British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
QMUL’s School of History has sustained success in securing postdoctoral fellowship from a wide range of funders in the UK and abroad. Our Postdoctoral Fellows form a cohesive community of excellence that is closely mentored by a senior member of academic staff. Our Postdoctoral Fellows are encouraged in their research and offered opportunities to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy. Most are highly successful in securing permanent academic posts, and their contribution to the School’s research culture is much appreciated.
We are now inviting outstanding early career researchers to apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships. If you are interested in applying for this scheme through the School of History, please submit an application in one document (Word or PDF, using a 12 pt font) to Emma Yates at history-research@qmul.ac.uk by midday on Friday 9 September 2022.
We encourage you to contact your proposed mentor in advance and discuss tour plans with them.
The application should include:
- an explanation of the reasons for your choice of the School of History and Queen Mary as your host institution (150 words maximum)
- an outline of your proposed programme of research (1,500 words maximum) including consideration of method, sources, and significance
- your planned research outputs, e.g. monograph, journal article(s), book chapter(s), digital resources, events (workshops, conferences), other (please specify) (300 words maximum)
- a list of existing publications (1 page maximum)
- a CV (2 pages maximum)
- a draft sample of writing, either published or accepted for publication (article or book chapter length).
Your application should demonstrate:
- that you are eligible according to the BA’s criteria
- the excellence of your research track record and professional track record (where relevant);
- your fit to the School of History
- the proposed mentor
Full scheme details can be found on the British Academy website.
All applications will be considered in an internal selection process and candidates notified by 16 September 2022.
Successful applicants will then have approximately one month to finalise their outline application, due 12 October 2022. The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will offer an orientation session about the final stages of application commencing 19 September and successful candidates will be invited to it.
If you have any questions about the internal selection process, please contact Professor Miri Rubin, Director of Research at the School of History, m.e.rubin@qmul.ac.uk