Yale University, Department of History
Assistant Professor – Early Modern Intellectual History

The Yale University Department of History and Humanities Program intend to make a tenure-track assistant professor appointment, to begin July 1, 2013, focusing on early modern intellectual history. We invite applications from candidates specializing in any region of the world. The successful candidate will be expected to teach two sections each year in the Directed Studies Program on the European intellectual tradition and two courses to be cross-listed in the History Department and the Humanities Program.

Applications are invited from historians and other historically-oriented scholars with strong potential for achievement in scholarship, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and intellectual leadership. Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women and under-represented minorities. Ph.D. expected. Application, C.V., statement of research and teaching interests, a chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of reference should be submitted at http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1657. The review of applications will begin September 15, 2012.

Further Info:
http://www.yale.edu/history
Liza Joyner (liza.joyner@yale.edu)
Department of History
Yale University
P.O. Box 208324
New Haven, CT 06520-8324

View this job listing on-line: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1657

Postdoctoral Fellow – ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
(Position No. 0029497) 
Level A
Salary: $59,646 – $80,939 p.a.
Superannuation Employer contribution of 17%
Full time fixed-term position available for 3 years.

In collaboration with the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, the Centre seeks to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to contribute to research projects in the history of emotions (Europe,1100-1800). Working together with Professor Charles Zika and the Change Program of the Centre, the successful candidate will develop a project exploring the emotions created through practices of exclusion and rejection in early modern Europe. The project will explore the role played by such emotions as disgust, hate, fear and jealousy in rejecting, denouncing, excluding, vilifying and demonizing particular individuals and groups perceived as threats to the integrity, solidarity or ‘purity’ of community within Europe (excluding Iberia) in the period 1450 to 1700. It will especially focus on the religious language, images, symbolism and rituals that supported such practices, and served to drive historical change. The position will extend and complement a similar Centre project being conducted at the University of Adelaide, which focuses on Iberia.

In addition to publishing his or her own research in this area, the Fellow will collaborate in jointly-authored publications and be involved fully in the life of the Centre. The Fellow will also assist with the co-ordination of relevant symposia and engage in public outreach. There is an expectation that the postdoctoral fellow will be involved in some Honours/postgraduate supervision or teaching, but this is primarily a research-only position.

Benefits include 17% superannuation and generous leave provisions; generous funds for research travel; contribution to relocation expenses. These and other benefits will be specified in the offer of employment.

Online applications are preferred. Go to www.jobs.unimelb.edu.au and use the Job Search screen to find the position by title or number.

For more details and to view this listing online: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=825274&sReferrer=home&lApplicationSubSourceID=&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=0029497&lCategoryID=&sKeywords=0029497&lPayScaleID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en

Contact for enquires only:
Professor Charles Zika,
Tel: +61 3 8344 5504
Email: c.zika@unimelb.edu.au

Senior Research Fellow/Principal Research Fellow – ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions 
(Position No. 0029496) 
Senior Research Fellow – Level C or Principal Research Fellow – Level D
Salary: $104,370 – $120,344 p.a. – Level C or $125,670 – $138,449 p.a. – Level D (Level of appointment is subject to qualifications and experience).
Superannuation Employer contribution of 17%
Full-time fixed term position available for 4-5 years, to be agreed with the successful candidate.

In collaboration with the School of Culture and Communication at The University of Melbourne, the Centre seeks to appoint a Senior Research Fellow to a four- or five-year research appointment in one of its four research programs, “Shaping the Modern.” Working with the program convenor, Professor Stephanie Trigg, the successful candidate will develop a multi-disciplinary research project or projects that extend the Centre’s research in the period 1100-1800 into the modern era, with a special emphasis on Australia’s relationship with its European emotional past. In addition to publishing his or her own research, the Fellow will collaborate in jointly-authored publications and be involved fully in the life of the Centre, its networks and activities. He or she will assist with the co-ordination of relevant symposia and publications for the Centre’s Melbourne node, and be willing to engage in public outreach activities. The Fellow will also be expected to take on some research supervision of graduate students in the School of Culture and Communication or the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. Candidates should have experience of multi-disciplinary research, and some familiarity with the different theoretical approaches and research methods relevant to the history of emotions.
There may be opportunities to undertake a small amount of graduate-level teaching, but this is primarily a research-only position. Additional funding for travel and research support (approx. $16,000 p.a.) will also be available.

Online applications are preferred. Go to www.jobs.unimelb.edu.au and use the Job Search screen to find the position by title or number.

For more details and to view this listing online: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=825263&sReferrer=home&lApplicationSubSourceID=&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=0029496&lCategoryID=&sKeywords=0029496&lPayScaleID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en

Contact for enquires only:
Professor Stephanie Trigg
Tel: +61 3 8344 5504
Email: sjtrigg@unimelb.edu.au

Three job listings at the University of Nottingham which will be of interest to members

Teaching Associate in Early Modern Literature (Fixed-term). Closing date 30 July
http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j12382

Teaching Associate in History (Fixed-term): English Medieval History. Closing date 17 September
http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j12437

Teaching Associate in Norse and Viking Studies (Fixed-term) at the University of Nottingham. Closing date 3 September
http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j12516

The University of Birmingham, UK, is advertising 25 Birmingham Fellowships for high-flying postdoctoral candidates. These exceptional positions provide five years of protected research time followed by a permanent position. Applications are invited from candidates in the UK and overseas.

Applications are invited in all fields, both within the advertised priority areas and outside – the most important criterion is research excellence.

The closing date is: 27 August 2012

Full details are available at: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/excellence/fellows/index.aspx

ARC Senior Research Fellowship
The University of Adelaide
The School of History and Politics (Ref: 17416)

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, in collaboration with the University of Adelaide, seeks to appoint an Adelaide-based Senior Research Fellow to contribute to research projects in the history of emotions in Europe. The successful candidate’s research will focus on the Centre’s ‘Change’ Program, investigating collective emotions and change in medieval Europe (1100-1500). This fixed-term position is available for a period of five years.

Salary: (Level C, Step 1) $98,018 per annum (plus annual increments over the contract period), plus an employer superannuation contribution of 17% applies.

Closing date: 22/06/2012

Contact: Professor David Lemmings
Email: david.lemmings@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8313 5614

For more details and to view this listing online: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/current/17416/

The University of Queensland invites applications for a limited number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowships commencing in 2013, to be awarded to persons wishing to conduct full-time research at the University in any of its disciplines. In particular, the scheme aims to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University in areas of institutional research priority.

Applications must be received by the appropriate School, Centre or Institute by 28 May 2012.

For full details and all related documentation please visit the following website: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/rid/grants-internal-postdoc

For further information please contact:
Matt Browne,
Administration Officer, Grants (Internal Schemes).
Email: UQFellowships@research.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 07 3346 9016.

Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture
Birkbeck College, University of London

Salary: £16,983 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. This is 0.5fte pro-rota to the full time equivalent of £33,966.

This post is part time and fixed term for a period of one year, in the first instance.

While we welcome strong applicants in any area, we would be particularly interested in applications from candidates with research specialisms in Old and Middle English; Chaucerian and late Medieval Literature; interdisciplinary approaches to the later Middle Ages.

The closing date for completed applications is Friday 18 May 2012.
Interviews are due to be held during June 2012.

For more details and to view this listing online visit this website: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEH318/lecturer-in-medieval-literature-and-culture

The School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham seeks to appoint 3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows for three years to work on an EU-funded international collaborative project (Collaborative European Digital/Archival Infrastructure – CENDARI).

Starting salary £27,578 a year, in a range up to £35,938 a year, with potential progression to £38,140 a year.

CENDARI will provide and facilitate access to existing archives and resources in Europe for the study of medieval and modern European history through the development of an ‘enquiry environment’. This environment will increase access to records of historic importance across the European Research Area, creating a powerful new platform for accessing and investigating historical data in a transnational fashion overcoming the national and institutional data silos that now exist. It will leverage the power of the European infrastructure for Digital Humanities (DARIAH) bringing these technical experts together with leading historians and existing research infrastructures (archives, libraries and individual digital projects) within a programme of technical research informed by cutting edge reflection on the impact of the digital age on scholarly practice.

Two domains have been chosen as case studies to develop this flexible research environment, in the first instance for historical research, but easily adaptable in future for other humanities domains. The first case study will be in the area of First World War studies, a timely area of research as we are fast approaching the centenary of this pan-European conflict that is already generating much interest from academics to the general public across Europe. The second case study will focus on medieval history in the creation of an Atlas of Medieval Cultures that will develop new paradigms from which to investigate and bridge linguistic, cultural and spatial boundaries.

We are therefore looking for historians of Europe to join an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars including historians, archivists and librarians, e-science and digital humanities specialists.

The post holders will have a PhD in European History (or equivalent), be fluent in English and in another European language at least. They will be able to demonstrate their capacity to operate successfully in an interdisciplinary, international and multilingual research environment.

The post holders will work with the Principal Investigator, Dr Pierre Purseigle, on several work packages including “Training and Transnational Access Coordination”, “Methodology and Archive User Requirements”, “Investigation and Description of Archives”, “Research Processes and System Architecture”, and “Research Spaces”.

For informal enquiries, please contact:
Dr Pierre Purseigle
Department of History, School of History and Cultures,
The University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT.
Email: p.purseigle@bham.ac.uk

To view this listing online, and to download the details and submit an electronic application please visit this website: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEG666/3-x-research-fellows-collaborative-european-digital-archival-infrastructure-cendari

Professor of Early Modern History
University of Amsterdam
(38 hours per week)

Application Submission Deadline: 5 May 2012

The department of History, Archaeology and Area Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has a vacancy for a Professor of Early Modern History.

The initial appointment will be on a temporary basis for a period of no more than two years. Subject to satisfactory performance, this will be followed by a permanent appointment. The gross salary will normally conform to professorial scale 2 (between €4,904 and €7,142 gross per month on a full-time basis in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for the Dutch universities (Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst Nederlandse Universiteiten, or CAO NU)). In certain cases, however, different terms of employment may be offered.

In keeping with University policy, candidates should have at least three years academic work experience at a university or research institute other than the UvA, preferably abroad.

The chair in Early Modern History covers teaching and research for the entire field of this period (approx. 1450-1800).

Teaching is mainly centred around Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes (for the curriculum, please see the UvA’s digital course catalogue: www.studiegids.uva.nl). The Faculty’s BA programmes are taught within the College of Humanities, while MA and doctorate programmes are administered within the Graduate School for Humanities.

Research will be carried out at the Institute of Culture and History (ICG). The Faculty has chosen three research priority areas for the 2009-2014 period: Cultural Heritage and Identities; Cultural Transformations and Globalisation; Cognitive Modelling & Learning (inter-faculty area). For further information about the Faculty research programme, please see: www.hum.uva.nl/research.

For more details including selection criteria, and how to apply, please visit the following website: http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/E7FE49FA-58B9-4A2E-A4579EDCE543530C