Postdoctoral Position “China’s Multiple Pasts: Museums, Colonial History, and Decoloniality in Southeast Asia” (project no: 2024/53/B/HS3/01498) University of Warsaw, Faculty of History.
The dean of the Faculty of History with the consent of the Rector of the University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of postdoctoral researcher in the field of history in the Department of History of the 20th Century, Faculty of History, University of Warsaw in NCN OPUS-27 research project ‘China’s Multiple Pasts: Museums, Colonial History, and Decoloniality in Southeast Asia’.
This project strives to examine if and how Overseas Chinese history museums in Southeast Asia offer alternative representations of the past to those found in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). By juxtaposing the nationalist representations embedded in the PRC’s memorialization of Chinese diaspora and those shown in museums in Southeast Asia, this project will analyse the diversity of discourses on China’s past, retrieve the agency of different communities funding the museums, and problematize the application of decolonial theories in museums based outside the Western episteme.
The appointment will begin in October 2025.
The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. by the time of appointment, and is a specialist in Chinese Overseas Chinese studies, preferably with a focus on museum and/or heritage studies. Knowledge of Thai/Malay/ Indonesian will be an asset.
The research candidate will conduct research, will publish academic articles/a monograph, will presenting research findings on international conferences, and will assist the PI in organizing an international workshop and editing a collected volume.
To apply please send the following documents to praca.historia@uw.edu.pl by 3 June, 2025:
- A copy of PhD Diploma or relevant document obtained no later than 7 years before starting the fellowship or a statement from your supervisor that you expect to receive your Ph.D. degree by October 1st, 2025.
- Description of the research project related to the grant (2 pages).
- Two recommendation letters.
- A candidate questionnaire (https://rekrutacja-i-rozwoj.bsp.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/04/EN.docx)
Please read the official call with all the details on the website of the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw: https://historia.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/NEW-WHist-K-2025-05_EN_ogloszenie-projekt-1.pdf
For more information contact the Project’s PI Dr Laura Pozzi l.pozzi2@uw.edu.pl