University of Roehampton: Research Fellow, English & Creative Writing

Location: London
Salary: £34,172 to £37,008 inclusive of London Weighting Allowance, Pro Rata
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary
Closes: 22nd February 2016
Job Ref: RU00348

We are looking for a Research Fellow in English & Creative Writing to undertake a significant piece of research during the tenure of an award in collaboration with the lead researcher. “Before Shakespeare: The Beginning of London Commercial Theatre” is a two-year research project funded by the AHRC on the first thirty years of the Elizabethan playhouses (c 1565-95). There will be significant archival work, aiming to produce a census of what we know about this period of theatre history and how we know it. There will also be administrative support relating to a number of practice and performance based experiments with Dolphin’s Back and Shakespeare’s Globe. A successful collaboration will result in named co-authorship of an article, essay collection and monograph.

We are looking for applications from candidates with a complementary academic background. Candidates should be highly motivated and willing and able to engage with this collaboration.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMW957/research-fellow-english-and-creative-writing.

The closing date for completed applications is: 22 February, 2016.

The Newton International Fellowships Scheme is delivered by the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Scheme aims to attract the most promising early career postdoctoral researchers from overseas in the fields of natural sciences, physical sciences, medical sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The Newton International Fellowships enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of fostering long-term international collaborations.

Newton International Fellowships last for two years. Funding consists of £24,000 per annum for subsistence costs, and up to £8,000 per annum research expenses, as well as a one-off payment of up to £2,000 for relocation expenses. Awards include a contribution to the overheads incurred, at a rate of 50% of the total award to the visiting researcher.

Applicants may also be eligible to receive follow on Alumni funding following the tenure of their Fellowship to support networking activities with UK-based researchers.

For full details please visit: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/newton_international_fellowships.cfm

Applicant deadline: 9 March, 2016.

The Governing Body of The Queen’s College invites applications from graduates of any university for election to a three-year post-doctoral position as a Junior Research Fellow in Manuscript and Text Cultures, with a research specialism in knowledge-production and text-transmission in pre-modern literate societies.

Fellowships are intended to support those at an early stage of their academic careers, and will normally be awarded to those who have recently completed their doctoral research, or are very close to completion. Candidates must not have accumulated more than seven years in full-time postgraduate study of research, nor have already held a post-doctoral research fellowship elsewhere.

The basic stipend of the Fellowship, which is pensionable under the Universities Superannuation Scheme, is £22,000 subject to adjustment in the light of any other emoluments enjoyed by the Fellow or in the light of any general alteration to University stipends. The Fellow will be entitled to free rooms in College, or to an allowance of £6,000 in lieu, and to free meals in College.

For full application details, please visit: http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/about-queens/vacancies.

Applications should be submitted, preferably by e-mail to joyce.millar@queens.ox.ac.uk the Academic Administrator, by noon on Monday 15 February, 2016.

Girton College, Cambridge: Research Fellowship in the Arts

Applications are invited for a Research Fellowship for the academic year 2016-2017 and tenable for three years. This year’s competition is in archaeology, classics, history, and biological and social anthropology. The Fellowship is open to graduates of any university and of any age, but it is intended to support those at an early stage of their academic career. Candidates will have normally completed their doctoral thesis prior to and no more than five years before the start of the Fellowship (excluding career breaks).

Potential applicants should note that the standard needed to progress to the later stages of the competition is extremely high. The competition involves the assessment of candidates’ submitted work and an interview.

Candidates will be asked to provide a 600-word summary of current and future research. Long-listed candidates will be invited to submit two pieces of written work, each of no more than 10,000 words, accompanied by a short note explaining how each fits in to their overall research programme. Candidates travelling overseas should note that, should they be invited to interview, the College cannot pay for international travel. We shall, however, cover the costs of travel within the UK and offer overnight accommodation at Girton. Overseas candidates may be interviewed via Skype.

The emoluments of the Fellowship are reviewed annually. The present scale (from 1 August 2015) will rise by two annual increments from £19,083 to £21,391 p.a. for Research Fellows who have not yet completed their PhD and from £20,198 to £22,685 p.a. for post-doctoral Research Fellows. The Fellowship is pensionable under the U.S.S. and emoluments are paid monthly in arrears by bank transfer. The post-holder is required to provide four hours of paid supervision teaching per week during the twenty weeks of the teaching year; in some circumstances, this requirement may be reduced in the first year of Fellowship. Research Fellows may claim research expenses up to a total of £2,500 over the three years.

The closing date for the applications is noon on 29 February, 2016.

Long-listed candidates will be invited to submit work by 21 March, 2016 and interviews for short-listed candidates will be held on 5 May 2016.

Further details of the appointment and the online application process are available from the College website at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/research.

Please note that the College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The International Australian Studies Association (InASA) and the editors of the Journal of Australian Studies are seeking expressions of interests from HDR candidates, graduate students in editing programmes, or ECRs, who are interested in Australian Studies and would like the opportunity to gain editorial experience as an editorial trainee with the leading journal in Australian Studies.

We expect to appoint two trainees, one based in Brisbane and one based in Melbourne, initially for one year, although this would also be renewable, beginning in March 2016.

As editorial work on the journal is voluntary, trainees would not be paid, although each trainee will receive a one-off award of $500 to defray costs. Trainees will participate in the deliberations of the editors, and will be invited to attend meetings of the Editorial Advisory Committee. They might be asked to accept special responsibility as a group to work on a particular project for the journal. We envisage that the traineeship will involve approximately 2 hours of work per week.

Expressions of interest should be in the form of a letter accompanying a brief curriculum vitae, with the names of two referees, and a one page outline of why you are interested in the position, and what skills you will bring to it.

For further information please contact the editors Maggie Nolan (marguerite.nolan@acu.edu.au) or Julie Kimber (jkimber@swin.edu.au).

Please submit expressions of interest to either editor (inc. subject line: EoI: Journal of Australian Studies editorial trainee)

Expressions of Interest close at the end of January, 2016.

Research Fellow: Center for the History of Emotions (Music & Conciliation)

Work type: Full-time fixed-term position available from 18 March 2016 for 24 months.
Location: Parkville
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of VCA and MCM
Salary: $64,863 – $88,016 p.a. plus 9.5% superannuation

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE) is a major research initiative which fosters collaboration between researchers and industry partners from different disciplines and institutions across Australia and internationally.

In collaboration with the Faculty of VCA and MCM, the Centre seeks to appoint a music research fellow to contribute to research projects in the History of Emotions, as they relate to the topic of music and the development of emotional community, specifically multicultural understanding and conciliation. The project will sit between the Performance and Shaping the Modern programs of the Centre of Excellence’s work. This work will also be part of a new partnership between CHE and Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV). Working together with Professor Davidson and the directorship of MAV, the successful candidate will explore the deployment of music in multicultural understanding as it relates to personal, religious and political areas of conflict and the processes leading to its resolution.

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline, a strong record in research and a developing publication profile, familiarity with research trends in the history of emotions, knowledge of the appropriate language(s) and linguistic skills required for the research project and a demonstrated capacity for multidisciplinary and collaborative research. Experience in public speaking and experience in organising symposia and conferences are desirable.

Applicants must provide a detailed application that addresses the position description and selection criteria; a curriculum vitae and a list of publications. The research project will manifest itself as contemporary case studies of communities in Melbourne who deploy music for conciliation in multicultural contexts.

Close date: 15 January, 2016.

For full information and to apply, please visit: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/886891/research-fellow-centre-for-the-history-of-emotions-music-conciliation?platform=hootsuite

The Frick Collection is an art museum consisting of more than 1,100 works of art from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century displayed in the intimate surroundings of the former home of Henry Clay Frick. The residence, with its furnishings and works of art, has been open to the public since 1935. It is considered one of the world’s most perfect museums. Of equal distinction is its sister institution, the Frick Art Reference Library (founded in 1920), an internationally recognized research library that is one of the world’s most complete resources for the study of Western art.

The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the availability of a two-year predoctoral fellowship for an outstanding doctoral candidate who wishes to pursue a curatorial career in an art museum. The fellowship offers invaluable curatorial training and provides the scholarly and financial resources required for completing the doctoral dissertation. Internationally renowned for its exceptional collection of Western European art from the early Renaissance through the end of the nineteenth century, The Frick Collection – complemented by the equally significant resources of the Frick Art Reference Library – offers a unique opportunity for object-based research. The fellowship is best suited to a student working on a dissertation that pertains to one of the major strengths of the collection and library. The Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow will have an opportunity to work with curatorial and educational staff on research for special exhibitions and on the permanent collection. Other curatorial training responsibilities include participation in the organization of the annual Symposium on the History of Art, a two-day event co-sponsored with the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; the preparation, in coordination with a curator, of a focus exhibition or display around a work of art in the Collection; and participation in the daily administrative routines of a small museum. The Fellow will have a place of study, access to the collections and library, as well as introductions to New York City museums and libraries. Frick curators and conservation staff will be available for consultation on the dissertation. The Fellow will be expected to give a public lecture on his or her topic. The Fellow will divide his or her time between the completion of the dissertation and activities in the Curatorial Department.

Applicants must be within two years of completing their dissertations. The Fellow will receive a salaried stipend of $37,750 per year and a travel allowance. The term will begin in September 2016 and conclude in August 2018. Applications must include the following materials:

1. A cover letter explaining the applicant’s interest in the fellowship and his or her status in the Ph.D. program. The letter should include a home address, phone number, and email address.
2. An abstract, not to exceed three typed pages double-spaced, describing the applicant’s area of research.
3. A complete curriculum vitae of education, employment, honors, awards, and publications.
4. A copy of a published paper or a writing sample.
5. Three letters of recommendation (academic and professional).

Please submit application materials to pouletfellowship@frick.org. Letters of recommendation should be sent to this address directly from recommenders. PDFs of signed letters on university or business stationary are preferred. The application deadline for the fellowship is January 18, 2016. Finalists will be interviewed. The Frick Collection plans to make the appointment in early April.

For full information, please visit: http://www.frick.org/careers/fellowships.

The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to 4 Early Career Fellowships.

Opening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself as one of Europe’s leading Enlightenment universities. Named after one of the most important and versatile representatives of the Göttingen Enlightenment, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg is an interdisciplinary research institute with a strong focus not only on the Enlightenment(s), but also on “bridges” between the human and natural sciences and the history of political thought.

For the period March 2016 to July 2017 we are inviting early career scholars to join one of the research groups for the study of either:

• Globalising the Enlightenment: Knowledge, Culture, Travel, Exchange and Collections (1 Fellowship), or:
• European Intellectual History / History of Political Thought (2 Fellowships), or:
• Primate Cognition: Philosophical, Linguistic, and Historical Perspectives (1 Fellowship).

Deadline for applications: 7 January, 2016.

Further information: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/501529.html

Research Assistant, “Divination and Art in the Medieval and Early Islamic World” Project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust

Salary Grade 7: £30,434 – £32,277 p.a. depending on experience

Full time, Fixed term until October 2016

Post-holder must be able to start on 4 January 2016 and have the right to work in the U.K.

The Ashmolean Museum is seeking to appoint a research assistant to join the team of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project “Divination and Art in the Medieval and Early Islamic World (1200–1800)” directed by Dr Francesca Leoni. The project examines the multiple roles of “licit” divinatory arts (i.e. astrology, geomancy, bibliomancy, dream interpretation, physiognomy and ‘ilm al-huruf) in the medieval and early modern Islamic world through their impact on visual and material culture. The post-holder will provide support to the project’s Principal Investigator and the core research team, undertake independent research and assist with a range of tasks and outcomes, including publications and the organisation of a large-scale exhibition.

Candidates should have a doctoral degree or equivalent knowledge or experience in a relevant area, specialist knowledge of Islamic Art and have demonstrated experience in the museum sector. The successful post-holder will also have a significant research and publication record and have good working knowledge of at least one language amongst Arabic, Turkish and Persian.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.

You will be required to upload your CV, a supporting statement (max. 2 pages of A4) telling us how your skills, experience and knowledge meet our selection criteria, and a written sample of your published work (not to exceed 5,000 words) as part of your application. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please follow this link.

Closing date: 18th November 2015 (at midday)

Interviews will be held at the Ashmolean Museum on 25 November with a view to appointment starting in 4 January 2016.

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment with the University will be subject to a satisfactory security screening.

Please note in normal circumstances only interview travel expenses within the UK will be reimbursed. We regret we cannot pay expenses for international travel.