The Historian team at Crown-Maori Relations (the new entity now housing the Office of Treaty Settlements) is hiring for a permanent role for a historian.

You’ll participate in front-line negotiations of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims and provide historical advice to inform the negotiations. You’ll be part of a team that assists iwi groups, and develops meaningful redress packages for claimants. The team also provides historical advice to inform decisions on applications for customary rights under the Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011 (MACA).

For full details and to apply, see https://jobs.govt.nz/jobs/MOJ-13534a

Applications close on 14 September.

At the Office of Treaty Settlements there’s is an opportunity for historians to be a part of New Zealand’s future – one that’s watched by the rest of the world.

We’re looking for hard-working, talented and motivated people to join us as we negotiate settlements of historical Treaty claims and build positive relationships between the Crown and Māori.

If you’re a team player who would like to see the results of your work first-hand, the Office of Treaty Settlements, based in Wellington, invites you to apply for a position as a Historian. We are looking to fill 1 Permanent full time position.

You’ll participate in front-line negotiations of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims and provide historical advice to inform the negotiations. You’ll be part of a team that assists iwi groups, and develops meaningful redress packages for claimants. The team also provides historical advice to inform decisions on applications for customary rights under the Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011 (MACA).

We work closely with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and a range of government departments, contribute to Waitangi Tribunal inquiries, and support legislation through Parliament. You will be part of a close and collaborative team of historians, have oversight of the work your colleagues are undertaking, and develop your leadership skills by contributing to broader capability of the historian team.

You’ll preferably have a master’s degree in New Zealand history or Māori studies, or have equivalent research-based professional experience. You’ll have well-developed historical research skills, knowledge of Māori history and archival institutions, an understanding of government structures and process, and awareness of tikanga Māori and Māori tribal dynamics. You will demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, negotiate skilfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups, and build constructive relationships. You’ll be an effective communicator and develop your leadership skills by mentoring staff and contributing to the broader capability of the office.

It’s fascinating, fast-paced work, so if you’re adaptable and results-driven then the Office of Treaty Settlements is the place for you.

Salary range:  $59,649 – $80,702

For full details and to apply, see https://apply.justice.govt.nz/jobs/MOJ-1341919

To apply, complete the application form, attaching your CV, cover letter, and a short sample of your best historical writing.  Applications close Monday 9 July 2018.

The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2019-2022 fellowship competition. Three to five postdoctoral fellows are appointed each year for three-year terms in residence to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic host department, the Program in Humanistic Studies, or other university programs. The fellowships carry with them an appointment as lecturer in the fellow’s host department. Fellows are provided with a salary of approx. $88,800 per year, benefits, a $5,000 research account, access to university grants, a shared office, a personal computer and other resources. Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society. For the 2018-2021 competition, we received 841 applications for four postdoctoral fellowships.

The deadline for online applications is August 22, 2018.

For further information, and to apply, please visit: http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships

Teaching Fellow in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature
University College London – English Language and Literature

The Department of English Language and Literature invited applicants for two full-time Teaching Fellowships in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature. One of these posts will run from 1 September 2018 until 30 June 2019 in the first instance, the other from 1 September 2018 until 31 August 2021 in the first instance. Both posts will replace Professors Helen Hackett and Alison Shell while they are on Leverhulme research fellowships.

The post holders will be expected to teach on courses covering the Renaissance English period at undergraduate level, including the compulsory Shakespeare course and the Renaissance Literature course, and to contribute to the postgraduate Shakespeare in His Time course.

The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to one or more of the following first-year courses: Narrative Texts, Criticism & Theory, Intellectual and Cultural Sources. S/he will be expected to provide one-to-one tutorials to undergraduate students and to undertake the normal duties of teaching administration and the provision of pastoral care and support to tutorial students.

Applications are invited from candidates with a proven record in teaching Shakespeare and the literature of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods at higher education level. Candidates should have gained a PhD by the time the appointment begins. A commitment to fostering a positive learning environment for students is essential, as are excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

For more information, and to apply, please visit: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJX373/teaching-fellow-in-shakespeare-and-renaissance-literature.

Application close on 7 June, 2018.

We are looking for new members of the History Compass editorial team. History Compass is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing articles based on original research in established and emerging fields of historical inquiry, review essays and articles reporting on innovations in history teaching and learning. Originally launched by Wiley-Blackwell in association with the Institute of Historical Research (UK), History Compass has enjoyed a strong reputation amongst by North American colleagues and is recognised as a journal of international impact by the European Union’s science foundation. 

Over the past fifteen years, the Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand  and Pacific section of the journal has published significant work by established and early career researchers, with a special emphasis upon bringing innovative research findings by postgraduate and early career researchers to the attention of international audiences.  We have also encouraged reflective essays on teaching the history of Oceania in times of considerable change within the academies of our region. 

Over the past decade, History Compass’s Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand  and Pacific section has been edited by Professors Kate Darian-Smith, Katie Pickles and Paul Turnbull.  We three now feel it is time to place the journal in the hands of (ideally) early and mid-career researchers with fresh ideas and perspectives on the history of our region.  

Our hope is that colleagues interesting in serving as editors will continue History Compass’s tradition of publishing work by colleagues in the early phases of their career, and helping postgraduates bring their work to international attention. In a time of escalating scholarly publication costs, we would also like to see the journal explore publishing more themed issues originating from conferences and symposia devised by younger colleagues.

Kate and Katie plan to leave the journal as soon as is practicable given both have taken up new and challenging positions. Paul has retired, taking up honorary professorships in order to focus on his research after a long career involving service in various management positions. He will continue to be an editor of History Compass so as to assist in the transition to a new team. 

History Compass differs from many other journals in that editors are encouraged to commission a number of articles each year, and work with authors on preparing their submissions for double blind peer review (generally by colleagues who are leading scholars in the relevant field). Editors thereby receive a small annual remuneration from Wiley-Blackwell.  We also aim to choose reviewers who will provide supportive criticism and encouragement of younger colleagues.  

If you are interested in exploring your joining the editorial team, please contact Paul Turnbull via  email: paul.turnbull@utas.edu.au  He will be able to give you further information. 

We are delighted to announce that the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU is forming a new research group in Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

Applications are open for a Professor or Associate Professor (Program Director), and for Research Fellows or Senior Research Fellows. The positions are research only, though limited teaching, including postgraduate supervision, is possible. They are offered as 5-year or continuing, depending on experience.

We seek a dynamic and collegial scholar with an international reputation in an area of Medieval or Early Modern Studies (MEMS) to lead and mentor staff and help shape the new research program. We also seek Research Fellows and Senior Research Fellows of demonstrated research excellence to work together with the Program Director to develop collaborative research, national and international networks, and produce their own research.

The Institute is a research organisation with scholars working across Biblical and Early Christian Studies (up to Byzantium), Philosophy, and Religion and Theology. Several scholars in these groups have interests in MEMS, and we hope that members of the new team will be motivated to initiate research projects across the different areas of the Institute.

For further information, please contact Michael Champion (michael.champion@acu.edu.au).

To apply for the Program Director role, please see here.

To apply for a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow role, please see here.

The Institute of Medieval History (Department of History, Faculty of Humanities) at the University of Tübingen is seeking, at the earliest possible date, a tenure-track faculty member at the initial rank of Associate Professor (W1) of Late Medieval and Early Modern Global History.

The successful applicant will represent the field of global history between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in both research and teaching. They will contribute to research centres and research clusters, and to all study programmes offered by the Department of History. The position will entail teaching obligations of four to six periods per week during term time. We expect the successful applicant to learn German within the first three years and to be able to teach in German after the first evaluation.

Required qualifications include an outstanding doctoral thesis in either Late Medieval or Early Modern Global History. Further requirements include a clear potential for future publications in renowned, internationally visible peer-reviewed journals, and suitability for the position in terms of teaching experience.

The University of Tübingen aims to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and therefore particularly welcomes applications from female candidates. International candidates are likewise explicitly invited to apply.

All qualifications being equal, severely disabled applicants will be given preference.

Applications including the necessary documents (curriculum vitae, outline of academic career, scans of relevant certificates and transcripts, a list of publications, proof of teaching experience) and all monographs authored by the applicant as well as up to five pertinent articles should be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities via email (application[at]philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de) by April 27, 2018. Further enquiries may likewise be addressed to the Dean.

For further information on this position, please visit http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities/faculty/ausschreibungenstellenangebote/professuren/tenure-track-professorships.html

University of York/University of Southern Denmark, Centre for Medieval Literature (CML): Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow) [Three Positions]
Contract: Full-time, Fixed term
Salary: £31,604-£32,548 per year

Jointly based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU in Odense) and the University of York, the Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) http://www.sdu.dk/cml is a centre of excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The Centre seeks to make three postdoctoral appointments: two at York and one at SDU (to apply for the SDU post: https://www.sdu.dk/da/service/ledige_stillinger/956175?sc_lang=en).

The Centre takes an integrated European approach to the study of medieval literature and welcomes applications from those working on the literary cultures of medieval Europe, and the wider world of which it was a part, from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean to the Middle East. Research projects will fall within the three main research areas of CML: ‘Canon and Library’, ‘Imperial Languages’, and ‘Transformations and Translocations’ and will normally result in the publication of a monograph or a series of articles in edited collections and international peer-reviewed journals.

As a postdoctoral fellow, you will develop, publish and disseminate your independent research. You will contribute to collaborative research projects and network building under the supervision of senior colleagues. You will be involved in the organisation and administration of the CML, in areas including conferences, the journal, the website and funding applications. You may have opportunity to assist in undergraduate teaching in your own area of expertise.

You will hold a PhD in a relevant area of Medieval Studies and have knowledge of medieval textual culture in at least two of the languages of medieval Europe. Your area of research expertise will complement and enhance the CML’s research strategy and range. Specialism in medieval European literature outside of England is desirable. We are seeking to make one of the three appointments (at SDU and York) in the area of Slavonic and/or Central European Literatures. As English is the main language of the CML, you will have excellent spoken and written English. You will be committed to collaboration which unites scholarship across disciplines and languages and to creating a shared research environment by being based in York and spending time in SDU.

Your application should take the form of a research proposal which:

• includes the research topic which you would pursue as a postdoctoral fellow in the CML
  addresses how the research topic fits into one or more of the three research strands of CML (‘Canon and Library’, ‘Imperial Languages’ and ‘Transformations and Translocations’)
• includes a statement about your potential contributions to the teamwork that is essential to CML.

The proposal should be no more than 1000 words. You will also be asked to provide between 1 and 3 pieces of written work.

Informal inquiries can be made to Professor Elizabeth Tyler: elizabeth.tyler@york.ac.uk.

These posts are full-time, fixed-term for 2 years 11 months. Salary is in the range of £31,604-£32,548 per year.

Full information: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=342622

Closing date: 3 April, 2018.