Senior SNSF Researcher (50%) within the framework of the SNSF project Editing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland.

Introduction

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Presentation

The French Section of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne is advertising a postdoctoral position for a senior SNSF researcher (50%) to join the team of the project "Editing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland (1900-2025). Books, journals, performances", supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

For more information about this scientific project: https://www.unil.ch/news/1761553160763?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=eureka-655

Job-related information

Start date: February 1, 2026

Contract duration: 1 year, renewable for three years

Activity rate: 50%

Workplace: Lausanne-Dorigny 

Your activities

The selected person will spend half of their mandate as webmaster of the database of the project "Editing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland", listing about one hundred representative entries of editions, journals, and performances of poetry published in French-speaking Switzerland from 1900 to the present day.
They will create the database, coordinate it, and manage its online publication.
They will manage the editorial layout of the "Editing Poetry in French-speaking Switzerland" catalog as well as the proceedings of a conference, and their online publication. 

For the other half of their mandate, they will conduct research activities for the project: they will write a number of database entries, as well as a number of catalog notices.
They will also participate in the conference and its proceedings.

Your profile

PhD in Letters in digital humanities or French literature or equivalent degree (degree obtained at the time of entry into function).

Candidates are expected to specialize in digital humanities or have excellent knowledge in the field of computer science applied to French literature, as well as advanced knowledge in the fields of modern and contemporary French-language poetry, particularly in French-speaking Switzerland. 

Your benefits

A pleasant working environment in a multicultural and diverse academic setting.
Opportunities for continuing education, a multitude of activities, and other benefits to discover.

More information at www.unil.ch/carrieres

For further information

Contact Professor  Daniel Maggetti or Professor Dominique Kunz Westerhoff  

Your application file

Application deadline: December 5, 2025

Interested persons are requested to send us via the online system, in PDF format, a single complete file containing: cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, copies of university diplomas, list of publications.

Attached to this file should be the doctoral thesis in PDF and, if applicable, a publication or digital work representative of the candidate's work and demonstrating their fit with the profile defined for this position.

Only applications submitted through this site will be considered.

We thank you for your understanding.

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