Deadline- 15th November, 2012
Countries/Region- All Countries
The Smuts Management offers 2013/14 Visiting Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies at Wolfson College, UK including the Commonwealth-related aspects of archaeology, anthropology, economics, history, human geography, law, literature, oriental studies, sociology, politics and social psychology.
The Fellowship holder is expected to live in Cambridge for the majority of their tenure and accommodation is normally offered by Wolfson College. The Fellow is expected primarily to advance Commonwealth Studies in Cambridge mainly by pursuing research and to take part in seminars and anologous activities within the University. The Fellow will have access, by agreement, to the holdings of Faculty and Departmental libraries, to the libraries of the Centres of African Studies and South Asian Studies and to the University Library, which houses the extensive collection of materials relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth formerly housed in the Royal Commonwealth Society Library in London.
The Fellow will receive a contribution towards their expenses of £40,119 per annum for a nine-month stay or less. This sum may be reduced to the extent that the Fellow receives income from another source. The contribution to expenses is subject to tax and National Insurance in the UK. However, depending on personal circumstances, the Fellow may be eligible for Tax exemption following assessment from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. A further sum of up to £6,000 is available towards travel and related costs for a nine-month stay. The Managers are not, however, able to provide additional sums for the travel or living expenses of anyone accompanying the Fellow to Cambridge.
Eligibility-
- Applicants should be members of staff of another University or similar institution outside the UK. They should hold a Ph.D., or be working at post-doctoral level.
- The Managers will give preference to scholars with a distinguished research profile and who have active research interests in an area or areas of scholarship falling within the remit of the Smuts Fund as specified above. The Managers expect that applicants would be intending to come to Cambridge to work on a project that builds on existing research for which a period of residence in Cambridge is demonstrably appropriate, although they would not rule out the initiation of a new piece of work where there is a realistic expectation that it could be completed by the end of the tenure of the Fellowship.
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