University Assistant Postdoctoral in Modern German Literature and Literary/Media Theory University of Vienna in Austria

University of Vienna is advertising a predoctoral University Assistant position at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures within the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies . The role is embedded in the research team of Prof. Dr. Judith Frömmer and focuses on French and Italian literature , media studies , early modern literature and early modernity, with additional interests in political theory, semantics, historical narrative research, and inter- and transmedial phenomena. Th...

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics is advertising a Lecturer-PhD candidate position (1.0 FTE) in French language and culture , with a specific focus on French linguistics , the Francophone world , and language acquisition . This is a doctoral-level opening combined with a lecturer role, suitable for candidates interested in research and teaching in linguistics and French studies. The post is hosted by Leiden University in the Netherlands . Application deadline: 14 September 2026. How to ap...

The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Testing Center is recruiting a Researcher / postdoc-equivalent fixed-term contract employee to work on Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) question creation and related tasks in Tokyo, Japan. This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates in Japanese language education , Japanese linguistics , linguistics , and language proficiency measurement . The role focuses on developing test questions for the JLPT, one of the world’s largest Japanese lan...

Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) at the University of Vienna is hiring a University Assistant (Postdoc) for a full-time, 6-year position in Vienna, Austria . The role is centered on political communication and research methods in computational text analysis , image analysis , and platform data . This is a strong fit for candidates with a background in communication studies, political science, media studies, or related computational social science areas. Eligibility highlights: inter...

Postdoctoral position in Modern Greek Studies at the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria . The project, “Alternative Hellenisms: Religion, Language and Identity in Frangochiotika Documents” , studies Greek-language texts written in Latin script and produced mainly by Catholic communities in the early modern and modern Eastern Mediterranean (16th–20th centuries). The work combines history , philology , linguistics , digital humanities ,...