University of Wroclaw invites applications for the research position of assistant at the Centre for the Study of the Ancient World  at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

No of 84.2024.CBSA.NAWA.WNHP  of24.05.2024

Institute/Department: Centre for the Study of the Ancient World

Position: assistant

Type of position: research

Research area / discipline: humanities sciences / history

Vacancies/positions: 1

Application deadline: 24 June 2024

Expected contest results: 25 July 2024

Envisaged job starting date: 1 October 2024

Contract from 1 October 2024 until 28 February 2025

Type of contract: full time

Applications are invited from those who fulfil the statutory requirements specified in the Higher Education Act from 20th July 2018 (Dz. U. z 2018 r., poz. 1668) and the statutes of the University of Wroclaw.

An assistant in the Center for the Study of the Ancient World, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw within the NAWA Chair project "From the Achaemenids to the Romans: Contextualizing empire and its longue-durée developments". For the project description see: https://hist.uni.wroc.pl/Instytut-Historyczny/NAWA/Project.

The candidate is expected to be:

1. A PhD student in classics/ ancient history/ ancient oriental studies.
2. She/he should have good knowledge of Greek and Latin.
3. She/he should have reading ability in relevant modern languages other than English.

Additionally, the following are highly desirable:

1. Any additional language of the ancient Near East or Latin is a bonus.
2. Other essential criteria are: publications (journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, books, authored or edited) and conference papers in antiquity studies.

Responsibilities at the workplace:

1. The successful candidate is expected to do doctoral level research on elite in the Levant confronted with the transformation of empires in the ancient Near East. The PI of the project will assign research tasks to the assistant.
2. She/he is also expected to participate in conferences.
3. She/he is also expected to publish no less one journal papers for the duration of the project.

The application for the competition should include:

1. Curriculum vitae.
2. Personal questionnaire of the person applying for employment (download Personal questionnaire).
3. Photocopy/scan of BA and MA diplomas..
4. Statement whether the University of Wrocław will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace Statement).
5. 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 (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Summary of research and educational accomplishments as well as others, connected with organization and popularization of research; please include relevant information on your academic mobility.
7. List of up to 5 best academic publications published no earlier than 2013.
8. PDF of up to three publications most representative of your research profile, or an explanation of the lack of them, provided that the Chairman of the Committee may expect all or selected scientific publications or other documents to be submitted.
9. Two letters of reference submitted directly by referees to Head of the Board (e-mail address: pawel.klint@uwr.edu.pl); the candidate forfeits hereby her/his rights to access  these letters.
10. Information about languages you know.
11. Information on research grants in which you are a PI or investigator awarded and/or implemented within 10 years prior to submitting the application; please list grants awarded by ERC, other international agencies, Foundation for Polish Science, National Science Centre and Ministry for Science and Higher Education (Poland); please declare the amount of money granted.
12. List of papers presented to international conferences over the last 10 years.
13. Declaration – article 113 the Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration – Article 113).

The Head of the Board reserves the right to request the candidates to deliver copies of additional documents necessary for the assessment of their candidacy.

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 submitted documents must be signed.

Additional information can be obtained fromdr Agnieszka Wojciechowska (agnieszka.wojciechowska@uwr.edu.pl).

All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: "assistant.84.NAWA.CBSA.WNHP.AH ".

Additional information:

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process: Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process - Sekcja Rekrutacji i Rozwoju Pracowników - HR (uwr.edu.pl)