Senior Research Associate

The role

The School of Humanities invites applications for a Senior Research Associate. The successful applicant will be a core member of the Leverhulme Trust-funded research project, ‘Welfare Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism’. The project will foreground intersectional feminist responses to welfare disparities that impact Black and South Asian communities (1940-2000). The project draws together relevant public and private archives, oral history testimony, and transcontinental research material. Together, the research team (PI, 2 Senior Research Associates and a doctoral student) will cover case studies in Britain, Africa (SRA1) and South Asia (SRA2). In doing so, the project offers important new insights into how both the welfare state and intersectional feminist activism have approached structural welfare inequalities and ultimately shaped modern conceptions of citizenship.

The role is full-time and available on an open-ended with fixed funding basis for 45 months, with a start date of December 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

What will you be doing?

• Manage research activities in line with the project objectives
• Contribute to joint publications
• Undertake independent research leading to publications
• Upload materials to the project website
• Contribute to digital outcomes
• Contribute to public engagement and impact activities
• Lead community history activities and oral history interviews
• Present papers at conferences and seminars
• Undertake relevant training 
• Attend and contribute to project meetings 

You should apply if

Applications are invited from candidates with a PhD awarded in History, English or any cognate field relevant to the project. You should have a secure knowledge of histories of Black activism, experience of working in research archives, and a desire to learn new techniques in digital research technology. You will be a good communicator who can work across disciplines, work as part of a team, and present your research to non-academic audiences. Knowledge of an African language would be an advantage. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Saima Nasar for further details about the research project and its objectives. 

Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact: 

Dr Saima Nasar, Email: Saima.nasar@bristol.ac.uk

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