“Commemorating the Holocaust in the ‘Post-Witness’ Era: Counter-Monuments and the Collective Dynamics of Memory-Making”

The Rector of Civitas University announces a competition for the position of scholarship holder (MA or PhD level) in a project financed by the National Science Centre (OPUS grant), on “Commemorating the Holocaust in the ‘Post-Witness’ Era: Counter-Monuments and the Collective Dynamics of Memory-Making,” carried out at Civitas University (contract no.: UMO-2024/53/B/HS6/02858).

Scholarship Information:

• Grant period: 24 months.
• Planned start date: October 1, 2025. or as soon as possible thereafter,
• Monthly scholarship amount: PLN 5,000.

Requirements:

• Status of an active master’s degree student or a current participant of a doctoral school (fields of study: sociology, ethnology, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies, media and communication or related),
• Knowledge of research methods in the social sciences, including qualitative methods and basic quantitative methods,
• Interest in ethnographic research, critical discourse analysis and corpus data analysis,
• Very good, documented knowledge of English in both speaking and writing (the primary language of communication in the project),
• Knowledge of Swedish at a level allowing data analysis and research cooperation within and beyond the project,
• Motivation to conduct scientific research and willingness to work in an international research team.

Knowledge of Polish is not essential.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the project manager/leader in conducting research planned for stages I and II of the project, including:
• collecting data from within the media, political and institutional fields (including building source corpora),
• conducting preliminary discourse analysis of data and preparing fieldwork documentation,
• archiving and preliminary processing of data from ethnographic research and their material as well as socio-semiotic analyses,
• Collaborating with the research team in preparing publications and reports,
• Participating in organizational activities and dissemination of project results.

Application Documents:

• A copy of a diploma confirming education or a current certificate of study progress,
• CV including information about education and any academic and related activities (with information about, in particular, academic activities, participation/work in research teams, participation/organisation of conferences, foreign trips within the university, research projects, and publications),
• A cover letter indicating interest in the topics of the research project and the applicant’s key research interests (including information about e.g. the topic of a bachelor’s thesis or planned master’s/doctoral thesis – including application of qualitative methods such as critical discourse analysis, ethnographic research, and if applicable quantitative methods),
• Certificate of the current status of second-cycle or PhD studies (in Polish or English),
• Optional: a reference letter drawn by the supervisor, academic advisor, or another person with knowledge of the candidate’s research competences.

Application Submission:
Application documents should be sent to pracawuc@civitas.edu.pl by, at the latest, 15 September 2025 with a note – “OPUS scholarship”. The application documents must also include written consent to the processing of personal data by Civitas University for the purposes of the competition.

“Commemorating the Holocaust in the ‘Post-Witness’ Era: Counter-Monuments and the Collective Dynamics of Memory-Making”

The Rector of Civitas University announces a competition for the position of POST-DOC in a research project financed by the National Science Centre (OPUS grant) on “Commemorating the Holocaust in the ‘Post-Witness’ Era: Counter-Monuments and the Collective Dynamics of Memory-Making,” carried out at Civitas University (contract no.: UMO-2024/53/B/HS6/02858).

Terms of employment:

• Position: Post-doc researcher (full-time),
• Employment period: 34 months,
• Planned start date: October 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter
• Salary: PLN 9,600 gross/month.

Requirements:

• Completed doctoral (PhD) degree in sociology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, or in related disciplines in social, cultural and religious studies obtained not earlier than January 1, 2018,
• Doctoral (PhD) degree obtained at a higher education institution other than Civitas University (UC, formerly known as Collegium Civitas), and in case of a doctoral degree at UC, at least a 10-month, continuous and documented postdoctoral fellowship/appointment at a different institution than the host institution and in a different than that where the doctoral degree was awarded,
• Experience in conducting social science research using qualitative methods, with particular emphasis on experience of ethnographic research, using critical discourse analysis, and working within the framework of urban studies,
• Documented academic achievements, especially publications, based on qualitative research methodology, with particular emphasis on ethnographic research, critical discourse analysis, or research within the framework of urban studies,
• Experience in working in research teams,
• Knowledge of Polish, English, and German at a level enabling research and analysis of source materials (minimum B2) and efficient collaboration within research project.

Additional requirements:

• Experience/participation in international and/or interdisciplinary research projects and teams
• Knowledge of Swedish will be an advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Participation in the empirical and analytical stages of the project, including discourse analysis, field research, and archiving of research data and materials,
• Collaboration with the research team in the preparation of project publications and reports,
• Participation in organizational activities and dissemination of project results nationally and internationally,
• Support in research data management.

Documents required from the applicants:

• Copy of the diploma confirming the doctoral degree,
• Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• List of publications (authored monographs, chapters in edited collections, academic articles, conference proceedings, etc.),
• At least 1-2 samples of published work consistent with the research focus and key themes of the project,
• List of academic and research activities (participation in national and international conferences, national/international research internships/scholarships, conducting research using qualitative methods, including critical discourse analysis, and/or in the field of urban studies, participation in research projects with clear indication of the role and tasks performed).

Application Submission:
Application documents should be sent to pracawuc@civitas.edu.pl by, at the latest, 15 September 2025 with a note – “OPUS – POST-DOC”. The application documents must also include written consent to the processing of personal data by Civitas University for the purposes of the competition.