Postdoctoral Fellowships in Central and East European Studies

UK. University of Glasgow.

Suitably qualified applicants from any branch of the Social Sciences and Humanities are invited to apply for two one-year postdoctoral fellowships in any of the following key research themes related to current and past developments in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR:

• Aspects of identity and culture and their social, political and economic implications
  • Economic and social transformation
  • Political transformation and international relations
  • Literary, cinematic and cultural developments
  • The politics of language.

Postdoctoral fellowships (£22,289 p.a.) will provide an opportunity for new researchers who have recently gained a PhD to disseminate research and to further improve their skills through specialized training. Fellows will be expected to make an active contribution to the work of CRCEES.

Applications are also invited for two scholarships (tuition fees plus stipend of £12,300) for the MSc in Russian, Central and East European Studies, and two scholarships for the intensive Postgraduate diploma (PgDip) in Russian language, both offered at the University of Glasgow.

Applicants should send a covering letter, CV, two references and a 1,000-word research proposal to Sarah Lennon at:

CRCEES, c/o Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, Hetherington Building, Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS (s.lennon@lbss.gla.ac.uk; 0141 330 5259)

Application deadline 4 August 2006. Awards are subject to standard ESRC eligibility rules.