Dear reader of the "categories" list, Next spring the Laboratoire de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées of the Université du Littoral (Calais, France) will hire a "maître de conférences" (lecturer, tenured) for its Algebra group. The website of the Algebra group is: http://lmpa.univ-littoral.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=4 The research profile for this position will most probably be "algebraic combinatorics", but I was told that this is to be taken to include such things as operads, (algebra in) monoidal categories, species, polynomial functors, simplicial sets, props, ... so basically any field of algebra of which you can convince the hiring committee that it involves some interesting combinatorics. The position also involves teaching (in French). Caveat: to apply for this position, one must already have a "qualification" in "section 25" of the Comité National des Universités (http://cnu25.emath.fr). Unfortunately, the deadline to apply for such a "qualification" (which involves some bureaucracy but is otherwise straightforward) has already passed. The position will normally be made official in February 2018 via the website of the French ministry of higher education: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/candidats.html However, those interested can already contact Prof. Loïc Foissy (loic.foissy@univ-littoral.fr) who is in charge of the hiring committee; it is not uncommon to propose to come give a talk in Calais prior to the start of the application procedure. Even though I am not involved in this hiring procedure, I can of course try to reply to any questions you may have. Best wishes, Isar Stubbe. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]