Competition for the position of Assistant Professor (adiunkt) in the Department of the History of Ideas and the History of the Intelligentsia in the 19th and 20th Centuries (10 h/week) - Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN

COMPETITION FORM

The Director of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences announces a competition for the position of Assistant Professor (adiunkt)

GENERAL INFORMATION:

INSTITUTION: Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

NAME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OF THE INSTITUTE: Department of the History of Ideas and the History of the Intelligentsia in the 19th and 20th Centuries

SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE: History

PLACE OF WORK: CITY: Warsaw

TYPE OF POSITION: Assistant Professor (adiunkt)

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS: 1

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT: temporary

WORK TIME DIMENSION: 10 hours / week

BASE SALARY: 1 710,03-2 700,00 PLN

DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT: 3 December 2025

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5 January 2026

DATE OF COMPETITION RESULTS: 12 January 2026

EMPLOYMENT START DATE: 1 February 2026

WEBSITE LINK: http://www.ihpan.edu.pl

DESCRIPTION OF FUTURE RESEARCH WORK:

The assistant professor’s tasks will include:

The assistant professor will be responsible for supplementing Włodzimierz Borodziej’s bibliography, in particular with popular science and journalistic articles, reviews and other media texts;
collecting these texts for later publication, subject to copyright restrictions;
collecting professional documents made available by institutions with which Borodziej was associated;
cooperating with the Deutsches Polen Institut in Darmstadt to increase the visibility of the project;

Detailed research tasks include:

domestic and international queries;
participation in the conceptualisation of project activities and open meetings;
reporting progress to project managers; preparing research reports that can be converted into articles or conference papers;
participating in regular team meetings (online).

REQUIREMENTS:

PhD in history (or a related field); or be in the process of defending a doctoral thesis;
Fluent English and Polish, as well as advanced German;
Specialisation in the history of historiography, the history of ideas, historical politics and discourse analysis;
Ability to work in a team;
experience in communicating research results, preferably co-authorship of scientific volumes / articles in English (publications in international journals and renowned publishing houses will be an advantage)
consent to be included in the number of employees conducting scientific activity during the period of employment, i.e. in the number N for the purposes of the algorithm for the distribution of basic grant funds for statutory activities.

COMPETITION PROCEDURE:

The competition is conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures specified in the Regulations for Conducting Competitions for Scientific Positions at the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which is an Annex to Resolution No. 5/7/2024 of the Scientific Council of the IH PAS of December 19, 2024 (link – only Polish version);
The competition is conducted by a competition committee appointed by the Director of the Institute of History of the PAS;
Candidates submit applications to the Institute of History of the PAS;
The committee reviews the submitted applications to verify their compliance with formal requirements and assesses their substantive compatibility with the requirements (first stage of the competition);
After the first stage, the committee establishes a list of candidates qualified for the interview (second stage of the competition); Candidates whose applications are rejected at the first stage will be informed of the reasons for rejection;
Conducting interviews with selected candidates; the date and format of the interview will be specified in the notification;
Announcement of the competition results;
Candidates who participated in interviews will receive information on the results of the competition and feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of their application;
A candidate who disagrees with the competition results and identifies significant violations of the competition regulations has the right to request the Director of the Institute to conduct a re-evaluation within 7 days from the announcement of the results;
All communication with candidates will be conducted via email.

CANDIDATE EVALUATION CRITERIA:

For the positions of assistant professor, institute professor, and professor, the following criteria and scoring scale (0-100) apply:

Scientific achievements (publications, conference participation, involvement in grants or other research projects, scholarships, internships) – up to 50 points;
Organizational experience (organization of conferences and other scientific events) – up to 10 points;
Previous participation in research projects of the Institute – up to 20 points;
Consistency of candidate’s qualifications and research plans with the scientific profile of the Institute as defined in its statute and its current research directions – up to 20 points.

Each committee member assigns partial scores for each criterion. The arithmetic mean of these scores is then calculated.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

Social benefits package;
Subsidy for PKP discount card;
Subsidy for sports cards.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

Opportunity for academic development;
Support in obtaining subsequent academic degrees and implementing research plans;
Possibility of professional promotion;
The Research Organization and Studies Department provides support in applying for, implementing, and settling research grants;
Editorial Department support in publishing monographs;
Access to the Institute’s infrastructure for planned research;
Training in evaluation procedures, grant applications, etc.;
Subsidized language courses.

LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CANDIDATE:

Cover letter addressed to the Director of the Institute of History of the PAS, indicating the research area the candidate wishes to pursue;
Curriculum vitae with contact details (email address, phone number);
Copy or copies of diplomas;
Information on scientific achievements with bibliography;
Candidate’s declaration that, if employed, the Institute of History of the PAS will be their primary workplace and that the candidate will submit a statement authorizing the Institute of History of the PAS to include them in the number of employees conducting scientific activities in the discipline of history (so-called N-number statement);
Consent for the processing of the candidate’s personal data for the purposes of the competition (downloadable form).

Scanned documents should be sent electronically to: konkursy.naukowe@ihpan.edu.pl. Original documents will be required in case of winning the competition and employment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Institute of History of the PAS has a procedure for whistleblowers to report legal violations and for taking follow-up actions, namely the Regulations for Reporting Legal Violations and Taking Follow-Up Actions at the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. More information on whistleblowers can be found here – only Polish version.

Director Institute of History of the PAS
Professor Maciej Janowski

Warsaw, on 2 December 2025