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Stipendiary Research Fellowship on the topic of Rhythm

King’s College Cambridge invites applications for a Research Fellowship from those working on the topic of Rhythm.
Applications are welcome from all those working on this topic within any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and who wish to undertake a major project over the course of the four years of this Fellowship. The brief is deliberately wide to encompass innovative thinking about the topic which has distinctive conceptualisations in different research traditions. Creative thinking is encouraged and applicants should not unduly restrict themselves to any single academic discipline nor necessarily focus on a traditionally identified paradigm. The electors to this fellowship are keen to not only encourage applications from fields which the study of rhythm is usually identified, for example music, literature and speech, but also from those who wish to pursue the topic in other domains including for example the rhythm of architecture, art, the economy and life amonst many others.
The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and be completing or have completed recently an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work that they submit in support of their application should have concerned this topic specifically, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications how their plans for their future work relate to the work that they have already done. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community.
It is the aim of King’s Research Fellowships to develop important fields of study that are currently too narrowly restricted in their practitioners and/or their objects of analysis. For this reason, candidates are encouraged to propose creative and innovative projects which will not only make an important contribution to the specific area of interest, but also strengthen the intellectual framework of the humanities as a whole.
The successful candidate will join a lively research community which includes Research Fellows and College Research Associates as well as Fellows who hold University posts. This includes a number of Fellows working in Anthropology, Linguistics, Literature, Music and Psychology which will potentially align with the successful candidate’s project, and a wide range of other subjects which will provide both challenge to and stimulus for novel ways of approaching it. Research Fellows also engage with colleagues from the Collegiate University as a whole in the pursuit of their project.
A Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral position tenable for up to  four years. Applications are welcome from graduates of any university. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD or equivalent qualification, but must not have undertaken more than 2 years postdoctoral work or work outside of academia by 1 October 2025 (i.e., an applicants PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2023).
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with the full privileges of all Fellows. These include all meals, a degree of financial support for expenses associated with research, and the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties. Currently, the stipend of a Research Fellow is £24,126 prior to the award of doctorate, or £26,807 after award of doctorate, rising each year to a maximum of £30,912. An accommodation allowance of £3,530 is paid to all Stipendiary Research Fellows, and an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,000, depending on income, is available to those Fellows not living in college-owned accommodation.
In addition to pursuing research, a Research Fellow is required to live in Cambridge or close by and to participate in College life and activity. Although these are research posts, Research Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University or College teaching, or tutorial duties. Such activity is remunerated separately and can make an important contribution to the development of an academic career. During the course of the Fellowship, a Research Fellow may be granted an intermission for one or two years to take up a temporary position either in Cambridge or elsewhere provided that doing so would be consistent with the Research Fellow’s career development.
The closing date for applications, including references, is 9 a.m. on Monday 16 September 2024. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website<https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/>.
Eligibility
Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 2 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2025 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2023).
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the Uk already, any offer we make will be conditional upon you gaining it. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to fulfil the necessary visa requirements and obtain a visa.
Dates:
●       The closing date for application is 9 a.m. (UK local time) on Monday 16 September 2024. Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.
●       Long-listed candidates will be notified in late-September and will be expected to provide within 5-days a writing sample which they believe best represent their talents. This should be no more than 20,000 words and may include thesis chapters or publications.
●       Short-listed candidates will be notified late November/early December, and will be invited for interview on either Wednesday 15th or Thursday 16th January 2025. Please ensure that you will be available for interview on these dates, as it is not possible to arrange other times for interviews.
●       The Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2025.
Application:
To apply use the following link to create an application:
https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/rhythm/
Before the closing date, applicants must complete all sections of the online Fellowship Application and upload onto the website (PDF only) the following:
●       A curriculum vitae (of no more than three A4 sides) including details of higher education, degrees awarded, positions held and publications.
●       A document of no more than 1,200 words in length, excluding bibliography, references, footnotes, endnotes, describing your current research and the research you propose to undertake during the Fellowship.
Applicants must also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded onto the site in PDF format by the closing date of the competition, 9 am (UK local time) on Monday 16 September 2024. As soon as a referee is nominated, an email can be sent through the FAS website requesting a reference. You can request references individually before submitting your application. It is wise to nominate referees well before the closing date so they have sufficient time to submit a reference.
·         In the letter of recommendation, suggestions for impartial expert readers, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is long-listed, would be very welcome. Please make your referees aware of this.
·         It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references before the closing date.
Your referees will need to provide their references through the FAS website. They will be sent an email containing a link to do this. Referees unable to submit references electronically via the FAS website may e-mail Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein., the competition administrator.
Please note that all application materials must be in English.
The application will not be considered in the competition until it has been submitted and all references have been received. An email will be sent once this has occurred.
Further questions:
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Stellenbosch and Western Cape

Applications are awaited for a postdoctoral fellowship hosted by the Universities of Stellenbosch and the Western Cape.

Project Title: Responsive Governance and Population Well-being in Late Antiquity

Project Description: Scholarship on Late Antiquity has established that the later Roman Empire employed response mechanisms for more effective and directive governance. How such governance relates to the common good and population well-being is less researched and more difficult to describe. The current collaborative project (Ghent University, Stellenbosch University, University of the Western Cape) aims at investigating the reciprocal relationship between imperial structures and the general populace of the empire. The topic is studied from a top-down perspective (laws, speeches, treatises issued from the top of the social hierarchy) as well as a bottom-up perspective which was communicated to those in executive capacities able to improve the quality of life of lower social strata (petitions, acclamations, the 'common good' implied in ideologies of the ideal state and good rulership, economic and social advances, philosophical notions on happiness, medical ideas of good health, environmental impacts) .

Hosts: Prof. Philip Bosman (Stellenbosch University and Prof. Ernst Conradie (University of the Western Cape)

Requirements:

* Ph.D. in Late Antique (Roman Imperial) History and Literature, or a related subject field in Classics (graduation within the last five years).

* Evidence of the ability to publish in national and international journals.

The post-doctoral fellowship package includes: A monthly stipend and workspace.

Commencement date: 1 January 2025

Closing date: 31 August 2024

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Application: Send a letter of application, accompanied by an academic record and a comprehensive curriculum vitae including a list of publications, and the names and contact details of at least two referees, to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.<Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.>.

Applicants should request their referees to forward confidential reports by the closing date directly to the same address.

Further notes:

* The fellowship is renewable for a second year subject to satisfactory performance.

* The successful candidate will be required to stay in the greater Cape Town area for at least 9 months per annum.

* The postdoctoral fellow will be required to do research and publish research results related to the research project as formulated for the South African side of the project. Further research related tasks include conference organisation and coordination and editing of an edited volume on the research topic.

* The postdoctoral fellow will be affiliated to both the University of Stellenbosch and the University of the Western Cape.

* The Postdoctoral Office at Stellenbosch University assists postdoctoral fellows with logistical arrangements, including support for visa applications, temporary accommodation at Stellenbosch University, airport transport upon arrival, and registration on the University system.

* Postdoctoral fellows are not appointed as employees and as their fellowships are awarded tax-free, they are not eligible for employee benefits.

* The University reserves the right NOT to make an appointment if suitable candidates do not apply.