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Vacant position: Postdoctoral fellowship

Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years fixed-term contract) in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS), School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. Application deadline: 1 May 2026.

The research project Locally Crafted Empires: Intersecting identities under Imperial rule in Western Asia as expressed in local portrait cultures (1st c. BCE-5th c. CE) (LoCiS) headed by Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, Rubina Raja, at the School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University (AU), is looking to recruit a full-time (37 hours/week) postdoctoral researcher. The postdoctoral researcher will be working on specific project tasks set out by the project director.

The position is for 2 years. The position will commence on 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Application deadline is 1 May 2026.

Read more about the position here.