Job: University of Leeds, School of PRHS/Centre for HPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Telecommunications History
University of Leeds, Faculty of Arts , School of
Philosophy, Religion & History of Science
Grade 7 Salary: £31,342 to £37,394 per annum
Fixed
term for 12 months, beginning 1 September 2015, or as soon as possible
thereafter
Closing Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015
Reference: ARTPR1016
This Fellowship explores how far telecommunications expertise and
technologies developed during the First World War facilitated post-war developments such as radio
broadcasting, commercial radio communications, wireless telephony and aircraft
communications.
The role
is multi-national in scope, taking further the Arts and Humanities Research
Council-funded ‘Innovating in Combat’ project and will be affiliated to the
University of Leeds project ‘Legacies of War’ http://arts.leeds.ac.uk/legaciesofwar/
The
Fellowship is supported by a generous personal donation from Mr Keith Thrower,
with additional contributions from the Defence Electronics History Society, the
Institution of Engineering and Technology, and funds from the University of
Leeds, Faculty of Arts and the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of
Science.
The
successful candidate must have submitted for examination a doctoral thesis in a
relevant area of History of Science and/or Technology by 1 September 2015.
Please Click here
to apply for this position or go to https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=2226&forced=1
As part
of the application process, please upload a sample of your recent research,
preferably no longer than 10,000 words; this does not need to have been already
accepted for publication.
Please also
upload a description (max 1,000 words) of how you would deliver the proposed
research during the 1 year post.
Further
information about the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science is
available at
Informal
enquiries may be made to Professor Graeme Gooday, email g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk
Interviews
are expected to be held in July 2015.
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here for further information about working at the University of Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk/info/20025/university_jobs
Graeme Gooday,
Head of School,
Professor of the History of
Science and Technology,
School of Philosophy, Religion and
History of Science,
Woodhouse Lane,
University of Leeds,
LEEDS LS2 9JT,
United Kingdom.
E-mail: g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk
Phone: 0113 343 3274