Post-doctorant (M/F)

Unist; France; Hybride; EUR 38 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CNRS – Centre de recherche sur les liens sociaux invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in anthropology to design and conduct the multi-sited ethnographic study titled “The (Im)possibility of Movement” as part of the Art-e-Fact program. The project will involve fieldwork in Arab and European countries with the Palestinian diaspora, employing classic ethnography and visual methods.

Publications and multimodal outputs will be produced, and workshops with the project coordinator will be

Qualifications

• Theoretical and practical expertise in the anthropology of the Arab world.
• Language skills: fluency in Syrian-Lebanese Arabic, French, and English
• Experience with ethnographic research methods, preferably with prior fieldwork experience on the subject
• At least two years of postdoctoral experience abroad
• Experience with visual and creative practices applied to ethnographic research

Responsabilités

• Conducting a multi-sited ethnographic ethnographic case study titled “The (Im)possibility of movement”
• Producing multimodal materials derived from the research, which will be made available through the program's digital library
• Co-organizing “Thinking-Through-Creating Workshops” with the project coordinator

Connaissances

Ethnographic research methods

Fieldwork abroad

Arab world anthropology

Arabic language

French language

English language

Multimodal/document production

Formation

Postdoctoral research experience

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Centre de recherche sur les liens sociaux Research Field Anthropology Anthropology » Ethnology Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 7 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 4 Jan 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

a) Design and implementation of the case study titled “The (Im)possibility of Movement” as part of the Art-e-Fact program under the direction of Alice Sophie Sarcinelli ; b) production of publications and multimodal documents resulting from the research. The multi-site study will be conducted in Arab and European countries where members of the Palestinian diaspora reside, subject to approval of travel arrangements by the relevant university authorities. The study will draw on both classic ethnographic and visual methods.

• Conducting a multi-sited ethnographic ethnographic case study titled “The (Im)possibility of movement”
• Producing multimodal materials derived from the research, which will be made available through the program's digital library at https://ethno-graphies.huma-num.fr/s/art-e-fact/page/accueil
• Co-organizing “Thinking-Through-Creating Workshops” with the project coordinator

The project will be carried out as part of the ANR Art-e-Fact project (Creative Approaches to Ethnographic Data on Institutions ( https://www.cerlis.eu/anr-art-e-fact/ )), coordinated by Alice Sophie Sarcinelli—an associate professor of anthropology at Université Paris Cité and affiliated with the CERLIS Joint Research Unit). The postdoctoral research will be supervised by Alice Sophie Sarcinelli and Natacha Collomb (CNRS, IDEAS), who is responsible of Task No. 3, “Fieldwork.”

• Theoretical and practical expertise in the anthropology of the Arab world;
• Language skills: fluency in Syrian-Lebanese Arabic, French, and English
• Experience with ethnographic research methods, preferably with prior fieldwork experience on the subject;
• At least two years of postdoctoral experience abroad;
• Experience with visual and creative practices applied to ethnographic research