Location: | Oxford |
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Salary: | £36,024 to £38,205 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 5th July 2024 |
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Closes: | 29th July 2024 |
Job Ref: | 173854 |
Applications are invited for the position of Research Associate (2 x posts) on the ERC-funded project ‘Moving Stories: Sectarianisms in the Global Middle East’ at the University of Oxford, Faculty of History, George Street, OX1 2RL. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Professor John-Paul-Ghobrial, the post holder will be a member of a research project based at Oxford, and they will work independently to carry out research for a discrete area of the project related to ‘Religion, Identity, and Migration in the Global Middle East, 1850-1940’.
The Role
Middle Eastern migration was a phenomenon with global horizons, but it was also a reality that was experienced locally in different ways at the level of individual lives. This role provides early career researchers with an opportunity to conduct and publish groundbreaking research as part of a larger research team based at Oxford.
The responsibilities of the Research Associate fall under three main areas:
About you
You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil, or evidence that a doctorate is close to completion, together with relevant experience, and will possess sufficient specialist and linguistic knowledge in the discipline to contribute research to the main questions of the project, in particular written Arabic. You will have sufficient historical and disciplinary knowledge to contribute relevant individually-authored publications in line with the project objectives and excellent communication skills
Application process
For an informal discussion about this opportunity or if you have any questions, please contact Professor John-Paul Ghobrial at john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk. All practical and procedural queries should be sent to our recruitments team: recruitments@history.ox.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.
As part of the online application process, you should provide a supporting statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and a statement of proposed research, with the names and contact details of two referees. Please see the How to apply section of the job description for more details.
Only applications submitted online and received before noon Monday 29th July 2024 will be considered.
Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. You may also receive updates on the status of your application via the same means.
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