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News & Upcoming Events

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Jobs: 12 PhD positions at the University of Potsdam and the University of Melbourne

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/irtg-cultures-of-repair

The International Research Training Group (IRTG) Cultures of Repair, jointly convened by the University of Potsdam (Germany) and the University of Melbourne (Australia), is pleased to announce a pre-call for applications for 12 funded doctoral positions commencing on 1 February 2027.

The programme explores repair as a critical, creative, and future-oriented practice that sustains social, cultural, and ecological life. We welcome project proposals that engage with at least one of our three Research Areas:

• Environments of Repair
• Reparative Readings
• Repairing Relations

The IRTG offers:

• 6 funded PhD positions at the University of Potsdam (65% TV-L E13)
• 6 funded PhD scholarships at the University of Melbourne
• international supervision across literary studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, gender studies, queer studies, media studies, and history
• a structured joint qualification programme including one year in Potsdam and one year in Melbourne
• a jointly awarded PhD degree from both universities

Programme duration: February 2027 – July 2030 Application deadline: 12 July 2026

If your research engages questions of care, maintenance, reparation, environmental futures, critical reading practices, or the repair of social and historical relations, we encourage you to start preparing your application materials.

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DocNetCH 4 will be held at the University of Basel in HS26. More information coming soon!

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Past Events and CfPs

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Computational Approaches to Literary Studies: From Close to Distant Reading, 8 May 2026, Neuchâtel

The third workshop of the Swiss Literary PhD Network, organised by Mattia Ferraro (Neuchâtel) focused on digital humanities approaches in literary studies.

Keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Lindsay Thomas (Cornell) on Measuring the Long Novel: Popularity and Prestige in the 20th Century, and Sanghoon Oh, M.A., (Cornell) on the Computational History of Free Verse.

Third_DocNetWorkshop_Flyer.pdf

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CfP: Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis

Application deadline: 16 January 2026

Fissures Call for Papers.pdf

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