Vacancies

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Job opportunities within the Faculty of History

JJ43831 - Project Co-ordinator

The Faculty of History wishes to recruit an experienced Project Coordinator to support the planning and execution of "Creating the New Economy," an international and interdisciplinary three-day conference, to be held in May 2025 at the University of Cambridge.

Deadline: 11 November 2024

JJ43761 - Research Associate (Fixed Term) - New frontiers in demographic and public health history

The Faculty of History has a vacancy for a Research Associate working on a new project funded by a private donation which will be based with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, located in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. The postholder will work under the guidance of Prof S. R. S Szreter and Prof K. Schürer. 

Deadline: 15 November 2024
 

Other job and funding opportunities

There are no other job or funding opportunities at present.

 

 

 

These appointments are for postdoctoral researchers shortly after the award of the PhD to help them establish research based careers. Different schemes are run by the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust; terms of eligibility vary, but these ‘early career’ fellowships are normally limited to those in receipt of the PhD within about 5 years. They require pre-arrangement with a ‘host’ department, so those interested in applying for one of these schemes should approach at the earliest opportunity a member of the History Faculty to explore possibilities for hosting. Generally the Faculty provides office space to successful applicants. There may also be possibilities for affiliation with a college as a Fellow or Bye-Fellow. Postdoctoral fellowships normally also provide opportunities for teaching in both the Faculty and the colleges.

Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) are advertised in the Cambridge University Reporterparticularly at the beginning of the academic year, although some competitions begin earlier and later.

JRFs are appointments made by colleges to the most promising researchers at the very start of their career, either just completing or having recently completed the PhD. Most colleges hold JRF competitions on an annual basis, but terms and conditions vary.

Most JRFs carry a stipend (although there are ‘non-stipendiary’ JRFs for those who hold another award) and a college fellowship, which itself can convey privileges such as accommodation, dining rights, allowances, and teaching opportunities. JRFs in History can affiliate to the History Faculty through one or more of its subject groups and can play a role in teaching at both university and college levels.

Vacancies are advertised in the Cambridge University Reporter.

Many Cambridge colleges employ historians on a full or part-time basis to do undergraduate teaching, administration and research; these are ‘college lecturers’, who might be also employees of the universities (University Teaching Officers, or UTOs), or employees solely of the college (College Teaching Officers, or CTOs). In addition to payment for teaching, college lecturers hold college fellowships which may carry additional privileges such as office space, accommodation, computer support, dining rights and allowances. Colleges advertise vacancies for lectureships as they arise.

College lecturers, whether or not they are employees of the university, can affiliate to the History Faculty through one or more of its subject groups and can play a prominent role in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

2024 Deadline: 12pm (noon) on 26 August 2024

The History Faculty, University of Cambridge invites applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships. The Faculty is delighted to receive applications in any area of History. The Faculty will review expressions of interest and invite successful candidates to put forward an Outline Application to the British Academy for the funder deadline in October 2024. Please be aware that we are no longer able to accept applications for the 2024 call. 

Deadline: 12pm (noon) on 17 October 2024

The History Faculty, University of Cambridge invites applications for Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships. The Faculty is delighted to receive applications in any area of History. The Faculty will review expressions of interest and invite successful candidates to put forward an application for match-funding from the Isaac Newton Trust in November which will enable an application to the Leverhulme Trust in February 2025.

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Listings are found in the Cambridge University Reporter and the University's Job Opportunities website. Please see below: