Humanities & arts positions in Netherlands | SciFind

Humanities & arts positions in Netherlands

11 open positions, aggregated daily from university career portals across Europe.

Humanities and arts positions include research and teaching in philosophy, history, linguistics, literature, art history, music and cultural studies. European universities have a rich tradition in these fields, and many positions involve a significant teaching component alongside research. Digital humanities is a growing subfield.

•Salary scale: CAO NU (scale 10–11 for postdocs, ~€3,200–4,500/month gross)
•Working language: English is standard across STEM
•Primary funder: NWO (Dutch Research Council)
•30% tax ruling available for international researchers

Leiden University

PhD

Docent-promovendus Duitse taal en cultuur / Lecturer-PhD candidate German language and culture

Docent-promovendus Duitse taal en cultuur / Lecturer-PhD candidate German language and culture Vacaturenummer: 26-16921 Ben jij gepassioneerd door taalkunde én wil je jouw eigen promotieonderzoek uitvoeren terwijl je studenten inspireert? LUCL is op zoek naar een docent-promovendus op het gebied van de Duitse taal en cultuur, met een specifieke focus op Duitse taalkunde en taalverwerving. Promoveer in een inspirerende internationale onderzoeksomgeving en combineer dit met het geven van stimulerend onderwijs. In deze rol combineer je 75% promotieonderzoek en 25% onderwijs: Je doet taalkundig…

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No deadlineSource: Leiden University

Leiden University

Postdoc

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe The Department of World Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, is looking for a temporary Postdoctoral Researcher to investigate prehistoric landscape connectivity and human movement across Europe using agent-based modelling. The project is part of the NWO-VICI project Neandertal Legacy, awarded to Prof. dr. M.A. Soressi, which investigates the contacts and interactions between Neanderthals and early modern humans in Late Pleistocene Europe through an interdisciplinary…

🇳🇱 Leiden

No deadlineSource: Leiden University

Leiden University

PhD

PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography Starting date: January 2027 (a later starting date can be negotiated) Deadline : November 1, 2026 Description Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position within the NWO project ‘The Morphicon: A new gateway to morphological knowledge’. The PhD in this project will work in a small team to build a morphological constructicon for Dutch and use it to investigate the division of labour between grammatical regularity and…

🇳🇱 Leiden

No deadlineSource: Leiden University

Frequently asked questions

What is the 30% ruling for researchers in the Netherlands?+

The 30% ruling is a Dutch tax benefit for international knowledge workers, including academic researchers. It allows employers to pay 30% of the salary tax-free as a reimbursement for extraterritorial costs, effectively reducing the tax burden for up to five years.

What is the CAO NU salary scale?+

CAO NU (Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst Nederlandse Universiteiten) is the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities. Postdocs typically fall in scale 10–11 (€3,200–4,500 gross/month), while PhD candidates follow a separate four-year salary progression from roughly €2,770 to €3,540.

Humanities & arts positions in Netherlands

Docent-promovendus Duitse taal en cultuur / Lecturer-PhD candidate German language and culture

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

Frequently asked questions

PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

PhD Position (1 FTE) in the area of Belonging of European Muslims to the EU

Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

Post-doctoral Researcher: Agent-Based Modelling of Pleistocene Landscape Connectivity in Europe

PhD Position (1 FTE) in the area of Belonging of European Muslims to the EU

Postdoctoral Researcher: Social Design of Intergenerational Contact Zones

PhD position in IC Design group