Guest Professorship Competition

The KIU Guest Professorship in Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies aims at strengthening and broadening the KIU’s teaching and research profile in interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies. Compassionate scholars from various disciplines such as social sciences, economics, legal studies, history, cultural studies and related fields are invited to offer MA courses on a broad range of topics related to Ukraine within a newly established Ukrainian Studies certificate program within one semester at the European University Viadrina.

In this program, undergraduate students from multiple disciplines are offered the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and expertise on Ukraine and Ukrainian affairs, develop their Ukrainian language skills and complete an internship in Ukraine-related institutions and organizations, such as NGOs, Media, companies or public institutions. With its first-ever academic Ukrainian Studies program in Germany, KIU addresses the increasing demands in politics, business, civil society, media and science itself in generating more and deeper knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainian-European entanglements.

Scholars of all career stages from 2 years after completing their doctorate are invited to participate in this emerging vibrant Ukraine-related academic environment located at the European University Viadrina, in cooperation with its excellent partner institutions in Berlin. We invite scholars from all disciplines, in particular from social, legal, administration and economic studies, to offer three semester-length courses on MA level on Ukrainian topics at Viadrina University. Course topics can be related to, but are not limited on our recent umbrella topic for the winter semester 2024:

During their 5-months-stay, starting in October 2024, scholars will enjoy intellectual exchange and international inspiration from the interwoven Polish-German Border region, plus access to the vast resources within the competence network, including the Centre for East European and International Studies Berlin (ZOiS), the Humboldt University Berlin, the Free University Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin.

The KIU Guest Professorship position provides a monthly stipend of 2300 € plus a one-time travel allowance of up to 600 €. KIU Guest Professors are offered a workplace in the co-working office of the KIU. The Viadrina provides support in the search for accommodation.

We welcome guest professors to establish and broaden their research networks and seek to establish further cooperation with KIU faculty, members and fellows during their stay at Viadrina University.

Interested and eligible scholars are invited to send the following documents by 11.08.2024 in one pdf file to kiu-fellowship@europa-uni.de with the subject line “KIU Guest Professorship application”. Please note that applications that consist of more than one file or that are submitted after August, 11th 2024 cannot be considered.

• A summary of your academic work and profile, including discipline and research foci, projects related to Ukrainian Studies, teaching profile and didactical self-understanding as well as ides and plans for co-operation within the KIU;
• A compilation of proposals for three different academic courses to be taught at Viadrina, indicating topics, aims and content of the course, as well as basic discipline, course structure, ECTS requirements and literature list. Further, a written course description of max. 150 words (plus 2-3 literature references) per course is needed;
• A track record of academic teaching, plus an overview of further special commitments in academic teaching, such as didactical trainings, teaching awards etc., if available;
• Your CV, including publications list, highlighting your most relevant 5 publications.