Postdoc in Digital Humanities & Textual Studies

University of Bern; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

SNSF salary framework

Job summary

The University of Bern's Digital Humanities unit invites applications for a PhD researcher to develop their research line and participate in project activities.

You will work with archives, clarify rights issues, communicate with archivists and authors, and study the writing processes of authors across media. Starting March 2027 with flexibility, you will publish and present your work locally and internationally and contribute to scholarly events.

Qualifications

• PhD in textual scholarship in hand or related fields.
• Experience with archives and primary source materials.
• Interest in Swiss French and/or Italian literature; born-digital records; computational literary studies.

Responsibilities

• Develop your research line and participate in project activities.
• Engage with archives, clarify rights issues and communicate with authors/rights holders.
• Study writing processes of authors across media and analyze archival materials.
• Publish and present work locally and internationally; help organise scholarly events.

Skills

Archives experience

English & French proficiency

Independent & collaborative work

Education

PhD in textual scholarship or related fields

Job description

The University of Bern's Digital Humanities unit invites applications for a PhD researcher to develop their research line and participate in project activities.

You will work with archives, clarify rights issues, communicate with archivists and authors, and study the writing processes of authors across media. Starting March 2027 with flexibility, you will publish and present your work locally and internationally and contribute to scholarly events.