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Postdoctoral Associate in Papyrology

Universitat de Barcelona

Departament de Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica (Secció de Filologia grega)

In conjunction with the Ramón y Cajal project RYC2020-030116-I ‘The Anonymity of Hexameter Papyri’, funded by the European Social Fund via the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación, we will soon invite applications for a postdoctoral associate position in literary papyrology, to begin September 1, 2023. The post is tenable until 13 March 2024.

The successful candidate will have obtained, or be close to obtaining (within six months of submission), a PhD in either Classics or Papyrology; have an excellent command of both Latin and Ancient Greek; excellent writing skills in English; and research experience in the area of Literary Papyrology.

The appointee will work with the P.I. Dr Marco Perale on the publication of vol. 2 of Adespota Papyracea Hexametra Graeca (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110295085/html) and assist in the organization of a research colloquium to be held at the University of Barcelona in the next academic year.

This is a full-time research post. Salary (brutto) will be 2,102 EUR p/m.

Interested and qualified candidates will be required to upload a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and one writing sample (publication or dissertation chapter) to the University’s HR website (https://seu.ub.edu/taulerAnuncisPublic/listPublicacions ). Letters of reference are not required. 

The job advertisement and link to apply will appear on the University website on 6 March 2023. I will email this list again when it is live. **Please note that candidates will only have twenty working days available to submit their application from the day following the official publication of the call**. 

The committee will review applications and conduct interviews by Zoom in April 2023.

Information on the selection procedure can be found at: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/politiques-qualitat/detall/-/recurs/6842414/seleccio-i-contractacio-de-personal-investigador-postdoctoral-contractat-a-carrec-de-financament-finalista-extern-o-de-financament-de-politiques-de-la (see sections 12 to 16).