Curating Italian Landscape in 16th-17th Century Spanish Texts

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Dipartimento Studi Umanistici at the University of Naples Federico II invites applications for a research position focused on building a textual corpus for SAIL’s first historical phase. The project surveys Spanish texts about the Italian landscape from the 16th and 17th centuries, across memoirs, autobiographies, and letters, with archival work in Spain and Italy.

The successful candidate will map places, motifs, and representational techniques to define the expressive code of landscape

Qualifications

• Experience in historical literary studies and archival research.
• Ability to survey and map landscape representations.
• Proficiency with Italian/Spanish archival sources.

Responsibilities

• Build SAIL’s textual corpus for the first historical phase.
• Survey Spanish texts representing the Italian landscape (16th–17th c.).
• Conduct archival research in Italian and Spanish institutions.

Job description

Dipartimento Studi Umanistici at the University of Naples Federico II invites applications for a research position focused on building a textual corpus for SAIL’s first historical phase. The project surveys Spanish texts about the Italian landscape from the 16th and 17th centuries, across memoirs, autobiographies, and letters, with archival work in Spain and Italy.

The successful candidate will map places, motifs, and representational techniques to define the expressive code of landscape