Kinder Career Development Fellow in Atlantic History

**Contract type**



FTC (3 years) from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2027





**Hours**



Full time (37.5/ 1 FTE)





**About the role**



The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri
and the Rothermere American Institute (RAI) jointly seek to appoint a Career
Development Fellow in Atlantic History, tenable for three years with effect
from 1 September 2024. This post is open to candidates whose research focuses
on the political dimensions, broadly defined, of Atlantic history in any
chronological period since 1600, including the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.



This post is intended to provide a promising early career scholar with a
congenial environment for the development of their research and academic
administration beyond the doctoral level. You will have a PhD in a relevant
subject and have undertaken distinguished and imaginative research at doctoral
level with plans for future research of a similar or greater quality.



You will work closely with colleagues from the Kinder Institute in delivering
the University of Missouri’s MA in Atlantic History and Politics, assisting in
curriculum development, logistical arrangements, and teaching on the month-
long summer school.





In addition, you will be closely involved in the academic life of the RAI,
with duties such as co-administering and organising the American History
Research Seminar for up to three terms and contributing to, as well as
participating in, the RAI’s programme of lectures and seminars.





You will also produce world-leading research for publication in books and
articles in any subject relating to the political history of the Atlantic
world between 1600 and the present, and you will be encouraged to assist in
the teaching of history to Oxford undergraduates for up to three hours per
week.





The post will be based in Oxford at the RAI. 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, 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 11 June 2024 can be considered.
Interviews are expected to be held on 4 July 2024.





**Committed to equality and valuing diversity**





Contact Person: HR Officer



Contact Email: hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk