Announced in 2022 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** For more detailed information see website [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-178.html"] Charles U *========================================================================================= * Requiered application documents for the applicants: *========================================================================================= • Application Form [ URL "FHSVEDA-203-version1-fond_junior_application_form.docx"] • Letter of Reference [ URL "FHSVEDA-203-version1-fond_junior_letter_of_reference.docx"] : by the supervisor in the PhD programme or a by a researcher/head of establishment, where completed the doctoral study. • Scientific CV + List of Publications: all together max. 2 pages A4 • Copy of University Diploma or Provisional certificate of completion of PhD studies or an confirmation, that the applicant has been awarded PhD Degree *========================================================================================= * Applicants can apply for positions in projects announced by the following departments in *========================================================================================= 1) Environmental Philosophy: Eco-Phenomenology and Eco-Hermeneutics – Department of Philos Humanities The Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University of Prague announces an open competitio Postdoctoral Position in the field of Environmental Philosophy. The successful candidate w Department of Philosophy. He or she must have a high level (C2 language proficiency level) spoken English and French. Knowledge of other languages, e.g., German mainly, or Italian o plus. The topic of the natural environment has attracted increasing attention of philosophers wo continental tradition. Among major philosophical heritages, thinkers working in the field and hermeneutics have developed – and continue to develop – relevant analyses on the being of the natural environment. On the one hand, the inclusion of phenomenology in environment opened up the space for the development of the environmental discipline labeled “eco-pheno Toadvine). The eco-phenomenological approach, in which are folded both ecological phenomen phenomenological ecology (Wood), addresses the possibility to rediscover the natural envir meaningful and worthy of respect. The natural space arises here as profoundly connected wi as embodied and embedded. On the other hand, the consideration of the fact that the encoun and the understanding of its sense requires mediation, has led hermeneutical thinkers to s environment as an object of interpretation (Mugerauer, Van Buren). Eco-hermeneutics is, th with human mediation of the meaning of the natural environment, that is, with the practica our encounters with nature as a space calling for interpretation. Therefore, eco-phenomeno hermeneutics awakens us towards a renewed relationship with the natural environment. These not opposed to the study of nature proposed by the natural sciences. Rather, these can be attempts to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy and the other branches attentive to the study of nature. The interest in the field of environmental philosophy is demonstrated by current research activities at the Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University of Prague. The Faculty i an international research project on cosmology and phenomenology: “Fink and French Phenome directed by Hans Rainer Sepp at the FHS UK and Alexander Schnell at the Bergische Universi (project supported by the Czech Science Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgmeinschaft, 2021-2023). Yet, this research work is connected to the scientific project “Face of Nature French Phenomenology”, directed by Karel Novotný (project supported by the Czech Science F 21-22224S, 2021-2024), at the Czech Academy of Science. Directors of these projects, Hans Karel Novotný, are developing their own contributions to the field of environmental philos their attention on oikological philosophy (H. R. Sepp, ed. Phänomenologie und Ökologie, 20 relation between life and world (K. Novotný Welt und Leib, 2021) respectively. The successful candidate is expected to develop his or her own research project through th phenomenological and the hermeneutical methodologies applied to the study of the natural e Rather than choosing either eco-phenomenology or eco-hermeneutics, the candidate has to wo continuity between them. As such, by enlarging the movement of hermeneutic phenomenology ( Gadamer, Ricoeur) to the analysis of the natural environment, in his or her research the c mainly focus on the interplay between embodiment and nature, on the connection between lif symbolic structures of nature, and on the relationship among lived space, dwelling, and na phenomenological hermeneutical approach will enable the candidate to offer valuable method resources to discuss some central issues of the current environmental debate, such as the sustainability and biodiversity preservation. Faculty: Faculty of Humanities Department: Department of Philosophy [ URL "https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1068.html"] Supervisor: prof. Karel Novotný, M.A., Ph.D. E-mail: karel.novotny@fhs.cuni.cz Deadline date: July 15, 2022 Position available from: January 1, 2023 Submit applications with all other documents to Research Administration Office: veda(zavin [ MAIL "veda(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz"] (CC: karel.novotny(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz [ MAIL "karel.novotny(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz"] ) 2) Art anthropology – Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Faculty of Humanities The anthropology of art is a sub-discipline of social-cultural anthropology and concerned understanding the material culture and arts of various social, cultural, and political con It combines the qualitative methods of anthropology, primarily ethnographic field research visual theories and methods of art history and its related disciplines. Art anthropology i inter-and transdisciplinary endeavor and is especially suited for research projects that r interdisciplinary set of theories and methods. While earlier anthropological studies on art focused on key debates within this sub-discip the differences between material culture and art, questions of agency, primitivism, aesthe iconography, newer art-anthropological questions have turned to the collection and display and contemporary art, art’s circulation in global art worlds, as well as the provenance an politics of art and material culture. Especially the latter two aspects have received heig due to recent societal debates about the provenance and restitution of major non-European in Europe, including the colonial theft of art such as the Benin bronzes, the showcase of from different world regions, the theft of cultural heritage from museums in war zones, an issues. Therefore, art anthropologists have recently concerned themselves with the history ethics of ethnographic and art collections in museological contexts. Topics have included anthropologists assume in institutions exhibiting ethnographic collections, the anthropolo as curator, or how anthropologists can help in building relationships with indigenous comm collections are showcased worldwide, and where repatriation surfaces as an important issue The project to be undertaken in this context will focus on recent debates on decolonizing focusing on two core aspects: provenance research to understand the biographies of objects rightful owners or authors and, secondly, processes of restituting/repatriating objects. A be placed on strategies of decolonization and actively engaging with the social life of ob pasts, and their futures. This focus is inspired by the call by art historian Bénédicte Sa Felwine Sarr on the restitution of material culture looted during colonial times and what must entail for it to become effective. The project should also assess current debates on provenance research in light of earlier concerns articulated by art historians, anthropolo colonial scholars. Faculty: Faculty of Humanities Department: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology [ URL "https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSE Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Zuzana Jurková, Ph.D. E-mail: zuzana.jurkova@fhs.cuni.cz Deadline date: July 15, 2022 Position available from: January 1, 2023 Submit applications with all other documents to Research Administration Office: veda(zavin [ MAIL "veda(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz"] (CC: zuzana.jurkova(zavinac)fhs.cuni.cz [ MAIL "zuzana.jurkova(zavinac)post.cz"] )