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Three-Year Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Literature, Literary Censorship, and Human Rights Lund University in Sweden

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Postdoc

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Human Rights

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This is a full-time, three-year temporary postdoctoral employment at Lund University with a monthly salary. The position includes university employment benefits, generous holidays, a favourable occupational pension, and relocation support for international employees. No specific stipend amount or tuition funding is stated.

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Dec 30, 2026

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Human Rights
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Comparative Literature

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About this position

Lund University in Sweden invites applications for a three-year, full-time postdoctoral researcher position in Comparative Literature, based at Komplitt – Forum for Comparative Literature within the Centre for Languages and Literature.

The postdoctoral researcher will work on the interdisciplinary project Censorship, “banned books”, and persecuted authors. The project examines literary censorship, freedom of expression, and human rights, and involves collaboration with the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö, the GRIDH research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg, Swedish PEN, and the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books. Research may contribute to the expansion of The Dawit Isaak Database of Censorship.

Responsibilities include conducting innovative research on literary censorship, participating in Komplitt’s international network, and helping plan and deliver seminars and academic conferences. Teaching, supervision, and related duties may comprise up to one-fifth of working time, and the position includes pedagogical training.

Applicants need a completed doctorate in Literature or a language subject specialising in literature, experience in comparative literature research, strong research and collaboration skills, teaching proficiency, and excellent English plus at least two additional languages. The application must include an independently developed project plan addressing literature, censorship, and human rights. The plan must cover at least three linguistic or cultural areas and use interdisciplinary or methodologically innovative approaches. Experience with censorship, persecuted authors, banned books, cross-disciplinary research, and collaboration beyond academia is advantageous.

The appointment is full time for three years, beginning 1 March 2027 or by agreement. It offers a monthly salary and standard Lund University employment benefits, including generous holidays, occupational pension benefits, and relocation support for international employees. The application deadline is 30 December 2026.

Funding details

This is a full-time, three-year temporary postdoctoral employment at Lund University with a monthly salary. The position includes university employment benefits, generous holidays, a favourable occupational pension, and relocation support for international employees. No specific stipend amount or tuition funding is stated.

What's required

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent foreign degree in Literature or a language subject with a specialisation in literature by the employment decision date. They must submit an independently developed project plan on literary censorship, freedom of expression, and human rights; demonstrate high-quality research ability, experience in comparative literature research, good collaboration skills, teaching proficiency, and excellent English proficiency plus at least two other languages. Applicants must not previously have been employed as a postdoctoral researcher under the applicable fixed-term postdoc agreement for more than one year in the same or related subject area at Lund University. Desirable qualifications include a doctorate completed no more than three years before the application deadline, research experience concerning censorship, persecuted authors, or banned books, cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative research experience, academic and stakeholder collaboration experience, and broad language proficiency.

How to apply

Submit an application in English through the Varbi application portal by 30 December 2026. Include a project plan on literature, censorship, and human rights covering at least three linguistic or cultural areas, the doctoral thesis, and optionally up to five publications. Follow the application compilation instructions provided by the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology.

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