One position are available at the University of Klaipėda, Lithuania within the EU-funded Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN) CHIBOW (Children Born of War - Past Present Future). The Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will work within the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology, University of Klaipėda (Lithuania) on different aspects of the life courses and experiences of Children Born of War in WW II in Lithuania and after (1945 -1953).

The ESRs will also be trained through Advanced Training Courses and workshops, topical conferences, secondments to other consortium nodes and an ambitious and carefully planned research activities benefiting from the expertise of world-leading senior academics. We are seeking enthusiastically motivated candidates with a strong academic record holding a Master degree in a relevant subject, fluency in English and other linguistic skills (Russian, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Latvian etc.) and subject knowledge as required by the individual research projects.

The position are focused on the following topics, respectively:

WWII and “War after War” in Lithuania (1941 -1953). During World War II, Lithuania has experienced many demographic losses. In the period of the Nazi occupation (1941-1944) almost all Jewish community was destroyed. In Lithuanian territory WWII war did not ended in 1945 as in the other parts of Europe. Anti- Soviet guerrilla resistance in Lithuanian forests (“War after War”) lasted till 1953. On the basis of archival, and possibly field-based research, interview the project will examine the experiences of children who were born during the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust, experiences of Wolfskinder (orphaned children of German origin), children which have born in Soviet exile or during anti-Soviet warfare period in Lithuania (1944-1953).

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