Offer No.: 4951
Institution: Faculty of Humanities
City: Toruń
Position: assistant professor (adjunkt) - research and teaching staff
Discipline: The Field of the Humanities - Cultural and Religious Sciences
Posted: 2026-07-21
Expires: 2026-08-27
Keywords: cultural studies, art history, museology, visual culture, art-based research
Description (field, expectations, comments):
The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:
Requirements:
- doctoral degree in humanities;
- MA and BA in humanities;
- research and academic output in cultural and religious studies, in particular concerning culture and art history, aesthetics, and/or cultural animation and museology;
-copies of two most essential academic publications within the period of the last five years;
- active participation in academic conferences;
- excellent command of Polish and English;
- experience of working with cultural institutions, particularly museums and galleries;
- academic teaching and organisational experience.
Required documents:
Additional information: Application should be submitted before 27.08.2026 12:00 via web page: https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/ (offer 4951); link: http://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4951 The selection process procedure: Stage 1: qualification of candidates following the documents submission Stage 2: qualification interview with selected candidates which will be held partly in foreign language, online on platform teams on 2.09.2029, since 9:30. contact: zwojcik@umk.pl The contest will be adjudicated no later than 18.09.2026 . Your expected employment will commence on 1.10.2026. The university does not provide accommodation.
Please be informed that the person selected through the competition will be obliged to submit a certificate from the National Criminal Register with regard to offences specified in Chapters 19 and 25 of the Penal Code (including offences against sexual freedom and morality), in Article 189a and Article 207 of the Penal Code and in the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction of 29 July 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1939 and of 2022, item 2600), or for the corresponding offences defined in foreign law. The obligation to verify applies to a person whose tasks will be related to the protected activity referred to in Article 21. of the Act of 13 May 2016 on counteracting the threat of sexual offences and the protection of minors (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 560).
Pursuant to art. 24 paragraph 6 of the Act of June 14, 2024 on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 928), information on the internal reporting procedure at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is available at: https://www.umk.pl/en/contact/internal-reporting/
If you wish to apply for this position, please do so online by clicking on the "Apply" button below (email address required).
If you do not consent to providing your email address, please deliver the required documents by post to:
Dziekanat Wydziału Humanistycznego, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3, 87-100 Toruń, pok. 117, 116.
marked: Application form for job offer no. 4951
