Missions

The recruited researcher will have as their primary mission to support and expand the scholarly production of data intended for integration into the DEBATE database. This includes conducting in-depth studies, preparing prosopographical records, and transcribing and analyzing manuscripts. A key component of the position is the completion of the enrichment of the DEBATE database through the integration of more than 200 entries concerning authors of principia that have not yet been processed—identifications, biographical notices, textual corpora, and unpublished works. This effort aims to provide complete, sustainable, and interoperable access to data covering the period 1350–1500. The researcher will also participate in the production of post-ERC deliverables, in particular through the scholarly valorization of the project by contributing to the publication of a monograph on the development of the principia genre, demonstrating the methodological and historiographical impact of the database on the study of late-medieval university practices. Finally, the position involves a decisive contribution to the completion of a major ongoing editorial project: the publication of the third volume of the edition of Jacques d'Eltville's Commentary on the Sentences, based on the comparative study of 25 manuscripts.

Activities

- Palaeographic and Latin verification of transcriptions based on fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Latin manuscripts
- Production of prosopographical profiles to be added to the database DEBATE
- Conducting research on the principia: study of the authors and their works
- Writing chapters for a monographic volume
- Transcribing, punctuating, and establishing Latin texts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
- Identifying explicit and implicit sources of principia texts
-Participating in a collaborative research team, as well as in the development and management of datas.

Skills

-PhD and habilitation in medieval intellectual history
-Expert knowledge of scholarly disciplines: excellent command of Latin palaeography, as well as codicology, textual criticism, and medieval Latin
-Strong computer literacy and solid experience with research databases for locating manuscripts in archival collections
- Familiarity with medieval philosophical texts produced in university contexts
- Ability to exercise critical expertise in view of preparing articles for publication
- Capacity to undertake all forms of scholarly valorization: drafting articles, composing the introduction to a collective volume, assisting in the preparation of indexes
- Excellent mastery of English, both written and spoken
- Ability to work within an international team, strong interest in the project's subject matter, and good interpersonal skills
- Willingness to travel and to work on-site in foreign archives
- Ease and ability with digital humanities tools.

Work Context

The Institute for Research and History of Texts (IRHT) is dedicated to fundamental research on medieval manuscripts and early printed books. It studies the history of texts written in the principal cultural languages of the Mediterranean world—including Latin and the Romance languages—in all their dimensions: material supports of writing, script and decoration, textual content, iconography, dissemination, and reception. The position will be situated within the research team of Monica Brînzei, hosted by the Latin Section of the IRHT, in the Bâtiment Recherche Nord on the Condorcet Campus in Aubervilliers, where the IRHT has been located since September 2019. This is a full-time, three-year contract, beginning on 1 January 2026 and ending on 31 December 2028. The workload is 38.5 hours per week. The place of work is the IRHT, Aubervilliers (Condorcet Campus), Bâtiment Recherche Nord. The contract is not renewable for this position. Contact : Monica Brinzei, DR1-IRHT : monica.brinzei@irht.cnrs.fr

Constraints and risks

working with display screen equipment