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On the retirement of Professor Ho Peng-Yoke, the East Asian History of Science Trust intends to appoint a full-time Director of the Needham Research Institute.
The Director will be responsible for providing intellectual leadership and overseeing the researches of the Institute. The Trust intends to strengthen its endowment to facilitate further expansion, and the Director will be expected to provide leadership in developing the research plans of the Institute and to be active in fundraising across the world. The Director's qualifications must include a proven international reputation for research in the study of the history of Chinese science and civilization, together with administrative ability and experience in fundraising. The Director will report to the East Asian History of Science Trust and attend its meetings (normally three times a year). He or she will chair the Publications Board, which is responsible for making recommendations with regard to all aspects of publications, including volumes in Science and Civilisation in China and the accompanying monograph series.
Further information may be obtained from the Chairman of the East Asian History of Science Trust, 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AF (e-mail sjb58@cam.ac.uk). A letter of application, marked 'Confidential', including details of current and future research plans, a full curriculum vitae, and a publications list, together with the names of two referees, should be sent to the Chairman so as to reach him no later than 20 January 2002. Information concerning the Needham Research Institute may be obtained from its website (http://www.nri.org.uk/).
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Cambridge University Reporter, 5 December 2001
Copyright © 2001 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.