The Black Sea Link Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hannover, Germany), targets talented young researchers from Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as from other countries around the Black Sea. The grants allow fellows to work on projects of their choice while in residence in Bucharest, Romania, at the New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study.

Applications are invited for a lectureship in Modern European History to undertake research, teaching, administration and other activities supporting the work of the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies and the School of Historical Studies of the University of Leicester. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2010.

At the Faculty for Historical and Cultural Studies and the Faculty for Social Sciences of Vienna University, the Initiative College (Initiativkolleg / IK) European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research financed by Vienna University is awarding internationally up to 12 doctoral stipends (c. €1,199.10/month gross). Beginning 1 October 2009; duration 36 months. Deadline for application: August 14, 2009.

An der Historisch-kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät und an der Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien schreibt das von der Universität Wien finanzierte Initiativkolleg (IK) Europäische historische Diktatur- und Transformationsforschung bis zu 12 Promotionsstipendien (ca. 1.199 EUR/Monat brutto) international aus. Beginn 1.10.2009, Dauer 36 Monate. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 14. August 2009.

The Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford proposes to appoint a Research Fellow to work on the (ERC) European Research Council’s project, ‘Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe’ (MDCEE). The post will commence from 1 October 2009 for four years on a fixed-term contract. Deadline for application: April 15, 2009.

The Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) of the Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute offers international academic fellowships in the 2009-2010 academic year. Deadline for applications: April 7, 2009.