Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History since 1600

**Location** Rothermere American Institute, 1a South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3UB





**Salary** Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum





**Contract type**



FTC (3 years) from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028





**Hours**



Full time (37.5/ 1 FTE)





**About the role**





The University of Oxford is a leading centre for research and teaching in
North American history. The RAI, Oxford’s centre for the study of the United
States and its place in the world, supports world-leading scholarship in this
field. Every year, it hosts more than 100 seminars, workshops, conferences and
lectures which attract leading scholars, students, policymakers and public
figures from across the world. The RAI community includes a large number of
graduate students, early career researchers, retired colleagues and around
twenty Faculty members who work on problems related to America and its place
in the world. The Institute welcomes two distinguished visiting professors
from the US, the John G. Winant Professor of American Government and the
Harmsworth Professor of American History, and hosts around a dozen other
visiting academics as Fellows-in-Residence each academic year.





North American history is also a popular subject within the University at
undergraduate and graduate levels. There are two popular outline papers in US
History, and a range of specialised courses for undergraduates. At master’s
level, there is a dedicated, team-taught, US History ‘strand’ in our one-year
Master of Studies and two-year Master of Philosophy programmes in History. A
large cohort of doctoral students also work on United States or pre-
Revolutionary America history topics.





The Broadbent Career Development Fellow will make an active contribution to
American history in Oxford and beyond. Alongside producing exceptional
research at postdoctoral level for publication in books and articles, the
Fellow will make a full contribution to the academic life of the Rothermere
American Institute and to St Edmund Hall. They will be expected to share, with
other historians of the US, the convening of our programme of research
seminars and doctoral workshops, and will have the opportunity to teach for up
to three hours per week. The Fellow will also undertake effective and
innovative public engagement activity for and on behalf of the RAI, in
collaboration with other RAI staff members.





**About** **you**





We are looking for candidates who, by the time of appointment, will have
completed a PhD within the last three years, who have produced research with
the potential to influence their field and who are committed to the highest
quality teaching and public engagement. Candidates must be able to provide
proof of the right to work in the UK.





You will have a clear plan for research and publication during the period of
the Fellowship and the ability to manage your own academic research and
associated activities. You will be able to demonstrate professionalism as a
colleague and a proven track record of working with others as well as
excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication
and present research proposals and results. You will also have experience of
teaching at undergraduate level, experience of organising successful academic
events, and experience of public engagement.





**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 Wednesday 22 April 2025 can be
considered. Interviews are expected to be held on Friday 23 May 2025.





Please quote Vacancy ID 178535 on all correspondence.





For queries about the academic dimensions of the post contact Dr Daniel Rowe,
Director of Academic Programmes, daniel.rowe@rai.ox.ac.uk .





For all other queries contact Katy Long on contact email below.