CALL FOR POSTDOCTORAL POSITION – COMPETITION CODE: IPD 5 2026-GSD 10/ARTE-01_SSD ARTE-01/C – Scientific Supervisor: Prof. C. Zambianchi – SARAS

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapienza Università di Roma seeks a researcher to work on the Marisa Volpi archive: reorganization, description, electronic indexing, and initiation of digitization.

The objective is to establish a permanent digital documentary infrastructure for the collection donated to the SARAS Department, ensuring preservation and accessibility for scholarly research on post‑World War II art and its networks.

Eligibility includes EU residency; fellows from Europe are considered.

Qualifications

• The assignment aims to establish a permanent digital documentary infrastructure for the Marisa Volpi collection.
• It will enable preservation and accessibility for scholarly research into post‑war Italian and international art.

Responsibilities

• Reorganize the archive and perform description and electronic indexing.
• Initiate digitization of the collection.

Job description

Organisation/Company Sapienza Università di Roma Research Field Arts Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 15 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable 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

The Marisa Volpi archive: reorganization, description, electronic indexing, and initiation of digitization.
Specifically, the assignment pursues the following general objective:
To establish a permanent digital documentary infrastructure for the collection of the critic, art historian, and writer Marisa Volpi (1928–2015)—donated to the SARAS Department by her heirs—thereby ensuring its preservation and accessibility, and making it available to the scholarly community for research into Italian and international art from the post-World War II period and the concurrent network of intellectual, critical, and institutional relationships.

• Italy

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• EUROPE

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