Cambridge University Reporter


University of Oxford

CHICHELE PROFESSORSHIP OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Applications are invited for the above post, tenable from 1 October 2005. The Professor will be an outstanding scholar of international distinction who will play a leading role in stimulating and developing the study of Medieval History at all levels in the Faculty of History. The successful candidate will take a full and active part in the development and delivery of the Faculty's strategies in relation to teaching and research, and will have a particular responsibility for graduate studies in the medieval period.

A non-stipendiary Fellowship at All Souls College is attached to the Professorship. The closing date for applications is 15 November.

JAMES MARTIN PROFESSORSHIP OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Applications are invited for the above post in the James Martin Institute at the Saïd Business School with effect from as early a date as may be arranged.

The person appointed will have an exceptional research record in the area of science and technology studies and policy with an emphasis on technology and society.

A non-stipendiary Fellowship at Brasenose College is attached to the Professorship. The closing date for applications is 1 November.

HEADSHIP OF THE HUMANITIES DIVISION

Applications are invited for the Headship of the Humanities Division. The University is seeking to appoint an eminent academic from any field of the Humanities to provide leadership for this large, highly diverse, and internationally renowned academic division. The division comprises eight world-class faculties and three other academic units (the Faculties of Classics, English, Modern History, Modern Languages, Music, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, and Theology; the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art; Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics; and the Rothermere American Institute).

The range and distinction of the Humanities Division are considerable and the priority for the next head will be to provide leadership and vision and to strengthen further the division's policy agenda and the means of fulfilling it within a highly consensual framework. The division enjoys a collegial style of self-government with co-ordination, oversight, and support for units' activities provided by the divisional officers, secretariat, and board. This is a full-time senior management position, tenable from 1 October 2005 at a competitive salary, which provides an exciting opportunity to shape the development of the Humanities at Oxford, building on and extending its international reputation for research and teaching. Candidates should have the administrative and managerial skills to implement Oxford's vision of the role of its Humanities faculties. The closing date for applications is 1 November.

Further particulars on all of the aforementioned posts, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD (tel. 01865 270200).

UNIVERSITY LECTURESHIP IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Applications are invited for the above post, tenable from 1 October 2005. The successful candidate will be offered a non-stipendiary official Fellowship with St Cross College. The salary will be according to age on a scale to a maximum of £45,707 a year.

The successful candidate will have a high standard of research ability and a record of successful teaching with a wide range of teaching interests.

Candidates should have a research specialism in an area of the history of medicine in a non-Western context. This specialism links to the research strategy and international reputation of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, recently endorsed by the grant of a major Strategic Award by the Wellcome Trust. The new Lecturer will be based at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine.

The appointee will participate in the delivery of the highly successful and expanding M.Sc./M.Phil. Degree course in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (which has a specific 'stream' in the history of medicine), and will undertake some teaching for the new M.Sc. Degree in Medical Humanities, as well as supervising doctoral students. The appointee will also, along with the Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, co-manage and develop research initiatives, seminars, and conferences.

Further particulars may be obtained from the Administrator, Modern History Faculty, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BD (tel. 01865 277253, e-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk) or can be downloaded from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/. Applicants should send ten copies of their application (except for overseas candidates, who need send only one) to the Chairman of the Modern History Faculty Board at the above address by 4 p.m. on 5 November. Please note that applications cannot be accepted by e-mail. Candidates are asked to arrange for three references to be sent to the above address by the closing date.

FIXED-TERM DEPARTMENTAL LECTURESHIP IN MODERN CHINESE

Applications are invited for a two-year Departmental Lecturership in the Anthropology of Modern China. This is a fixed-term post, tenable from 1 April 2005 (or as soon as possible thereafter) until 31 March 2007. Applicants should either have, or be near to completing, a doctorate in the Social or Cultural Anthropology of Modern China.

The salary is in the grade A09 (£19,460 - £25,699 a year).

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, should be obtained from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the office of Ms C. Vinnicombe, Secretary to the Board of Oriental Studies, Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE (tel. 01865 278200, fax 01865 278190, e-mail orient@orinst.ox.ac.uk), to whom applications should be sent no later than 21 October. Interviews with the short-listed candidates will be held in the week commencing 1 November.