Mellon Teaching Fellow in Gender, Kinship and Caring
Reference No: JA05170
Salary: £27,183 - £35,469 pa
Limit of tenure applies*
Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral position to
design and implement an interdisciplinary undergraduate course,
shared between the Departments of Sociology and the Department of
Social Anthropology on ‘Gender, kinship and caring’, to conduct their
own original research – which should represent a substantial
intellectual advance in the field of gender, kinship and caring – and
to work closely with colleagues to design and implement research
strategies that will promote and develop the University of Cambridge
as a centre of excellence for the anthropology and sociology of
gender, kinship and care. The Fellow will be expected to work closely
with mentors and colleagues in both departments.
Applicants must have a PhD in Anthropology, Sociology, or a related
discipline, or be of equivalent postdoctoral standing. They should
demonstrate, in a covering letter, their teaching experience, their
ability to effectively design an interdisciplinary course, and how
the research they would conduct whilst at Cambridge represents a
major advance in the specified fields of enquiry.
Applications (two hard copies) should include:
- covering letter (max 4 sides A4)
- one short piece of written work (journal article, book chapter,
thesis chapter, etc) which showcases the applicant’s research abilities.
- full CV with names and addresses of three referees. N.B. Please ask
your referees to send their references to us at
recruitment@socanth.cam.ac.uk quoting the vacancy reference no., by
17th June 2009.
- PD18 application form (downloadable from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/
offices/hr/forms/pd18/ - complete parts I and III only)
Applications should be sent to Mrs Su Ford, Department of Social
Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge
CB2 3RF, to arrive by the closing date.
Applicants who are applying from overseas may email their application
to recruitment@socanth.cam.ac.uk the vacancy reference number.
Further particulars are available here
Click here for the concept statement on ‘Gender, Kinship and Caring’.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Nick Long on +44 (0)1223
763963, or email recruitment@socanth.cam.ac.uk quoting the vacancy
reference number.
*Limit of tenure: 2 years. The start date will be 1 October 2009 and
the appointment is subject to a 6-month probationary period.
Closing date: 17th June 2009. Interviews will be held on the 25th
June 2009.
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