Job profile

College of Humanities

Department of English

The College wishes to recruit an Associate Research Fellow to support the work of Professor Andrew McRae. This AHRC-funded post is available on a fixed term basis from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2015. The successful applicant will support work on 'The Stuart Successions Project', assuming a central position within the project team. This project, for which the Co-Investigator is Dr. Paulina Kewes (University of Oxford), and which will also include two PhD students, aims to revitalize debates about political literature and values across the Stuart era by focusing on writing produced at moments of succession. It will produce an online database, cataloguing the field of succession literature, and generate a range of editorial and analytical work.

The post will include:

• principal responsibility for  compiling a database cataloguing items of 'succession literature' produced in response to the accession of each of the six Stuart monarchs  (this work is expected to take c.50% of the appointee's time);
• co-editing a volume of primary material;
• writing a single-authored essay for publication in a co-edited volume of essays;
• writing one co-authored journal article;
• presenting work at conferences and colloquia;
• organization of colloquia and public events;
• management of the project website.

The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (preferably, though not necessarily, in English), or have a doctorate close to completion, and be able to demonstrate excellent knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will be able to demonstrate bibliographical skills and high-level analytical skills. Experience in editing primary texts and/or language-skills (esp. Latin) would be an advantage.

For further information please contact Andrew McRae, e-mail a.mcrae@exeter.ac.uk or telephone (01392) 724258.

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The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is 'Positive About Disabled People': if you have a disability, you should mention this in your application. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION:

Please send your CV, covering letter and the details of three referees to, the College of Humanities Dean's Office (humanities-deans-office@exeter.ac.uk) quoting the job reference R10961/P42913.