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The Jan Patočka Fellowship is part of the Jan Patočka Program.

The call for applications is open to scholars in all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The Jan Patočka Fellowship Program aims to foster research inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms. It welcomes scholars working on the manifold philosophical, societal, economic, geopolitical, and historical dimensions of this challenging topic.

The call for applications is open to scholars in all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. 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:

Up to four Science Diplomacy theme-based fellowships available
Fellowship period: September 2026 until June 2027

Interdisciplinary research collaboration and innovative ideas are prerequisites for tackling joint societal challenges. The complexity of global challenges, such as climate changes, pandemics and technological advancements, demands an integrated approach to international collaborations, where science plays an important role.

The ERC-funded project ‘Death, Smoke, and Mirrors: Manipulation of Health Data in Liberal and Authoritarian Custodial Institutions’ (2025–2030) investigates how custodial institutions in both liberal and authoritarian regimes manipulated health and mortality data from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, and what these practices reveal about governance, accountability, and the politics of life and death.

UCL Faculty of Laws is a dynamic, highly respected and friendly community, which enjoys global recognition for the quality of its teaching and research. For almost 200 years, UCL Laws has been one of the leading centres of legal education in the world.

Deadline: midday Monday 12 January 2026

Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum

The Max Planck Society is Germany’s premier research organization. The eighty-six Max Planck Institutes conduct research at the highest level in the service of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

The Lise Meitner Group “Decay, Loss, and Conservation in Art History” led by Francesca Borgo at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome seeks to appoint a: Postdoctoral Fellow (M/F/D)

The Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome (Italy) invites applications for a Digital Humanities Research Scientist within the Max Planck Research Group Machine Visual Culture: Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing, led by Dr Leonardo Impett.

This is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position supporting a grant-funded research project led by Dr Federico Rossi (University of Warwick).

The Department of History seeks to appoint two Research Fellows for a fixed-term period of 24 months each, one post from 1 April 2026 and one from 1 September 2026 to work with Dr Anna Toropova on the Wellcome Trust funded Career Development Award: ‘Traumatised Minds, Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1917-1953’.