Selection Procedures
The Masaryk Institute and Archive of the CAS announces an open competition in accordance with the Act No. 283/1992 Coll. on the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Statutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences for a position Researcher in the OP JAK MyGRACE project focusing on research on interwar exile in the Czech lands.
Project „Migration and Us: Mobility, Refugees, and Borders from the Perspective of the Humanities (MyGRACE)“, registration number CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008741, funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within Programme Johannes Amos Comenius and co-financed by the EU, brings interdisciplinary synergy to research on migration and refugees in the Czech Republic. In five closely linked and complementary research packages, it explores people on the move from the perspectives of literary studies and cultural studies, ethnology and anthropology, history and using digital methods. It critically and in new ways studies exile, race and language among contemporary migrants, the influence of states on transnational migration, the history of labor migration and borders.
We are looking for a researcher to join our team. In close cooperation with the research leader of the project subgroup entitled "Constructing Exile: From Exile to Migration" and other team members, the researcher will carry out independent research, publication and other scholarly organizational and coordination activities.
A prerequisite for working on this research project is the ability to apply an intersectional perspective to exile and migration. Thus, the research will include processes of marginalization (with aspects such as gender, ethnicity, and social status) and will map how different migrant groups and communities represent and record specific experiences of exile and emigration.
The researcher will provide a new perspective on the Russian, Ukrainian, German and/or Austrian interwar exile in the Czech lands with the help of eco-documents, correspondence, petitions, and personal files. The aim is to analyze the refugee experience of people not belonging to political and cultural elites, thus in contrast to conventional approaches.
We offer:
- work in an interdisciplinary team of researchers working in educational and research institutions across the Czech Republic
- the opportunity to contribute to the development of a new perspective on research on migration and exile in the Czech context with an international outreach
- pleasant working environment and team, flexible working hours
- gross salary 46 000 54 000 CZK (depending on experience)
- benefits: 5 weeks of vacation, sick days, meal vouchers, pension contribution
We expect:
- ability to carry out independent scientific and publishing activities
- interdisciplinary teamwork and organizational skills
- interest in intersectionality and oral history
- active ability to communicate in English in written and spoken form, the knowledge of Czech is an advantage
- a PhD in humanities or shortly before its completion
The position is intended to be full-time (a part-time position may be negotiated), starting from 1 April 2025 with a maximum duration until the project end date (31 December 2028).
Please send a CV, an overview of previous publications and a motivation letter (in Czech, Slovak or English) electronically to sekretariat@mua.cas.cz, subject: OP JAK Exile.
Application deadline: 02/28/2025