We are looking for FOUR three-year Postdoctoral Research Associates
(PDRAs) to work on the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant
project (2017-22), ARCTIC CULT, Arctic Cultures: Sites of Collection in the
Formation of the European and American Northlands, led by Dr. Richard
Powell.

Please circulate to any students or colleagues who might be interested.

Further details at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/16814/

CLOSING DATE 30 APRIL 2018

The project investigates the construction of the Arctic that emerged from
the exploration of the region by Europeans and North Americans and their
contacts with indigenous people from the middle of the sixteenth century.
It
examines that ways that texts, cartographic representations and objects
were
collected and returned to sites like London, Copenhagen, Berlin and
Philadelphia. The construction of the Arctic thereby became entwined within
the growth of colonial museum cultures and, indeed, western modernity. The
project aspires to a new understanding of the consequences of colonial
representations and decolonial processes for debates about the Circumpolar
Arctic today.

The project is based in the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. The holders of the four
posts will have office space in the SPRI.

Candidates will have (or be about to obtain) a PhD (or similar
qualification) and may also have some postdoctoral experience in a relevant
area. Relevant subject areas include but are not limited to:
human geography, cultural anthropology, colonial history, museum studies,
global history, history of science, science and technology studies, history
of art or material cultural studies. Candidates will have knowledge and/or
experience of research into the cultures and peoples of the Circumpolar
Arctic (or related issues), the ability to work independently and with
colleagues in a team, and good data analysis and communication skills.
Fluency in English is essential for all posts.
For each of the four posts, knowledge and reading of relevant languages is
desirable, including ability in one or more of the following languages,
among others: Inuktitut, Kalaallisut, Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
(see the Further Particulars for specific information on each post).