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- 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number PID2025-169808NB-I00 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Project: Spanish Early Music Manuscripts III (SEMM III) Funding Body:Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) / Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, "Knowledge Generation Projects" Call 2025 and actions for the training of predoctoral research personnel associated with these projects, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2024-2027, co-funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). Contract Duration: 48 months (4 years, full-time), including the possibility of a Postdoctoral Orientation Period (POP) of up to 12 months within this timeframe, in accordance with applicable regulations. Type of Contract:Spanish Predoctoral Employment Contract (in accordance with Article 21 of the Spanish Science Law 14/2011, of June 1st, and Royal Decree 103/2019, of March 1st, approving the Statute of Predoctoral Research Personnel in Training – EPIF).

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Full-time (37.5 hours/week). The Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales (ICCMU) is Spain's leading academic centre dedicated to music. As part of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the ICCMU boasts over 30 years of experience in scientific research, the recovery and dissemination of musical heritage,



and specialized music education. We are committed to promoting activities related to the creation, performance, and dissemination of music. The ICCMU is currently a partner in several major research projects, including ERC Grants and the new synergistic project ChordIA-CM, funded by the Comunidad de Madrid. About the SEMM Project (Spanish Early Music Manuscripts) The Spanish Early Music Manuscripts (SEMM) is an open-access database and Digital Humanities research initiative dedicated to the preservation, cataloguing, and study of medieval Spanish liturgical music. Founded in 2015 as an integral member of the international Cantus Index network, SEMM provides scholarly access to primary sources that illustrate Spain's unique and rich contribution to Western chant and liturgical history. Directed by Carmen Julia Gutiérrez, the project brings together an interdisciplinary team from institutions such as UCM, USAL, and ICCMU. SEMM catalogues hundreds of historical manuscripts—including antiphoners, breviaries, graduals, and others—spanning a wide array of musical notations such as Old Hispanic (horizontal and vertical), Silense, Aquitanian, Catalan, and square notation. The third phase of the project (SEMM III) broadens this scope by combining paleographical and codicological indexing with computational analysis tools and digital encoding formats to maximize international interoperability.



Doctoral Thesis Objectives and Project Scope The predoctoral fellow will develop a doctoral dissertation directly integrated into the SEMM III project. The research focuses on the preservation, codicological description, neumatic and paleographical analysis of Iberian medieval liturgical chant sources, and their integration into the SEMM digital infrastructure and the Cantus Index network. Key Research Areas:
* Codicological and liturgical examination of Iberian medieval manuscript sources: antiphoners, breviaries, graduals, and liturgical compilations. o Medieval musical palaeography: study of Hispanic/Visigothic notations (vertical and horizontal), Silense notation, Aquitanian, Catalan, and square chant notations. o Melodic indexing, liturgical chant cataloguing, and the development of standardized neume taxonomies. o Digital Humanities applied to early music: Volpiano and MEI encoding, HTR models, and computational melody analysis. o Interoperability and connection of Iberian medieval chant with international repositories (Cantus Index, Chant Editing and Analysis). Key Activities and

Responsibilities:
* In situ archival examination, codicological analysis, and palaeographical transcription of medieval chant manuscripts from ecclesiastical and public archives.
* Curation, ingestion, and quality assurance of metadata within the Spanish Early Music Manuscripts (SEMM) platform.
* Critical handling of international scholarly literature (English, French, Italian, German) and reading liturgical medieval Latin texts.
* Use of computational and digital tools for data indexing, musical edition, and comparative chant study.
* Active contribution to scientific outreach, research seminars, and technical support to the project co

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