The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions is currently advertising for 2 new postdoctoral research fellows each at The Universities of Adelaide and Queensland.

The Universities of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is seeking to appoint two three-year post-doctoral research fellows. These appointments will focus on the ‘Change’ Program, investigating the drivers of change in society-wide emotional regimes, and the power of collective emotions to produce major cultural, social, political and economic change.

Research Fellowship in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 (Ref 492357)

Focusing on Early Modern Europe (excluding Britain) this Postdoctoral Research Fellowship will be awarded to an individual with proven capacity for research in this area and strong potential to contribute to the ‘Change’ program generally. Applicants for this position are invited to submit a brief (i.e. two-page) proposal for the research they would carry out under the fellowship.

Research Fellowship in the Emotional History of Law, Government and Society in Britain, 1700-1830. (Ref 492361)

Focusing on the role of Emotion in the English Criminal Courts, 1700-1830, this Postdoctoral Research Fellowship will be awarded to an individual with strong aptitude for research in this area and the potential to contribute to the ‘Change’ program generally. The successful candidate will contribute substantially to a collaborative project focussing on the emotional styles of English criminal trials during a period when the incursion of lawyers transformed their culture.

Working under the leadership of Professor David Lemmings, you will have a PhD in History or a related discipline (awarded within the last five years) and relevant publications. You will be expected to participate in the full range of activities of the University of Adelaide Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE). If you are an innovative enthusiastic individual with a demonstrated track record in early modern or eighteenth-century studies and a capacity to engage in interdisciplinary research you are strongly encouraged to apply.

These fixed-term, full-time positions are available for three years, commencing by the beginning of 2015.

Salary: AUD $75,111 per annum (Level A, Step 6).
Superannuation: An employer contribution of 17% applies.
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 13th June 2014
Contact: Professor David Lemmings by email: david.lemmings@adelaide.edu.au or telephone: +61 8 8313 5614.
Online applications can be made via the University of Adelaide Website: http://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/492357/research-fellowship-in-early-modern-europe-15001700
General application enquiries can be made to Jacquie Bennett, Program Administrator: jacquie.bennett@adelaide.edu.au

The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland is seeking to appoint two three-year post-doctoral research fellows. The successful appointees will develop a research project, within the ‘Meanings’ Program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800 (CHE), broadly related to any aspect of the history of emotions in any field of English literature from, roughly, the twelfth through to the eighteenth centuries.

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800 (CHE) is a national humanities research initiative undertaken collaboratively across five Australian universities. Established in 2011 by the ARC’s Centres of Excellence program, and funded for $24.25M over seven years, CHE has its headquarters at the University of Western Australia, with research and outreach Nodes at the Universities of Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. The Centre is strongly interdisciplinary, drawing on the expertise of scholars in such diverse disciplines as social and political history, the history of ideas, literary criticism, art history, and musicology to investigate individual and collective emotional experience in one of the richest and most dynamic chapters in world history: that of medieval and early modern Europe. By studying earlier European experience and culture, the Centre aims to produce a new, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive understanding of the long history of emotions.

The role

The successful appointee will develop a research project, within the ‘Meanings’ Program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800 (CHE), broadly related to any aspect of the history of emotions in any field of English literature from, roughly, the twelfth through to the eighteenth centuries. The position-holder will be expected to undertake a plan of high-quality research and publication, as well as organising activities in support of the program and the Centre.

The person

Applicants should possess a PhD in a relevant field of English literature. An interest in the wider intellectual, religious, historical, or cultural contexts of English literature will be favourably considered. Knowledge of related Continental European, or classical, literatures may also be an advantageous.

This is a full-time continuing appointment at Academic Research Level A.
The remuneration package will be in the range AUD $58,763 – $79,708 per annum plus employer superannuation contributions of up to 17% (total package will be in the range AUD $68,753 – $93,258 p.a.).

Contact: Professor Peter Holbrook on +61 7 336 53215 or p.holbrook@uq.edu.au
Closing date: 5pm, Sunday 15th June 2014
Online applications can be made via the University of Queensland Website:
http://uqjobs.uq.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=495850&sReferrer=home&lApplicationSubSourceID=&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&lCategoryID=&lBrandID=&sJobNo=495850&sKeywords=495850&stp=AW&sLanguage=en