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Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Literature, Media and Gender Studies Free University of Berlin in Germany

Degree Level

Postdoc

Field of study

Gender Studies

Funding

Available

Deadline

Nov 23, 2026

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Germany

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Free University of Berlin

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Keywords

Gender Studies
Media Studies
Literature
English Literature
Postcolonial Studies
World Literature
Literaturwissenschaft

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About this position

Freie Universität Berlin is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the Chair of Global Literature and Its Media with a Focus on Gender Studies in the Department of English Philology.

The successful researcher will develop and conduct an independent postdoctoral project drawing on Global Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and/or World Literature with an intersectional orientation. The role connects individual research with the chair’s wider work on Anglophone literatures, cultures and media from the early modern period to the present, including literary and cultural formations shaped by empire, colonialism, migration and global circulation.

Research at the chair examines the relationships between literature, empire and coloniality; the economic, material and medial conditions of literary production and circulation; and questions of embodiment, affect, gender, sexuality, citizenship and belonging. The postdoctoral researcher will collaborate closely with the sub-project “Intervention verkörpern: Literature, Citizenship, and the Market of Belonging” within the Collaborative Research Centre “Intervening Arts”.

The position combines research, teaching and academic coordination. Activities include contributing to publications and third-party funding initiatives, supervising theses and supporting early-career researchers, and helping develop teaching materials and courses in Global Literatures. The researcher will also organise and moderate workshops, international conferences, lecture series and public-facing research events.

The role offers an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment for research connecting literary studies with media, gender, postcolonial and global perspectives at Freie Universität Berlin.

Funding details

Available

What's required

Applicants must have completed university studies and hold a doctoral degree in literary studies or a related discipline, with substantial qualifications in literary studies. Desirable qualifications include familiarity with the chair's research field, academic organisation and coordination experience, interdisciplinary collaborative research experience, international academic experience, experience organising academic discussion formats, excellent academic writing and an English-language publication record, and excellent German and English. English must be at least C1 CEFR and German at least B2 CEFR.

How to apply

Submit one PDF containing the CV, degree certificates, publication list and a research proposal of no more than five pages, quoting the reference code. Email the application to [email protected] or send it by post to the listed institute address.

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