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Post-doctoral Researcher

Goldsmiths, University of London - English and Creative Writing

Location: London
Salary: £38,647 to £48,944 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 3rd October 2024
Closes: 10th October 2024
Job Ref: 10281

Contract Length: 18 months

Contact Details

Informal enquiries can be made to:

Professor Gillian O'Brien ( G.P.Obrien@ljmu.ac.uk) or

Dr Padraig Kirwan (p.kirwan@gold.ac.uk)

What makes Goldsmiths unique?

Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.

About the Department

Goldsmiths' Department of English and Creative Writing is one of the most established and long-running creative writing centres in UK Higher Education, and many of our graduates are now leading writers and editors in their field.

Our location on the doorstep of central London means that you will have easy access to one of the most diverse, historic, and dynamic literary centres in the world. We’re regularly visited by literary guest speakers, and our students have recently enjoyed events with Ali Smith, George Saunders, Bernadine Evaristo, Nikesh Shukla, Michael Rosen, Eimear McBride and Howard Jacobson. Our forward-thinking approach to the fields of creative writing and literary studies is supported by our hosting and running of the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded annually to work that pushes the boundaries of the novel.

About the Role

You will join a team working on an AHRC-funded project, ‘Sharing Lands: Reconciliation, Recognition, & Reciprocity’. Your responsibilities will include taking a key role in the above research project, including assisting the Principal and Co-Investigators with the curation and management of the project webpage, conducting interviews alongside the P-I and Co-I in the UK, disseminate research via a series of blog posts, journal articles and conference presentations, carrying out a standalone investigative project focussing on “Indigenous Migrations and Mobilities.”

Furthermore, you will be required to undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required, ensuring that you are aware of and aligned with Goldsmiths’ Regulations, Strategy, and Objectives to work together to proactively advance Equality and Diversity and, at all times, to help maintain a safe working environment by participating in training as necessary and following the Goldsmiths’ Health and Safety Codes of Practice and Policy.

About the Candidate

We are looking to work with an experienced versatile and proactive researcher with expertise in Native American and Indigenous Studies, and experience of considering Native contexts. She/he will have familiarity with Indigenous epistemologies, cosmologies, and histories, and will engage with wider methodologies of the ‘Sharing Lands’ project. Investigating the beliefs, traditions, and politics of Indigeneity, they will disseminate research via a series of blog posts and journal articles. Under the supervision of the Principal and Co-Investigators, they will conduct a standalone investigative project focussing on “Indigenous Migrations and Mobilities” and ensure that objectives and deadlines are met from initial planning stages through to the delivery and publication of results.

Benefits

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes. 

Goldsmiths, University of London is passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity.

 

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