Call for Applications: Research Scholarship in an NCN Research Project

Call for applications for a research scholarship within the NCN project:

“Chodzenie do kina w Polsce pod okupacją niemiecką. Programowanie kin i preferencje filmowe wieloetnicznych publiczności miejskich podczas drugiej wojny światowej na przykładzie Krakowa, Warszawy i Lwowa”

Host Institution: University of Wrocław, Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies
Position: Scholarship holder — student/doctoral candidate

Requirements

Student or doctoral candidate status
Fluent command of Polish and Ukrainian
Good knowledge of German
Interest in contextual film history
Interest in the history of the German occupation
Ability to work with diligence and accuracy
Strong analytical skills
Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Description of Tasks

Research on the newspapers Lvivski Visti and Gazeta Lwowska (available online)
Systematic analysis of cinema programmes in Lviv for Ukrainian and Polish audiences
Identification of film titles using available databases
Entering repertory data into Excel
Searching for information in the press and academic literature (especially Ukrainian sources)
Translation from Ukrainian into Polish
Participation in preparing a scholarly article (together with the project leader)

Funding Scheme: OPUS 22
Project Leader: Dr hab. Andrzej Dębski

Application Deadline: 15 November 2022

Terms of Employment

Estimated workload: 0.5 FTE

Scholarship agreement

Funding period: 12 months (1 December 2022 – 30 November 2023)

Monthly stipend: PLN 2,500 (gross)

Recruitment Procedure

Applications should be sent by email to: andrzej.debski@uwr.edu.pl
Please include in the subject line: OPUS 22 Competition

The application should include:

A cover letter
CV
Certificate confirming student or doctoral candidate status

Cover letter: explanation of the applicant’s interest in the project
CV: information on the candidate’s academic background

Please include the following consent clause:

“I consent to the processing of the personal data contained in my application for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process conducted by the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies, University of Wrocław, in accordance with Article 13(1) and (2) of 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 (GDPR).”

Interviews will be held in the second half of November 2022 at the Willy Brandt Centre (ul. Strażnicza 1-3, Wrocław) or via Zoom.

The selection committee reserves the right to contact only shortlisted candidates.