The Freiburg Postdoctoral Academy (FPA) invites early career researchers from various disciplines to apply for 10 memberships in the newly launched Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research (YAC). The programme, running from October 2025 to September 2028, focuses on the topic “The Good Life – What Makes a Good Society” and offers individual and group research budgets, networking opportunities, and project support.
The Chair of East European History at the University of Konstanz offers Visiting Research Fellowships in the framework of its strategic programme ‘Violence in East and West - Towards an Integrated History of 20th Century Europe’ funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The Fellowships last between 1 and 3 months and are to be taken up between October 2025 and February 2026.
Visiting Research Fellowships "Violence in East and West" (University of Konstanz)
The synagogue attack that took place in Pittsburgh on 10/27/18 left many scholars and American Jews with lingering, urgent questions about antisemitism, violence, and trauma. To support inquiry into this pivotal event in American Jewish history, the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center, announces the availability of the second Fine Fellowship for the study of the 10/27/2018 attack.
The GHIW offers scholarships for researchers whose work aligns with the Institute’s research objectives. We support research in German and East Central European history that requires a stay in Poland, Lithuania, or the Czech Republic. The grants are intended primarily for non-tenured, early-career scholars and are awarded for periods ranging from one to four months (depending on the research project). Only projects at an advanced stage are eligible for support. We do not provide write-up grants.
In the period from February 15 to April 15, 2025, 23.59 p.m. (Central European Summer Time - CEST) you can apply for a fellowship in 2026 at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Please read the following guidelines carefully. You will find the link to the application form at the end of the text.
In order to establish the Politics Department, the IOS announces the following research positions to be filled as soon as possible:
Two full-time Postdoctoral Researcher Positions (m/f/d).
The weekly working hours for postdoctoral positions are 100% of the standard working hours (TV-L, 40.1 hours per week).
Application deadline: June 15, 2025
On-line interviews with shortlisted candidates: June 23-27, 2025
Duration: 12+12 months. 12 months fellowship awarded upon selection, with the option for another 12 months extension of the fellowship pending successful performance of the fellow in the first 12 months.
Fellowship: 50 000 CZK per month. The selected fellow will be offered a regular employment agreement for 12 months in accordance with the law of the Czech Republic.
