p.a. (point 1, with increment)
Postdoctoral Researcher 2026: €46,805 p.a. (point 1) – €53,391 (point 6, with increment)
Appointed in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Recruitment
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time: 23:30 hours (local Irish time) on Sunday, 29th March 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer.
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University.
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