Jobs
2 Post-Doc POSITIONS AVAILABLE NOW
TWO Post-Doc Research Positions are NOW open! For any information on how to apply, please email s.ferrara@unibo.it.
The call is now open, and the deadline for applications 28 January 2026 at
12:00 pm (UTC+1).
1. POST-DOC POSITION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI) AND OCEANIA
The official call and the application link, both available in Italian and English, can be found here: https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/procedura-di-valutazione-comparativa-per-titoli-e-colloquio-per-il-conferimento-di-n-1-incarico-post-doc-presso-il-dipartimento-di-filologia-classica-e-italianistica-ssd-sdea-01-a-gsd-11-sdea-01-cod-pica-incarichipd2026-2
The project SAPIENCE – Symbols, Preliteracy and Code Evolution, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research, is hiring a Post-Doc in the Archaeology or Linguistics of Oceania. The researcher will focus the graphic and artistic production of petroglyphs and symbols, attested on Easter Island from the earliest phases of occupation in 1200 CE, such as the petroglyphs on the moai, and in other contexts before the arrival of the Europeans in 1722. They will focus on the analysis of local iconographies, petroglyph classification, and the artistic substrates in pre-writing phases to understand trajectories of local formation and cultural influences.
A knowledge of Polynesian languages is an advantage. Flexibility is also required, as the team will travel to Rapa Nui and Mangareva, and other islands of the Pacific.
2. POST-DOC POSITION IN EGYPTOLOGY AND NORTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
The official call and the application link, both available in Italian and English, can be found here: https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/procedura-di-valutazione-comparativa-per-titoli-e-colloquio-per-il-conferimento-di-n-1-incarico-post-doc-presso-il-dipartimento-di-filologia-classica-e-italianistica-ssd-staa-01-b-gsd-10-staa-01-cod-pica-incarichipd2026-1
The project SAPIENCE – Symbols, Preliteracy and Code Evolution, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research, is hiring a Post-Doc in Egyptology and or the Archaeology or Anthropology of North Africa. The researcher will reconstruct the origins of prehistoric graphic codes in North Africa and analyse centuries-old processes of symbol-making, to gauge how graphic codes were created and transmitted by prehistoric communities from the Paleo/Neolithic period to the invention of writing in Egypt. The specific focus of this post-doc is on graphic production in North Africa in the prehistoric periods from the Neolithic, such as the rock inscriptions at Wadi Sura II, Tadrart Acacus and Gilf Kebir, etc., to the Naqada period. The researcher will map different archaeological contexts, the historical preconditions and local iconographic and artistic substrates in pre-writing phases to understand trajectories of local graphic formation.
Requirements are an advanced knowledge of English and flexibility, as the team will carry out fieldwork in North Africa, wherever possible, Libya, and Egypt.