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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society, 2019-202016 Листопада 2018р.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society, 2019-2020

The Petro Jacyk Education Foundation and the Centre for European, Russian, and EurasianStudies (CERES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University ofToronto are accepting applications for the Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship inUkrainian Politics, Culture, and Society for the 2019-2020 academic year. The objective ofthe Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to support annually one of the most promising juniorscholars studying contemporary Ukraine and thereby to advance academic understandingof Ukrainian politics, culture, and society. The Fellowship is made possible through thegenerous support of the Petro Jacyk Education Foundation.

 Description:

The Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship has both research and teaching components. Thesuccessful candidate will spend most of the Fellowship period in residence at CERES and aperiod of time in Ukraine (typically 2-4 weeks), conducting research and giving lecture(s)at educational institutions. While at CERES, the Fellow is expected to devote her/his timepreparing his/her dissertation for publication and/or to start a new research project. TheFellow will work closely with an appointed research supervisor and participate in activitiesof the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine. This will include guest lectures,workshops, and conferences. In addition to research, he/she is expected to teach a one-semester course (usually a seminar) that deals with contemporary Ukraine.

 Eligibility:

The Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship is available to junior scholars in the socialsciences and humanities with a research and teaching focus on contemporary Ukraine. Thefellowship is open to recently awarded PhDs (persons holding doctorates for no more thanthree years at the time of application). The program is advertised internationally and doesnot have any restrictions with respect to citizenship. However, the successful candidatewho is not Canadian will have to meet the necessary requirements in order to obtain awork permit as mandated by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to starting thefellowship. The successful candidate will also have to have proof of doctoral degree by June30, 2019

. Fellowship tenure:

The Fellowship runs for twelve months.

Funding:

The Fellowship holder will receive approximately CAD $43,000, which includes paymentfor teaching a course (one semester), and separately an allowance of up to CAD $2,500 fortravel expenses to Ukraine for research purposes.

Application Procedure:

Applications with all required attachments should be received by February 1, 2019. Theapplication form can be downloaded from the website: http://sites.utoronto.ca/jacyk/postdoctoral%20fellowship/call%20for%20applications.htm

Please send applications by email to: the Foundation at pjef@bellnet.ca AND the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto at  jacyk.program@utoronto.ca simultaneously. Three letters of recommendation should be e-mailed directly to both email addresses either by the referees or by confidential graduate dossier services. Emailed letters will be treated as confidential. Please make sure that you receive an acknowledgement of your application’s receipt by email. In exceptional circumstances (when emailing is not possible), application and letters can be sent by express mail to the address indicated below (please call to confirm delivery).


Mailing address:
Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies 
Munk School of Global Affairs 
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3K7
Canada
Tel: (416) 946-8938