Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a major AHRC funded project on “Remembering the Reformation”, held jointly with the University of York. The three-year interdisciplinary project will begin on 1 January 2016.

The successful candidate will be one of two Research Associates employed on the project and will be based in central Cambridge. Details of the second post, which will be based in York, can be viewed here: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wdportal.showjob?pwebsiteid=3885&pwebpageid=231206

The post-holder will be responsible for one sub-project on the memory of the English Reformation (either ‘Lives and Afterlives’ or ‘Events and Temporalities’) which he or she will be able to develop in accordance with his or her own expertise and interests. The post-doc will work closely with the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in editing one of two volumes of essays and will assist with the organization and promotion of educational, outreach and impact activities associated with the project including workshops, a conference, a postgraduate symposium, public lectures and a digital exhibition.

Candidates should hold, or be about to obtain a PhD in a related discipline and will have specialist knowledge and experience of working with archival and printed material as well as relevant research methods and techniques within established research programmes. She/he must also be able to demonstrate excellent IT skills.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 December 2018 in the first instance.

For further details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8111

Closing date: 19 October, 2015.