Dear colleagues,
As part of the EUROTAST project, we are currently hiring one Experienced Researcher (ER) to work on dissemination aspects of the project and to co-ordinate outreach activities. For more information on the post and our eligibility requirements please visit our website at eurotast.eu/fellowships or contact us at [log in to unmask] The deadline for applications is 16 January 2012.
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Dr Hannes Schroeder
Centre for GeoGenetics
The Natural History Museum
Řster Voldgade 5-7
DK-1350 Copenhagen
+45 35 32 13 46 (office)
+45 42 52 36 14 (mobile)
www.eurotast.eu
EUROTAST – A Marie Curie Initial Training Network on the History, Archaeology and New Genetics of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
1 Marie Curie ER (experienced researcher) Fellowship
Fixed term: 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014
Salary: European FP7 Experienced Researcher (plus travel and relocation allowance)
Closing date: 16 January 2012
EUROTAST is a new European-funded research network that will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine the history of the transatlantic slave trade and to explore its long-term effects. As part of the project, we are currently hiring one Experienced Researcher to work on dissemination aspects of the project and to co-ordinate outreach activities. Based in Copenhagen (Denmark) and trained in York (UK), you will be committed to communicating academic research on the slave trade into the public realm. Your main task will be to develop and create content for the project website to promote understanding of the individual research projects and the project as a whole. In addition, you will be trained in documentary-making to document the research and to help disseminate its major findings. During the first year, you will research and develop a 30 part history documentary series for radio foregrounding the research of the network. During the second year, you will help develop educational material for schools and co-ordinate school visits as part of the network’s outreach programme.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for the post you must be EITHER in possession of a doctoral degree at the time of recruitment OR have at least four years commensurate full-time equivalent research experience in a museum, archive, media organization, or similar. In either case, you should have no more than 5 years of full-time equivalent research experience. You will have previous research experience on the history of the transatlantic slave trade or a related topic and you will have demonstrated commitment to communicating academic research into the public realm. Ability to write with clarity for a non-academic audience and to work with new technologies is essential. You will have excellent knowledge of English and a proven track record of writing in English. Knowledge of another European language such as French or Spanish will be preferable, but not essential. Although not a prerequisite, candidates who have experience of writing and designing pages for the web will be preferred. Lastly, to comply with the EU’ mobility requirement, you must not have resided, worked or studied in the country of their host organisation (ie. Denmark) for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the time of recruitment.
Application process
Applicants should send a short cover letter outlining their suitability for the post and their ideas for the project, full CV, and the names of 2 referees to [log in to unmask] In addition, we ask applicants to send in 500 words pitching a suitable story on race/identity/enslavement, past or present, to a newspaper, radio or TV station. Applications are welcomed from any qualified applicants, regardless of gender, ethnicity or country of origin, but will only be considered if eligibility requirements are met and the application guidelines are strictly adhered to. For more details please visit our website at www.eurotast.eu. Deadline for applications is 16 January 2012.
For more details about the post please visit our website at www.eurotast.eu or contact Dr. Hannes Schroeder at the Centre for GeoGenetics in Copenhagen (Denmark) or Professor Helen Weinstein at the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past in York (UK).
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