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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Warwick's Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (CSR) invites expressions of interest for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. These awards are intended to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment that will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent academic posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields.

The CSR is among the most active such institutes worldwide. It is strongly interdisciplinary (with particular strengths in medieval and Renaissance thought, literature, drama, history, history of art, as well as history of medicine, science, and religion) and is noted for its global connections, for instance with the Newberry Library (Chicago) and its consortium, Johns Hopkins University, the Warburg Institute, Ca' Foscari University (Venice), and Monash (Australia). With over forty members across the University, it has a lively community of both senior and more junior researchers. The CSR is keen to support outstanding new fellows and has been successful with this scheme in recent years.

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick is one of the world’s top 50 Arts and Humanities faculties and is home to a thriving research culture spread across seven Departments and Schools (see https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/research/).

Applications are welcomed from candidates who have a strong research profile.

  • Applicants are expected to have completed their viva voce between 1 April 2021 and 1 April 2024.
  • They must either be a UK/EEA national, have completed their doctorate at a UK university or have a strong prior association with the UK academic community
  • They must not yet have held a permanent academic appointment
  • Appointments at the University of Warwick are dependent on the award of the Fellowship. The expectation is that Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable work during the funded period. For more information on the scheme’s aims and eligibility criteria, please visit https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

Appointments at the University of Warwick are dependent on the award of the Fellowship. The expectation is that Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable work during the funded period.

Prospective applicants are required to identify an academic mentor at the University of Warwick. Candidates should approach their mentor to discuss the project at the earliest opportunity.

Applications will require approval from the proposed host department or centre. Note that Warwick's internal deadline for receiving the materials is 28th August, but potential applicants through the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance are strongly encouraged to make preliminary enquiries by 10th August. They should contact both their intended mentor (if they already have one) and the Centre's Director, Dr Teresa Grant (t.grant@warwick.ac.uk) with at least a CV and a proposal draft.

Note that applicants who have just recently finished their PhD and/or do not already have a strong publication record (i.e., do not have a monograph nearly ready to submit to a publisher) are unlikely to be successful in this competition. Other postdoctoral schemes may be more suitable.