Applications are invited for this one year position.
Please note that applications are not restricted to UK or EU nationals.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Telecommunications History
University of Leeds, Faculty of Arts , School of Philosophy, Religion & History of Science
Grade 7 Salary: £31,342 to £37,394 per annum
Fixed term for 12 months, beginning 1 September 2015, or as soon as possible thereafter
Closing Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015
Reference: ARTPR1016
This Fellowship explores how far telecommunications expertise and technologies developed during the First World War facilitated post-war developments such as radio broadcasting, commercial radio communications, wireless telephony and aircraft communications.
The role is multi-national in scope, taking further the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded ‘Innovating in Combat’ project and will be affiliated to the University of Leeds project ‘Legacies of War’: https://legaciesofwar.leeds.ac.uk/
The Fellowship is supported by a generous personal donation from Mr Keith Thrower, with additional contributions from the Defence Electronics History Society, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and funds from the University of Leeds, Faculty of Arts and the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science.
The successful candidate must have submitted for examination a doctoral thesis in a relevant area of History of Science and/or Technology by 1 September 2015.
Please Click HERE to apply for this position or go to https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=2226&forced=1
As part of the application process, please upload a sample of your recent research, preferably no longer than 10,000 words; this does not need to have been already accepted for publication.
Please also upload a description (max 1,000 words) of how you would deliver the proposed research during the 1 year post.
Further information about the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science is available at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/homepage/236/School_of_Philosophy,_Religion_and_the_History_of_Science
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Graeme Gooday, email g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk
Interviews are expected to be held in July 2015.
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