The Department of History is looking to appoint a Research Fellow for a fixed-term period of 24 months from 1 September 2025 to work with Dr Anna Toropova on the Wellcome Trust funded Career Development Award: ‘Traumatised Minds, Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1917-1953’.

This project examines scientific, medical and cultural approaches to psychological trauma in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1953.

The full advert and job description can be found on the University of Warwick website. For informal queries, please contact Dr Anna Toropova at anna.toropova.1@warwick.ac.uk.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 16 March 2025 at 11.55pm.

The Department of History at the University of Warwick is pleased to announce that the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme is now open and welcomes expressions of interest. The full outline of the process and further details are available hereLink opens in a new window.

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in African History on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 12 months from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The full advert and job description can be found on the University of Warwick website. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 July 2024 at 11.55pm.

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Modern History on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 12 months from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The full advert and job description can be found on the University of Warwick website. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 23 June 2024 at 11:45pm.

The Department of History seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Ottoman History on a full-time and indefinite basis from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The advert and job description for the post can be found via the Human Resources webpage. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 14 January 2024.

The Department of History seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Modern History on a full-time and indefinite basis from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The advert and job description for the post can be found via the Human Resources webpage. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 14 January 2024.

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick encourages outstanding postdoctoral scholars to apply for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships scheme, for Fellowships hosted at Warwick starting in the 2024/2025 academic year. Please note that initial applications/expressions of interest need to be sent to Alan Ashton-Smith, the Research and Strategy Manager for the Faculty of Arts (Alan.Ashton-Smith@warwick.ac.uk) by 5pm Thursday 30 November 2023 containing the following information:

• A short description of the proposed project (maximum 2 A4 pages)
• A copy of the applicant's CV (maximum 2 A4 pages)
• The name of an academic in their proposed host Department or School. Candidates should contact their prospective mentor in advance of submitting an Expression of Interest.
• The names of three referees. Please note that referees will not be asked to provide a statement at this stage.

The full advertisement can be found here: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship at University of Warwick (jobs.ac.uk).

Dr Anna Neima will be joining the Department of History as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in September 2021 to start a new research project on 'White Diasporic Families and the Caribbean, 1930s-1980s'. She has just had her first book published, The Utopians (Picador, 2021), which examines the attempts made by six communities to build 'perfect' societies in the aftermath of the First World War.