PhD Scholarship in Kidnapping Narratives and Testimonies in Colombia and Congo University of Antwerp in Belgium

Postdoctoral Researcher in Sovereignty and Aesthetic Politics at Ghent University , within the Conflict Research Group (CRG) . This call is for a postdoctoral opening on the Sovereign Performance ERC Consolidator Grant . The project focuses on the aesthetic dimensions of political repertoires and the micro-level dynamics of conflict, with case studies involving the Catalan independence movement , Rojava/Kurdistan , and the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist movement . The position will contribute to t...

PhD opportunity at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium The Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, together with the Faculty of Languages and Humanities, are recruiting a PhD student with a doctoral grant for the newly created Brussels Centre for Interdisciplinary Resistance Studies (Inter-RESIST) . The project sits at the intersection of digital humanities , media and communication studies , literary studies , translation studies , and interdisciplinary cultural research. I...

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University is inviting applications for its 2027-28 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program . This is a postdoctoral research associate opportunity in the social sciences, with a strong interdisciplinary focus on international studies , regional studies , and research that engages broader theoretical debates while deepening substantive knowledge of specific places. The program will award up to four fellowships . Fellows will...

Two postdoctoral positions are advertised in the SNSF Starting Grant project “Provisional Futures: Migrants as wanted workers, yet temporary residents” at the University of Zurich. The positions focus on research related to Canada and Japan , making this a strong opportunity for scholars interested in migration studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, and international relations. The project title suggests work on migrant labor, temporary residency, and the social/political condition...

KU Leuven is advertising a PhD position in Literary Studies / Translation Studies on Writer’s Residencies and the Emergence of World Literature (ref. BAP-2026-552). The project is part of the larger EMLIT: Pluriactivity, Digitality, Mobility, and the Emergence of World Literature research program, which examines how contemporary world literature is shaped by unstable conditions of cultural labor, digital mediation, and mobility. The doctoral project focuses on the role of European writer’s resid...