University of Wroclaw invites applications for the position of assistant professor at the Taube Department of Jewish Studies, Faculty of Philology

13 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Wroclaw

Department

Faculty of Philology

Research Field

History » Other

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Poland

Application Deadline

22 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Warsaw)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

Tbd

Offer Starting Date

1 May 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

No 14.2024.KJ.WF.ER of 13.02.2024

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

No 14.2024.KJ.WF.ER of 13.02.2024

Institute/Department: Taube Department of Jewish Studies, Faculty of Philology

Position: assistant professor

Type of position: research

• in research discipline: history, literary studies, cultural studies
• in research field: humanities

Vacancies/positions:1

Type of contract: full time

Application deadline: 22.03.2024

Estimated date of the contest settlement: 09.04.2024

Envisaged job starting date: May 2024

Period of employment: temporary, 36 months

Salary: 8875 PLN gross payroll (taxes included) per month

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

The employment is offered in the framework of the project Discourses on Body in Jewish Culture in the Polish Lands between 1880 and 1939 funded by the National Science Centre, Poland under the grant no UMO-2022/47/B/HS2/01522.

PI of the project is Zuzanna Kołodziejska-Smagała PhD.

The candidate is expected to have

PhD in Humanities in history, literary studies or cultural studies.

Academic publications (at least one first-author publication in a recognized peer-reviewed international journals).

Expertise in discourses on masculinity in Jewish culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Academic interests focused on gender (especially expertise in masculinity issues), anthropology of body, literary theory.

Experience in archival surveys.

Experience in working with ego-documents.

Analytical and synthesising skills.

Experience in team work.

At least reading fluency in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Polish and Russian.

At least B2 level of English.

Responsibilities

In research area:

Survey on masculinity and masculine body in Jewish culture in literary, ego-documents and press sources written in Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, German and Russian between 1880 and 1939.

Analysis and interpretation of collected sources using the tools of gender theory, anthropological approach to body, comparative analysis, archival analysis and source criticism.

Selection of sources for the anthology.

Participation in team meetings.

Following the latest academic reports in local and international journals.

Submission of academic articles.

Active participation in academic conferences.

In organisational area:

Participation in academic meetings and seminars.

Preparation of academic publications.

Active participation in academic conferences.

Dissemination actions to academic and non-academic audiences.

Supporting of PhD students and post graduate students.

The application for the competition should include

Personal  questionnaire  (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/PERSONAL-DATA-FORM-FOR-EMPLOYMENT-APPLICANT_eng.pdf ).

Curriculum vitae.

Scan of PhD diploma.

Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/Workplace-st… ).

Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/Scientific-d… ).

Self-presentation (information about scientific, organizational, and other achievements).

List scientific publications in the last ten years.

Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements or an explanation of the lack of them.

Application for employment addressed to HM Rector.

Declaration – article 113 the Law on Higher Education and Science (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2023/05/Declaration-Article-113.pdf ).

The CV should include the following note: I consent, within the meaning of Articles 4 and 7 of RODO, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the EU L of 4.05.2016, pp. 1-88), to the processing of my personal data by the University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, for the purpose of recruitment for employment at the University of Wrocław. I am aware that the consent given may be withdrawn at any time in a manner appropriate to its giving.

All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: [email protected] with the subject of the message: "assistant professor.14.KJ.WF".

Additional information:

The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.

Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.

The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.

The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.

The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process: https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/en/information-clause-for-persons-participating-i…

Requirements

Research Field

History » Other

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

University of Wroclaw

Country

Poland

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

50-137 Wrocław

Website

https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/en/

Street

pl. Uniwersytecki 1

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED