University of Liverpool, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts, Department of English
3 Postdoctoral Research Associates

Salary: £32,600 pa
Location: Liverpool
Ref: R-590938/WWW

We seek to appoint three individuals to work on an ERC-funded ‘Travel, Transculturality and Identity in England, c. 1550-1700’ (TIDE) project. Expressions of interest are welcomed from candidates from English Literature, History, or cognate disciplines working on 16th-17th century (1) political and legal history, (2) theology and ethnography, and (3) economic history, trade, and diplomacy respectively. You should have a PhD (or be about to obtain) in a relevant field of research. The posts are available until 31 March 2021.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/research/r-590938

Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday, 8 Jul 2016 23:55:00 BST

Nominations and (especially) self-nominations are sought for the key position of editor of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) Newsletter. This is a three-year appointment. Orientation would start in the fall of this year.

The ICMA newsletter (now distributed electronically) is a major vehicle for communication with the membership; it has a wide readership. The focus now being on feature articles, the work is creative and involves much interaction with ICMA members. The excellent current editor, Sherry Lindquist, is now preparing her two final issues (Summer and Fall 2016); the new editor’s first issue would be posted in Spring 2017. Sherry describes the position in this way.

The ICMA newsletter editor solicits and edits relevant reports, photos, and other content from the president, committee chairs and ICMA members for the triannual newsletter of the organization (Spring, Summer, Fall) which is distributed online. S/he solicits and edits short feature articles of topical interest to the membership of the ICMA and collaborates with the Student Committee on the Student Committee pages. The newsletter editor is not responsible for the graphic design or distribution of the newsletter. S/he is an ex-officio member of the ICMA Publications Committee and the Board of Directors.

If you would be interested in taking on this important task, please forward to Elizabeth Sears, Chair, Publications Committee (esears@umich.edu) a brief statement of interest and a current CV.

Oxford University: All Souls College
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships

The Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship is a five-year, non-renewable fellowship, open to men and women who have recently completed or are about to complete a doctorate at any recognized university. The College usually elects Post-Doctoral Research Fellows in alternate years. The College is now accepting applications from candidates in Life Sciences; Theoretical Physical Sciences; Classical Studies; Modern Languages; Literature in English; and Philosophy for Fellowships tenable from October 2017. The closing date for applications is 4pm (UK time), Friday, 9 September, 2016.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctoral-research-fellowships

Intern in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts

Full Time (36 hours per week over 5 days)
Fixed Term for 9 months
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage)
Location: St Pancras, London
Start date: October 2016

Thanks to external funding, the British Library is pleased to be able to offer an internship in the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts section of the Western Heritage Department for a post-graduate or post-doctoral student in History, Art History, Medieval Language or Literature or other relevant subject.

The primary focus of the internship will be to enhance our Explore Archives and Manuscripts online catalogue, by creating catalogue entries for medieval manuscripts from the Harley collection. In addition, the intern will be involved in all aspects of the work of the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts section, including responding to enquiries, providing talks for students and patrons, selecting and presenting manuscripts for display in our exhibition gallery, and cataloguing, thereby gaining insight into various curatorial duties and aspects of collection care.  During the internship at the Library, the intern will enjoy privileged access to printed and manuscript research material, and will work alongside specialists with wide-ranging and varied expertise.

This internship is designed to provide an opportunity for the student to develop research skills and expertise in medieval history and manuscripts, and in presenting manuscripts to a range of audiences.  Previous interns have given feedback that they felt a valued member of the team, gained professional confidence and developed their career by carrying out a ‘real’ job with specific duties.

The programme is only open to students who are engaged actively in research towards, or have recently completed a PhD in a subject area relevant to the study of medieval manuscripts and who have a right to work in the UK full time.

The term of internship is full time (36 hours per week over 5 days) for 9 months.  The salary is £9.40 per hour, which is the current London Living Wage. The internship will start in October 2016 or as soon as relevant security checks have been completed.

To apply, please visit www.bl.uk/careers.

Applicants are asked to include answers to the following questions within their Supporting Statement:

1. Please give examples of your experience in cataloguing medieval manuscripts. 
2. Please provide examples of your experience in writing about your research for a general audience.

Closing Date: 15 July, 2016

Interviews will be held on 16 August. The selection process may include questions about the date and origin of a particular manuscript to be shown at the interview.

University of Oxford – Faculty of Music
Postdoctoral Researcher – Music and Late Medieval Court European Cultures

Location: Oxford
Salary: £30,738 to £33,574 Grade 7 p.a.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

The Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, proposes to appoint two postdoctoral researchers for a period of 4 years, starting 1 September 2016, to work on a new ERC funded Advanced grant, Music and Late Medieval European Court Cultures (MALMECC). The posts will be on a Grade 7 (salary in the range £30,738 – £33,574 p.a.) and will be based in the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities office (TORCH), Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

Reporting to the project’s Principal Investigator (PI), Karl Kügle, the postdoctoral researchers will pursue an individual research project within their specific selected sub-project, in collaboration with the project team. They will be expected to collaborate with all members of the team and participate in the preparation of relevant research publications, as well as representing the project at internal and external meetings, contributing ideas and engaging in dissemination. The project seeks to develop a new, post-national and trans-disciplinary method of studying pre-modern cultures; specifically, the focus will be on European courts of the ‘long’ fourteenth century, defined as 1250 – 1450. The project will consist of systematic collaboration of a team of scholars drawn from relevant disciplines (including but not limited to history, art history, architectural history, modern and classical languages, music) under the leadership of the PI.

Applications are welcome from candidates with a PhD or equivalent and research experience in a relevant discipline for the period 1250 – 1450. In addition, ability and willingness to collaborate across the disciplines of musicology and medieval studies will be essential, along with high level competencies in at least one other relevant language.

Candidates may apply for any one of the following sub-projects: (1) the effects of gender and lineage on patronage in Northwestern Europe; (2) the courts of ecclesiastic princes in France and Southern Europe; (3) the artistic patronage of the Luxembourgs in Germany and the Czech lands; (4) the politics of prince-bishop Pilgrim II of Salzburg and the songs of the ‘Monk of Salzburg’.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Wednesday 6 July, 2016.

For full information and to apply, please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=123798.

University of East Anglia – School of History
Senior Research Associate in Early Modern History

Location: Norwich
Salary: £31,656 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary. Two-year full-time position from October 2016

Inner Lives: Emotion, Identity and the Supernatural, 1300-1900: www.innerlivesblog.com

This post is a two-year full-time postdoctoral research associateship to participate in a major research project (2015-18) funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The principal investigator is Professor Malcolm Gaskill; the co-investigators are Dr Sophie Page (UCL), covering the medieval period, and Professor Owen Davies (Hertfordshire), covering the modern.

The successful applicant would be based in the School of History at the University of East Anglia. He/she would assist Prof. Gaskill with his work on witchcraft in the Anglo-American world and the history of emotions, while also furthering his/her own research and publication plans. A doctorate in early modern history is an essential requirement, as is proficiency in using sixteenth- and seventeenth-century manuscripts and printed sources. Expertise in the history of emotions and/or the history of witchcraft would be especially welcome.

The research associate would also be expected to help with the project more widely, including overseeing the website and social media, writing and commissioning blog posts, drawing together ‘inner lives’ methodologies to write an article for publication, helping with a planned exhibition, and organising an international conference in 2018.

The research associate will be entitled to funds from the project research budget to cover expenses related to the project and to his/her own work.

Closing date: 12 noon on 28 June, 2016.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.uea.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/research/-/asset_publisher/62h7ppZT4QgW/content/senior-research-associate-in-early-modern-history

ACMRS (the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) at Arizona State University is seeking an editor or editorial team of two to three in related fields to edit Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal for a (renewable) three-year term beginning 1 December 2017. The editor or editors will be responsible for reviewing submissions, choosing outside readers, offering editorial suggestions, assembling and sending suggestions from editors and readers to authors, sending essays to the Editorial Board for votes, inviting some submissions, overseeing the choice of the annual Forum topic as well as undertaking other tasks related to the pre-publication phase of a scholarly journal and sending finished revisions to ACMRS for copy-editing. In consultation with the Director of ACMRS, the editor or editors will also make any necessary changes to the membership of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the journal and will report (either in person or electronically) to ACMRS at its annual conference. The editor or editors will be made ex officio member(s) of the ACMRS Advisory Board. In addition, the editor or editors will meet annually with the EMWJ Editorial Board and report to the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (SSEMW) at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference or the Attending to Early Modern Women Symposium.

The editor or editors will be expected to deliver final edited copy of each issue of the bi-annual journal to ACMRS by May 1 and December 1 in time for an October and May publication dates. The editor or editors should expect an average of six or more hours of pro bono work each week year-round, with fluctuations over the course of the year. All managing and editing responsibilities will be handled by ACMRS: subscription records and bookkeeping, logging submissions and reviews, receiving and mailing books for reviews, advertisements, copy-editing, typesetting, final proofreading, printing, etc.

The ideal proposal will come from an editor or team of editors specializing in early modern women or gender studies and having an interest in the global early modern period. Although a small stipend will be provided, the editor or editorial team should have strong support at their home institution.

The new editor or editors would begin the transition into the editorship during the summer and winter of 2017 and would take over formally by 1 December 2017. Some flexibility is possible.
Please send a statement describing your interest and qualifications and the level of institutional support you will have for your editorship to emwjournal@acmrs.org with “EMWJ Editorial Search Committee” in the subject line. Only electronic applications will be accepted.

Applications should include:

1. Statement of interest, qualifications, and nature of institutional support.
2. Indication of possible start date, preferably 1 December 2017.
3. Current CV or CVs.
4. Three letters of recommendation sent directly to emwjournal@acmrs.org.

Editing experience is desirable. Evidence of successful collaborative work is required as is a commitment both to the field of early modern women and gender studies in a worldwide context and to continuing the EMWJ tradition of excellence that has garnered awards for the journal.

Deadline for application: January 31, 2017.

For more information about the journal please see www.acmrs.org/emwj.

The National Archives (UK)
Medieval Records Specialist

Salary: £25,816 – £33,976
Grade: Higher Executive Officer
Post type: Permanent

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to put medieval records at the heart of Archives Inspire – The National Archives’ ambitious plan to transform the way the public thinks about archives.

As part of the medieval records team, you will develop a deep knowledge of, and promote understanding of and access to, the collection of medieval records (and in particular, medieval legal records) held by The National Archives through innovative and interdisciplinary research.

You will initiate and oversee access improvement projects (including cataloguing), develop training and research guidance, and take forward The National Archives’ pioneering programme of archival training for postgraduates.

You will also work in our advisory service, delivering research advice on using medieval, early modern and modern records onsite and online, and represent The National Archives’ knowledge function internally and externally.

In every aspect of your role, you will be expected to seek opportunities to engage with and exploit the tools and techniques of digital humanities in collaboration with colleagues and researchers.

Applications close on 24 June, 2016.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=am9ibGlzdF92aWV3X3ZhYz0xNDk1NjAxJnNlYXJjaF9zbGljZV9jdXJyZW50PTEmdXNlcnNlYXJjaGNvbnRleHQ9MTM3OTAyMjImcGFnZWFjdGlvbj12aWV3dmFjYnlqb2JsaXN0JmNzb3VyY2U9Y3Nxc2VhcmNoJnBhZ2VjbGFzcz1Kb2JzJm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmb3duZXJ0eXBlPWZhaXI%3D

The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme has been established to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University. The Fellowship Scheme aims to recruit new researchers who have the potential to build and lead cross-disciplinary collaborative research activities inside and across faculties.

The objectives of the 2017 program are to attract talented recent doctoral graduates in areas of research priority for the University. They should promote research that aligns with the Research at Melbourne initiative.

Funding

The University will fund the Fellowships for a three year appointment commencing at Level A.6 in the University salary band plus superannuation.

Fellows will receive an additional $25,000 to be spent on project costs over the term of their Fellowship. Awards will be for a maximum of three years commencing 1 January 2017, but the start date may be deferred up to 30 June 2017.

Eligibility

Applicants must have evidence of the award of a PhD from a university other than the University of Melbourne by the closing date. The date of award is considered to be the date of the official notification letter. The PhD must have been awarded no earlier than 1 January 2014.

The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for applicants who do not hold a fixed term or continuing appointment of greater than one year duration at the University of Melbourne.

• Applicants may be drawn from any field in which the University has research strength, and must have an ability to contribute to research collaborations and programs across faculties or disciplines
• Applicants will be required to provide a declaration of support from the department/school in which they would be located if successful, but the criteria for selection will be university-based
• Assessment will take account of achievement relative to opportunity.

• Applications open: 4 July 2016 9.00am (AEST)
• Eligibility Exemption Requests due: Monday 1 August 2016 11.59pm (AEST)
• Applications close: Monday 26 September 2016 11.59pm (AEST)
• Notification of outcomes: Early December 2016

For full details, please visit: http://research.unimelb.edu.au/work-with-us/funding/internal/mckenzie-fellowship

University of Sheffield – Department of History
Lecturer in History, c. 1400 – c.1800

Location: Sheffield
Salary: £38,896 to £46,414 per annum, Grade 8
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

The Department of History is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in History c.1400 – c.1800. We welcome applications from historians of any region and any era between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, including late medievalists, early modernists, and historians of the long eighteenth century.

We are one of the most active centres for historical research in the country with a distinguished record of internationally outstanding and innovative historical research. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) puts the Department of History third in its overall rankings and second on the quality of its publications, 42% of which were judged to be 4* or ‘world-leading’. We also have a vibrant postgraduate research culture, and our expertise in applying digital technology to historical research informs scholarship and teaching at every level. We teach the history of all periods from antiquity to the present day, taking in Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, and attract highly qualified undergraduate and MA students. The Department of History was rated highest in the 2015 National Student Survey among Russell Group History departments.

The University of Sheffield was voted number one for Student Experience in the Times Higher Education Survey 2013/14 and was awarded Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2011. We are a world-class university in a unique city, offering great opportunities for research-led teaching.

This is an ideal opportunity for a scholar with an outstanding publication record and excellent teaching ability to join one of the leading centres for historical research in the United Kingdom. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct top-class research and develop their own undergraduate and MA teaching modules in their area of expertise, although they will have to deliver the second year module ‘Social Crisis and Political Change in England, 1550–1640’ in their first year (materials etc. provided). As well as conducting excellent research and teaching the successful candidate will actively participate in the kind of collaborative, supportive, diverse, and internationally recognised community that marks out the best academic departments. You will also be expected to contribute to the Department’s presence within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the wider University and, through outreach and knowledge exchange, in Sheffield and beyond.

You will have a PhD in History or a related subject area (or have equivalent experience), proven teaching and leadership ability and the capacity to carry out high-quality research and to disseminate research findings effectively. The willingness to communicate to a variety of audiences beyond the purely academic is also essential for this position.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANU088/lecturer-in-history-c-1400-c1800

Applications close 29 June, 2016.