Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)
Emmenbrücke
15 hours ago
PhD Candidate SNSF 80% (m/f/d) (limited to 3 years)
- 20 May 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Emmenbrücke
Job summary
Join the exciting research project at Hochschule Luzern, exploring memory and reparation.
Tasks
- Develop a practical dissertation within the larger project framework.
- Contribute to the planning and execution of the 2028 public assembly.
- Assist in gathering foundational knowledge on relevant discourses.
Skills
- MA in arts, social anthropology, or related fields required.
- Experience in artistic or curatorial project work essential.
- Strong written and spoken German and English skills needed.
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About the job
Your Tasks
The research project "Performing the Archive" examines, using ethnographic-artistic approaches, how claims to memory and reparation in the context of migration, racism, and colonialism are negotiated in Switzerland. The framework and method is the implementation of a multi-day public assembly in 2028, the form of which is developed within the project itself. In a collaborative process with actors from research, art, activism, law, and contemporary witnesses, various memory-political "cases" of post-migrant and post-colonial Switzerland are worked through using workshops, interviews, archive research, and artistic interventions, and strategies of reparative justice are negotiated.
- Design and implementation of an independent, practice-oriented research project (dissertation) within the overall project
- Dramaturgical/curatorial collaboration in the development and implementation of the performative assembly 2028
- Collaboration in collecting fundamentals on discourses, debates, and practices in the relevant research and practice fields
Your Profile
- MA in an artistic/curatorial discipline or in social anthropology, art history, history, archival sciences, or related fields
- Expertise in artistic/curatorial, scientific and/or civil society project work
- Demonstrated research interest in the area of the overall project
- Knowledge of the Swiss context regarding migration, anti-/racism, and colonialism
- Concrete interest in pursuing a doctorate (specific ideas for research projects are welcome but not necessary)
- Flexible and networked thinker who enjoys working independently and in a team
- Very good written and spoken skills in German and English, possibly in French
- Willingness to travel within Switzerland (e.g. workshops, meetings with partners) and internationally (e.g. conferences).
Our Offer
- Opportunity to develop a dissertation within an innovative doctoral model (including doctoral colloquium)
- Salary of CHF 55,000 gross (according to SNSF guidelines)
- Learning and development opportunities as well as scope for creativity in an innovative research field
- Collaboration in a diverse, transdisciplinary team
- Offers for personal development in research and teaching
- At the 745 Viscosistadt location in Emmenbrücke, alongside the research group and administration, all bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes of the department are located, providing an ideal basis for close exchange and cooperation. However, regular presence is not expected.
- Postdisciplinary Art Research
- Performing the Archive: From Memory to Reparation in Postcolonial and Postmigrant Switzerland
Professional Enquiries
Prof. Dr Rohit Jain
Project Leader
rohit.janit@hslu.ch
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