Minimum gross salary of €30,600 per year.
The Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) funds the incorporation of young researchers into Spanish R&D centres through the Juan de la Cierva 2026 Contracts programme. The University of Burgos is seeking candidates in the field of Historical Grammar and History of the Spanish Language who are interested in joining the research group INQUIRE – Inquisitorial Studies and developing their postdoctoral research at the University of Burgos.
The candidate will join INQUIRE – Inquisitorial Studies, a research group devoted to the study and edition of inquisitorial texts from Europe and Spanish America, written both in Latin and in vernacular languages. The group's research also addresses the analysis of the language used in inquisitorial documentation, including the study of the voices, terminology and documentary practices reflected in inquisitorial processes.
Research area: historical grammar of Spanish; historical syntax and morphology; diachronic development of Spanish; processes of grammatical change in Spanish; historical linguistics and language variation; historical varieties of Spanish and their evolution; corpus-based approaches to the study of the history of Spanish; linguistic analysis of historical and documentary sources; and the relationship between language change, textual traditions and historical contexts.
Juan de la Cierva contracts last for three years. The national call opens on 12 November 2026 and closes on 3 December 2026, and its resolution is expected in April-May 2027.
PhD in Historical Grammar and/or History of the Spanish Language. For the general access category, candidates must hold a PhD degree obtained between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2026. Excellent command of Spanish.
Applications are sent by e-mail to ocpi@ubu.es.
The University needs to receive applications from interested candidates by 12 November 2026 at the latest, so that there is enough time to prepare the application to the national call.
Further information: ocpi@ubu.es, Universidad de Burgos.