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Post-doctoral position

Closes: Nov 18, 2026

Salary: €54,910 per year

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Job Information

Organisation/Company: Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza
Research Field: Literature » Comparative literature
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), First Stage Researcher (R1), Established Researcher (R3)

Application Deadline: 18 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)

Country: Italy

Type of Contract: To be defined

Job Status: Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

This post-doctoral position falls within the fields of comparative literature and the history of ideas, with a focus on Italian, English, and French literatures. The research activities will examine the persistence and metamorphosis of narrative structures, archetypes, motifs, and cultural paradigms, tracing their shifts across different historical contexts, genres, and media. Within this framework, the research will investigate the narrative configuration of the experience of the world and of time—both sacred and profane—by linking the concept of wonder and the journey of discovery and exploration to the evolution of ideas regarding time and memory, as well as to the ways in which characters are constructed. Particular attention will be given to biblical temporality and the category of the "figure" (figura), as well as to minor or non-existent characters and their reappearance and transformation through processes of rewriting.