Location: | Bristol |
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Salary: | £42,362 to £47,874 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 14th November 2024 |
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Closes: | 5th December 2024 |
Job Ref: | ACAD107825 |
The role
The School of Humanities invites applications for a postdoctoral Senior Research Associate (SRA) specialising in creative & practice-led methods of research to support the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, “Plants, Enslavement, and Public History: Re-imagining gardens and green spaces as places of heritage and healing” (2024-2028). The SRA will work with the Principal Investigator, Dr Jessica Moody in running and delivering this fellowship and will be part of a team which will also include a second Senior Research Associate and a Project Manager as well as project partners.
Working in partnership with INTO (the International National Trusts Organisation) & the National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the fellowship aims to explore historical connections between plants, people and histories of enslavement, analyse the public memory of plants and enslavement at heritage sites around the Atlantic, work towards an ethical praxis of care by developing appropriate methods of research and practice, revealing the commemorative potential of plants and green heritage spaces.
This is a full-time role for a fixed period of three years which can start from 1 January 2025.
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Applicants should include a proposal outlining their approach to developing appropriate creative research methodologies for this project.
Additional information
For informal enquiries, please contact Jessica Moody: Jessica.moody@bristol.ac.uk
We are unable to accept applications or expressions of interest via email.
Only applications received via our recruitment system will be considered for shortlisting.
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