Renaissance Skin

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Reference: THW/16/059639/000818
Salary Details: Grade 6: £32,600 - £38,896 per annum
Allowances: £2,323 London Living Allowance
Contract Type: Temporary/Fixed term
Contract Term: Full time

The Department of History is seeking to appoint two Postdoctoral Research
Fellows to undertake the research project as described in the Wellcome
Trust funded research grant proposal ‘Renaissance Skin’, led by
Professor Evelyn Welch (PI). This is a five year Wellcome Trust Senior
Investigator Award studying the wide range of ways in which skin, both
animal and human, was conceptualised and used in Europe between 1450 and
1700, a period of enormous change in terms of global contacts and
connections and scientific innovation. There will be a team of three
postdoctoral fellows (one five-year senior position and two three-year
junior positions which will rotate over the five years) and an
administrator who will support Professor Welch in producing the research
outputs, events and activities associated with this project. The Senior
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and one of the Junior Research Fellows will
begin work in September 2016 (the second Junior Fellow will be appointed in
2018).

The project is European-wide and to assist Professor Welch in her work, the
postdoctoral fellows will collectively provide linguistic competencies in
either Latin, Spanish, German, Dutch or Portuguese or other languages apart
from French and Italian which would be of particular benefit to the
Renaissance Skin objectives. In addition to supporting Professor Welch’s
work, the Fellow will also undertake their own associated research. They
will be expected to undertake approximately three research trips per year
(within Europe), and undertake any other reasonable duties associated with
the project as required by the PI, or within the Department as required by
the Head of Department. There will be opportunities to contribute to
teaching, particularly at MA level.

Applicants may apply for either or both positions – if you have a
preference, please specify in your application.

The selection process will include a panel interview, including a 10 minute
presentation to the panel. Candidates selected for interview will be asked
to supply two writing samples.

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 09 August 2016 PM (TBC)

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role please contact
Professor Evelyn Welch via evelyn.welch@kcl.ac.uk.

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