We would like to inform that under the ERC StG Project – “Recycling the German Ghosts. Resettlement Cultures in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia after 1945 (SPECTRAL RECYCLING)”, implemented at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, there was an open competition for the 1 research position. Based on the evaluation of the submitted documents and an interview, the recruitment committee decided to choose mgr Magdalena Bubík. Congratulations!
HR Excellence in Research evaluation at ISS PAS
On Thursday 29 June 2023, the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences hosted the Evaluators visiting on behalf of the European Commission. The visit was related to the renewal of the ‘HR Excellence in Research’ logo – the certificate is awarded by the Commission to institutions which provide researchers with the best working and development conditions, foster mobility and pursue a policy of equal opportunities. ISS PAS joined the group of Polish institutions entitled to use the HR logo in 2017.
The June meeting and discussions were successful, and the Experts provided the Commission with their recommendations. The official report confirms the positive assessment of the Institute, expressed, among other things, in the following passage from the report: “ISS-PAS is actively supporting academic and non-academic staff at their professional growth using own resources and externalfunding. The institute strived to ensure its strategy actually responds to the needs of its constituency (…). Although the action plan was quite ambitious and challenging, they have invested significant efforts in implementing the HR strategy. (…) The approach of ISS-PAS towards HRS4R is remarkable”.
We are therefore pleased to announce that the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – after some minor adjustments, which should be implemented in the near future – is still entitled use the “HR Excellence in Research” logo. This is a recognition which we are very happy about!
Read more about the procedure at: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hrs4r.
New version of ISS PAS Journals Platform now available
We are pleased to announce that the ISS PAS Journals Platform is now available again after an upgrade.
The Platform is now available at: https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/. The possibility to log in has been restored – for those registered in the previous system, the logins remain valid – as well as the possibility to submit texts via the Platform. A new feature is the bilingual interface: the Platform is now available to users in both Polish and English.
We warmly invite you to visit!
Job offer – an open competition for the position of a PhD student in the project “Laughter during the War: Russian Aggression in Ukraine in Political Cartoons and Memes”
Documents must be sent by 13th September 2023 27th October 2023.
The interview will take place between 18th and 22th September 2023 30th October and 3rd November 2023.
Results of the competition will be announced by 26th September 2023 10th November 2023.
Employment is scheduled to start on 1 October 2023 1 December 2023.
Details: Job offers
Two NAWA “Polonista” Fellows at the Institute of Slavic Studies PAS
We are pleased to announce that two projects will be carried out at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences within the fifth edition of the Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA) programme POLONISTA:
From 1 September this year until 29 February 2024, Dr Vadzim Shkliaryk from Belarus will be implementing the project “Little-known Polish-Belarusian texts in manuscripts from the 18th century: linguistic description in the context of historical dialectology” at the ISS PAS. Prof. Alena Rudenka will be the project supervisor on behalf of the Institute.

In turn, from 1 April to 30 September 2024 Doc. Dr. Olena Pelekhata from Ukraine will conduct a project at the Institute entitled “The influence of linguistic ideologies on the value of the Polish language and Polish identity”. Dr Gabriela Augustyniak-Żmuda will be the project supervisor.
POLONISTA is a scholarship and fellowship programme of the Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA) addressed to students and researchers. The objective of the Programme is to promote Polish language in the world by enabling foreigners interested in Polish language and Polish culture to study or carry out research projects in Poland.

For more information on the programme, visit the NAWA website:
https://nawa.gov.pl/en/the-polish-language/programme-for-students-of-polish-studies
Dr Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska nominated for AcademiaNet
We are proud to announce that our researcher, Dr Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, has been nominated for AcademiaNet – European Database of Outstanding Women Academic (https://www.academia-net.org/). AcademiaNet is a portal run by the Swiss National Science Foundation containing database of profiles of outstanding female scientists from all fields.

Outstanding female researchers are nominated for the database by more than 40 prestigious partner organisations (it is not possible to apply directly – a nomination is required). The selection criteria are rigorous and include scientific excellence and outstanding achievements in the discipline represented by the researcher.
Dr Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska’s profile can be found by following the link: https://www.academia-net.org/profile/karolina-cwiek-rogalska/85735
AcademiaNet aims to create a database containing profiles of female experts from all disciplines. The platform should make it easier to find outstanding female representatives from the respective fields and contribute to the increased selection of female scientists for scientific committees and their more frequent invitations by universities and other institutions.
„Laughter during the war” – Dr. Orest Semotiuk in workshops and lectures (POLONEZ BIS)
On May 31, 2023, Dr. Orest Semotiuk conducted an online workshop entitled “How to analyze political cartoons”. The event was organized by the Center for Journalist Solidarity of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. More information about the workshop can be found on the organizer’s website.

On June 2, at the invitation of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Dr. Semotiuk gave an online lecture entitled “Humor as a Weapon of War”.

In turn, from June 7–10, Dr. Semotiuk was in Brno (Czech Republic) for the 16th Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), “Living Uncertainty”. The Congress was organized by the Department of European Ethnology of the Masaryk University. The Congress was attended by ca. 800 participants, and its program included 100 panels covering 16 topics – from achitecture to religion. Dr. Semotiuk took part in the panel “Heritage as resistance – looking forward to cultural recovery,” during which he delivered a speech entitled “Superhero vs. butcher: Zelensky & Putin in political cartoons on Russian aggression”.

Dr. Orest Semotiuk is implementing a project entitled „Laughter during the war: Russian aggression in Ukraine in political cartoons and memes” at ISS PAS as part of the POLONEZ BIS programme of the National Science Centre (NCN).
Result of the competition for the position of doctoral student-scholar in the project: New multilingual realities in Polish higher education: The negotiation of language practices, identities, and ideologies in times of unprecedented migration and resurgent nationalism, POLONEZ BIS dated June 13, 2023
Six people entered the competition:
- Yelena Zakharova
- Maria Bolek
- Magdalena Chowaniec
- Olga Khabibulina
- Joanna Nachman
- Michał Koziol
The committee for the competition procedure, composed of:
- dr Anna Becker – Chairperson of the Commission
- dr hab. Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, prof. IS PAN
- dr Tymoteusz Król
Kamelia Penkowska – secretary
After reviewing the documents presented by the candidates, it decided to invite to the second stage an interview:
- Yelena Zakharova
- Michał Koziol
- Joanna Nachman
Call for Papers: „Acta Baltico-Slavica”, vol. 48 (2024)
We invite you to submit texts to volume 48 of the journal “Acta Baltico-Slavica”.
The journal is devoted to the problems of the Baltic-Slavic borderland. It is available on the platform of ISS PAS journals: https://ispan.waw.pl/journals/index.php/abs.
We publish texts in the sections “Articles”, as well as “Sources and materials”, “Discussions, polemics, review articles”, “Reviews”, “Chronicle” and “Information about new items in the scientific literature”.
Texts for volume 48 can be submitted via the platform by December 1, 2023. The total volume of the article (text, bibliography, abstract in Polish and English) should not exceed 38 thousand characters with spaces. Instructions for authors and a description of formal requirements can be found on the journal’s website under Online Submissions: https://ispan.waw.pl/journals/index.php/abs/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions.
Note: Until July 30, 2023, due to the reconstruction of the ISS PAS journals platform conducted by the ISS PAS Publishing House, there may be problems with the submission of texts to the editorial office of “Acta Baltico-Slavica”. We ask for your understanding and submission of articles only after this date. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that may arise due to the above reasons.
POLONEZ BIS 2 projects at ISS PAS: „New multilingual realities in Polish higher education: The negotiation of language practices, identities, and ideologies in times of unprecedented migration and resurgent nationalism”
We present research conducted at ISS PAS as part of the POLONEZ BIS 2 programme of the National Science Centre (NCN):
Dr. Anna Becker from Germany is implementing a project entitled „New multilingual realities in Polish higher education: The negotiation of language practices, identities, and ideologies in times of unprecedented migration and resurgent nationalism”. The supervisor of the project on the part of the Institute is dr hab. Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, prof. ISS PAS.