The Institute for Human Sciences invites applications for the Jerzy Giedroyc Junior Visiting Fellowships. In recognition of Giedroyc’s legacy as founding editor of Kultura, and his contributions to promoting wider understanding of the interconnected history and intellectual traditions of the lands of modern-day Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, and Ukraine, these fellowships are designated for scholars working on projects related to:

Polish-Ukrainian, Polish-Belarusian, and Polish-Lithuanian relations, and related questions of history, politics, and literature, OR

The legacy of Giedroyc particularly, and/or the journal and publishing house Kultura

ELIGIBILITY:

The Jerzy Giedroyc Junior Visiting Fellowships are open to all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Candidates for the Jerzy Giedroyc Junior Visiting Fellowship must be enrolled in a doctoral program in the humanities or social sciences or have obtained a PhD in the same fields in the past four years.

Applications must be submitted through the IWM’s online application form

All application materials should be in English.

Important! Attached documents must be combined into a single PDF, as the online submission form only allows for one attachment. File names of attachments must use Latin characters. 

BENEFIT:

The Junior Visiting Fellowship lasts four months and can be spent at IWM in Vienna from September 2024 to June 2025. Postdoctoral candidates––i.e., those who have defended their PhD by the date of the fellowship application deadline––will receive a stipend of EUR 3,000 per month; candidates currently pursuing their doctoral degree will receive a stipend of EUR 2,500 per month to cover accommodation, living expenses, travel, health insurance and any incidental costs related to their stay in Vienna.

In addition, the IWM provides visiting fellows with office space including access to the internet, administrative and research facilities as well as other services free of charge. The fellows will join the international, multidisciplinary scholarly community and participate in the activities of the IWM. Generally, fellowships start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month.