Research Assistant

**Contract type**



Fixed Term (2 years) from 1 September 2024





**Hours**



Full time





**About the role**



The Rothermere American Institute (RAI) seeks to appoint an experienced
researcher, holding a PhD in a relevant subject area, to work on a new
Leverhulme Trust project, “Conservativisms in an Age of Revolutions: The
United States in an Atlantic World.” The post is funded for two years from 1
September 2024.





This post is intended to provide a promising early career scholar with a
congenial environment for the development of their research beyond the
doctoral level. The post would especially suit someone who has research
expertise in nineteenth-century United States political history or the history
of ideas.





The project PI is Adam Smith, Edward Orsborn Professor of US Politics and
Political History and Director of the RAI. You will be one of two research
assistants working on the project alongside Professor Smith. A full
description of the project with details of the role to be played by this
research assistant is included in the job description (appendix 1).





The RAI is Oxford’s centre for the study of the United States and its place in
the world. Every year we host a full programme of research seminars and events
which attract leading scholars and public figures from across the world. We
have a lively and friendly community made up of our small administration team
plus early career researchers, graduate students, Oxford academics, visiting
fellows, and librarians. In this role you will be fully integrated into the
RAI community.





**Application process**



For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum
vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection
criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part
of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and
indicate whether we can contact them now.





Only applications received by midday on 20 May 2024 can be considered.
Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 10 June 2024.





For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job
description. Any further enquires may be directed to hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk





Please quote Vacancy ID 172718 on all correspondence.