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> From: Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies <[email protected]> > Date: November 3, 2011 5:10:20 PM CDT > To: Sts_announce <[email protected]> > Subject: post-doc opportunities at the University of Sidney > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS (2 POSITIONS) > FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND FACULTY OF MEDICINE > SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INQUIRY AND CENTRE FOR VALUES, ETHICS > AND THE LAW IN MEDICINE > REFERENCE NO 1836/1011 > The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an > outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It > employs over 7,500 permanent staff supporting over 49,000 students. > The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has a proud > history of intellectual rigour and offers a vibrant research and teaching > environment. The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) is > one of five schools in the Faculty, made up of the departments of > Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History, Gender and Cultural Studies, > History and Philosophy. The School brings together an exciting group of > academics and students who participate in a wide array of undergraduate and > postgraduate programs. It is home to some of the leading researchers and > teachers in Australia and the world, as well as regularly hosting prominent > visitors and international colloquia. > The Department of History at the University of Sydney, founded in 1891, is a > leading centre for research and teaching offering a wide range of > opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study in many fields > including American, Chinese, Australian, and Medieval, Early Modern and > Modern European history. > The University of Sydney invites applications from qualified individuals for > appointment to Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the comparative or > transnational history of racial thought and practice in settler societies of > the Global South, as part of Professor Warwick Anderson’s ARC Laureate > Fellowship project ‘Southern Racial Conceptions: Comparative Histories and > Contemporary Legacies’. Each of the two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships is > for a period of three years initially, with the possibility of renewal for a > further two years. > The historical research project will investigate how biological and > anthropological sciences shaped what it meant to be human in the southern > hemisphere during the 20th century—from skull measuring to early genomics. > Through comparative study, we aim to reveal active and influential debates > over racial difference conducted by scientists and anthropologists within the > southern hemisphere, often distinct from those occurring in the North > Atlantic. > It is expected that each Postdoctoral Research Fellow will investigate > specific and distinctive southern racial formations, networks, and > influences. Research on non-Anglophone southern scientific networks and on > Indigenous perspectives or impacts would be particularly appealing. The > Fellows will maintain their own high-quality research programs while > contributing to the work of other researchers in the project and assisting in > organizing research workshops. > The successful applicants must have a Ph.D. in history or a related > discipline relevant to the theme of the project. Applicants should > demonstrate an outstanding capacity for research as well as the ability to > work cooperatively with colleagues from a range of different disciplines. > The positions are full-time, fixed term for three years, subject to the > completion of a satisfactory probation period, with a possibility of renewal > for a further two years. Membership of a University-approved superannuation > scheme is a condition of employment for new appointees. > Remuneration package (as at 13 January 2012): Postdoctoral Fellow (Academic > Level A) $73,251 to $99,404 p.a. (which includes a base salary of $61,898 to > $83,998 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to > superannuation). > All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers > website. Visit sydney.edu.au/positions and search by the reference number for > more information and to apply. > CLOSING DATE: 4 December 2011 > The University is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to equity, > diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and > women are encouraged. > © The University of Sydney > >
