The Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki (Faculty of Arts) invites applications for a
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER TO STUDY IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE RUSSIAN PRISON SYSTEM
for a fixed term of THREE YEARS.

The postdoctoral researcher will work in a project funded by the European Research Council, “GULAGECHOES”, led by Professor Judith Pallot. The project’s aim is to examine the impact of the system of penality developed in the Soviet gulag on the ethnic identification, social relationships and political association of prisoners in the Soviet Union and the communist successor states.

Applications are invited by 28 April 2019. See here the full job description and application instructions.

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