Postdoctoral researcher in the Bit Philology project

Develop your research line and participate in project activities. This includes • working in archives; • clarifying rights and potential ethical issues; • communicating with archivists and authors/rights holders; • working with legacy hardware and software, using digital forensics methods; • studying the writing process of authors across different media; • studying archival materials such as unpublished texts and drafts of publications; • publishing and presenting your work locally and internationally; • contributing to the organisation of scholarly events; • collaborating with the rest of the team.

Participation in teaching is optional.

A dynamic and collaborative research environment at the Digital Humanities unit.

Collaborative environment and ambitious team

• PhD in textual scholarship (philology, textual criticism, scholarly editing, genetic criticism) or literary studies or digital humanities.

• Prior experience in working with archives.

• Prior experience or strong interest in contemporary Swiss French and/or Italian literature; born-digital archival records; computational literary studies.

• Strong motivation to work independently as well as with others within a diverse, interdisciplinary environment.

• Working proficiency in English and French; Italian is a plus.

• Self-discipline and creative thinking.