[Offre d’emploi] Post-doctorat à l’Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – Medieval Latin Philology, Manuscript Studies, Transcultural Medieval Studies

Présentation

Within the framework of the running projects ‘Preaching Christ from a Transcultural Standpoint: Study and Critical Edition of the Homiliary of Luculentius, the Oldest Indigenous Work of Carolingian Text Culture in Early Medieval Catalonia (ca. 900)’’ (2019–2023) and ‘Carolingian Culture in Septimania and Catalonia: The Transformation of a Multi-Ethnic Middle Ground of the Euro-Mediterranean World’ (2020–2024), funded by a private Catalan sponsor and the Austrian FWF and located at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Estudis Medievals (IEM)/Departament de Ciències de l’Antiquitat i de l’Edat Mitjana, Bellaterra, and the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, we are searching for a new candidate interested in a postdoctoral position at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), sponsored by the European funding programme Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023.

For more information on both research projects:

https://webs.uab.cat/luculentius/

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imafo/forschung/historische-identitaetsforschung/projekte/carolingian-culture-in-septimania-and-catalonia/

The common aim of both projects is the identification, reconstruction, and interpretation of the Carolingian and post-Carolingian text culture of south-western and southern France and the north-eastern and northern parts of the Iberian Peninsula in the long tenth century (c. 900–1050). We analyse and publish critically this rich, but widely scattered and fragmented and therefore under-studied text culture in order to understand the manifold processes of early medieval identity building in the south-western border zone of the Carolingian Empire and beyond.

At the core of our projects stands the development of the interactive Database Cat.car (“Carolingian Text Culture in Septimania and Catalonia”): http://postcarolingianworld.ac.at/resources2/.

Both projects offer synergetic effects for your own individual projects implemented into the research agenda of the running projects and their wider frame of the established international research network “The Transformation of the Carolingian World”: http://postcarolingianworld.ac.at/. You will be engaged in your own research, the development of the above-mentioned Database, and the presentation of interim results in sponsored national and international workshops and conferences organised for a wider academic and non-academic public. You envisage a collaboration with two internationally leading Principal Investigators, several experienced post-doctoral researchers and further motivated PhD students from Europe and the USA. We offer scientific and linguistic support in preparing your strong research proposal for a postdoctoral position within the European research programme of Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships 2023:

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships

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Your principal advantages are:

• Permanent and individual supervision by your Barcelona host ICREA Senior Professor Dr. Matthias M. Tischler
• Authentic work with original manuscripts, charters, and fragments in archives, libraries, and museums, especially in France, Catalonia, Spain, but also beyond (other European countries, Canada, and USA)
• Strong competences in traditional and innovative research methods, especially Digital Humanities – narrow collaboration with the members of the aforementioned projects
• Quick integration into a global research agenda and network.

Your tasks are:

• Preparation of a second book on a selected topic of the projects
• Preparation of conference papers and individual publications (journal articles, book chapters) in international academic media with high impact
• Mediation of your historical knowledge to a wider non-academic public.

Candidates should have experiences in (Medieval) Latin, Manuscript Studies, Medieval History and interest in developing their own research agenda especially in the innovative field of Transcultural Medieval Studies, a research focus at the UAB. A good command of English is required. The positions allow for acquiring or strengthening your language skills in Catalan, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Salary and conditions will conform to the regulations of the European funding programme. Interested candidates may first contact Prof. Dr. Matthias M. Tischler at any time observing the call’s deadline and a feasible timeline for preparing their research proposals:

matthias.tischler[at]icrea.cat

In the case of an oral commitment, your application documents shall include the following:

• CV
• Electronic copies of editions/articles or other writing samples
• Two letters of recommendation

The positions will be open to candidates without any discrimination based on gender, nationality, or ethnic origins. The appointment will be based on the candidates’ qualifications and the needs of the individual research projects.

Bellaterra, 15 April 2023 Prof. Dr. Matthias M. Tischler MAE

Contact

matthias.tischler[at]icrea.cat

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