Call for applications for employment contract: Assistant Professor (Adjunct) in Department of Historical Atlas
Call for applications for employment contract
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) in Department of Historical Atlas of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Hours: Part-time employment
Contract Type: Temporary, 12 months from 1.07.2024
Deadline for submitting applications: 15.06.2024
Key words: history, geography, environmental history, spatial humanities
The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences is looking for an Assistant Professor to join the Department of Historical Atlas. The duties of the person hired will include conducting scientific research in the field of history from a spatial perspective (primarily historical geography, environmental history and the history of cartography) using digital tools and methods (e.g. databases, GIS), publishing their results, and applying for external grants, as well as carrying out ongoing statutory work.
Requirements:
- a doctoral degree (with habilitation) in humanities or social sciences,
- scientific achievements (books, scientific articles, conference presentations) in the field of history related to the spatial dimension of historical research,
- presentation of research interests and plans for the next two years (up to 1 standard page) related to the spatial dimension of historical research,
- readiness to apply for external grants (e.g. NCN, NPRH, MNiSW),
- experience in working with digital tools and methods in history in the field of digital and spatial humanities (e.g. relational/graphic databases, Geographic Information Systems, deep mapping, network analysis, etc.) is welcome. In the absence of such experience – a willingness to learn how to conduct historical research spatially in a digital environment is required,
- active and passive knowledge of Polish and English, and passive knowledge of one of the following languages: French, German, Russian,
- willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team of historians, geographers and programmers.
Applicants must provide:
- An application for employment addressed to the Director of the Institute*
- CV (1 page A4 size)
- A copy of the PhD and habilitation diploma
- Information about current scientific achievements along with a bibliograph,
- Declaration of the applicant that in case of a successful application, Institute of History of Polish Academy of Sciences will be the main place of work
- The candidate should agree to be counted in the number of employees engaged in research activities during the period of employment, i.e., the number “N” for purposes of the algorithm for distributing base funds for activities required by the Polish law. ((https://ihpan.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Oswiadczenie_wskazanie_do_wniosku_od-2018.pdf))
The documents should be sent to the Office of Institute of History by email ihpan@ihpan.edu.pl by 15.06.2024
Warsaw, 15.05.2024
* The personal data provided by the applicant will be processed by the data manager, i.e. the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, located in Warsaw, Rynek Starego Miasta 31, for the purposes of the recruitment procedure (selection process). The transfer of data is voluntary, but necessary for the recruitment procedure. The data will be processed for as long as it is necessary for the recruitment procedure, including archiving. The data may be disclosed to companies providing technical and IT services to the Data Controller.
The data subject has the right to access, rectify, erase or restrict the processing of personal data, as well as the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection.
For all matters related to the processing of personal data, please contact the Data Protection Officer: iodo@ihpan.edu.pl. For detailed information, please visit: https://ihpan.edu.pl/o-instytucie/ochrona-danych-osobowych/
