Call for Applications: PhD ON the Project, Portraying Medieval Women: The Materiality of Female Images and Art Patronage in the Latin East (12th–15th centuries)

Call for Applications

PhD Candidates for the SNSF PRIMA Project

Portraying Medieval Women: The Materiality of Female Images and Art Patronage in the Latin East (12th–15th centuries)

University of Fribourg

Due 20 February 2023

Taux d'activité/Activity Rate: 80-100%

Lieu / District/Location: Fribourg, CH, Sarine, CH

Délai de postulation/Application Date:  20.02.2023

Date d'entrée en fonction/Date of Entering the Position:  01.03.2023 or to be agreed

Type de contrat/Contract Type: CDD

Who Are We?

The SNSF PRIMA Project Portraying Medieval Women: The Materiality of Female Images and Art Patronage in the Latin East (12th–15th centuries) (https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/208477), hosted at the Chair of Medieval Art History at the University of Fribourg, offers a four-year doctoral position focused on female representations and patronage in Southern Italy under Latin rule (12th–15th century). Her/his dissertation will be dedicated in the compilation of a comprehensive catalogue of the extant material in the assigned territories.

Why Join Us?

The state-employer encourages the balance of work life and private life and offers an environment and working conditions attractive to its employees. To know more, follow this link.

Your Mission

The most important task of the PhD researcher will be the carrying out of original research and the completion of her/his dissertation. Moreover, she/he is expected to actively participate in all the project’s research activities and scientific events, such as workshops, conferences and research trips.

Ideal Profile

  • MA in Art History with specialization in Medieval or Byzantine Art

  • Proficiency in Italian

  • Very good language skills in English

  • Good command of French and/or German


For more information, contact the project’s PI (Asst. Prof. Rafca Nasr, rafca.nasr@unifr.ch), or visit https://jobs.fr.ch/job/Fribourg%2C-CH-PhD-Position-Sari/763894202/. or https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/208477.