Evans Pritchard Fellow in African Anthropology

LOCATION: Oxford School of Global and Area Studies in association with St Anne’s College

SALARY: Grade 7:pt 1 £38674 to pt 8 £46913 per annum

About the Role:

The Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), in association with St Anne’s College, wishes to appoint an Evans Pritchard Fellow in African Anthropology.

The Evans-Pritchard Fellowship is a three-year career development post supported by St Anne’s College and OSGA. This post is designed specifically to assist with career development for an early-stage academic appointee. The successful candidate will engage in advanced study of African Anthropology, lecture and teach graduate students on the MSc in African Studies, and conduct independent research. They will actively contribute to the intellectual life of both St Anne’s College and the African Studies Centre and co-operate in the administrative work of OSGA in both term and vacation under the supervision of the Director of the African Studies Centre. This includes contribute to OSGA’s and ASC’s community through attending key meetings and events; holding Committee membership; participation in university academic recruitment exercises and related activities.

The post-holder must have successfully completed a doctorate in African Anthropology and should have had their doctoral viva within five years of the application closing date (excluding eligible career breaks).

An office for research and teaching will be provided at the African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, 13 Bevington Road, Oxford.

About You:

You will have a doctorate in an African Anthropology with the doctoral viva completed no more than five years before the application closing date (excluding eligible career breaks). You will be able to demonstrate experience of qualitative or quantitative research and analytical techniques, with a proven capacity to develop sound research proposals. You will have a publication record or evidence of strong potential for high-quality research outputs published with leading journals, with a clear plan of research to be conducted during the three years of the post. You will be able to demonstrate aptitude and experience in teaching African Anthropology and related topics with the ability to supervise advanced-level Master’s students across a range of dissertation topics and experience in assessing and marking graduate-level work.

You will have a firm commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and embedding these principles among staff and students.

Application process:

Information about the application process, as well as the full list of responsibilities and selection criteria can be obtained from the job description (Vacancy ID: 178992), via: Oxford University website

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford, please contact Professor Rebekah Lee, the Committee Chair, at rebekah.lee@africa.ox.ac.uk . All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Thursday 8^th May 2025.

Interviews are expected to be held online via Teams on Wednesday 4^th June 2025.

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