Location: | Canterbury |
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Salary: | £38,205 to £42,978 per annum, Grade 7 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 18th July 2024 |
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Closes: | 25th August 2024 |
Job Ref: | AHUM-320-24 |
Are you an historical researcher, with a PhD (or equivalent) in an area of modern British History? Are you an historical researcher with a PhD in an area of modern British History? Do you have experience in historical research and a record of high quality academic publications?
If so this full-time, fixed term role as Research Associate, may be ideal.
The School of Classics, English and History at the University of Kent seeks to appoint a Research Associate to work on an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded (AHRC) Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship (2024-26) entitled Buzzers for Bedwetters: Incontinence and the Urinary Body in Britain, 1870-1970.
The project will focus on four key incontinent bodies prominent in the period - the child; the reproductive (including the postpartum woman and the male masturbator); the war veteran and the elderly. It will also build an international and multi-disciplinary research network with scholars in the humanities and social sciences and collaborate with Britain’s two main incontinence charities - Bladder and Bowel UK, and ERIC, The Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity – who aim to reduce the stigma surrounding incontinence and to create public awareness of the distress and debilitation that stigmatisation causes. Research findings will be presented in academic publications; academic and non-academic conferences and workshops; printed and digital resources; webpages featuring blog posts; and an online exhibition.
With support from the Principal Investigator, the Research Associate will collect and analyse archival data, conduct literature reviews, deliver academic outputs, and collaborate with the project partners to deliver public outputs. Data collection will involve travel to archives and libraries in London, Essex, Lancaster, Sussex, Nottingham, Hull and other repositories as necessary, and partner collaboration will require travel to Bristol and Manchester. The Research Associate will also develop their own strand of independent research, disseminated in an academic journal, relevant academic conferences and blog posts.
More information on the project can be found here on the blog post here: Buzzers for Bedwetters: Incontinence and the Urinary Body in Britain, 1870-1970.
As a Research Associate you will:
To be successful in this role you will have:
Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process, please contact the People Services Team on peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number AHUM-320-24
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