Elected to a Fellowship in Class B, with effect from 1 June 2017:
Michael Kenny, B.A., CHR, M.A., Ph.D., Manchester
Elected to a Fellowship in Class C, with effect from 1 October 2017:
David Winters, B.A., Birmingham, M.A., London
Fitzwilliam College: Up to five Bye-Fellowships in any field; benefits: membership of the Senior Combination Room, dining rights, enhanced supervision payment; tenure: from October 2017, renewable annually; closing date: 22 May 2017 at 10 a.m.; further details: http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/academic
Newnham College: One-year Postdoctoral Affiliation (the College will have up to 25 at any one time); eligibility: applications welcome from women in any field who already hold an established and salaried postdoctoral research position or personal fellowship in the University of Cambridge or one of its associated research institutes, with tenure for at least two years (applicants must be based in Cambridge and have completed a Ph.D.); benefits: membership of the Senior Combination Room, dining rights, possibility of undergraduate teaching and/or graduate mentoring; tenure: from 1 October 2017, renewable annually for up to three years; closing date: 31 May 2017; further details: http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-affiliates/
The Founders’ Memorial Lecture, established in 1928, celebrates the values that underpinned the Foundation of Girton College: equality and inclusion, excellence in diversity, radical thinking, and an ethic of care.
This year’s lecture will be given by 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning author Hisham Matar at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 6 June 2017, in the Stanley Library, Girton College, Huntingdon Road. Entrance is free but places are limited and should be reserved (email: ms2276@cam.ac.uk, or tel.: 01223 338951); further details are available at https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/.
The College invites submissions for its annual Peter Peckard Prize, worth £1,000, on a topic relating to some form of human exploitation and slavery today. Essays or contributions in other media are welcomed from all undergraduate members of the University.
The closing date for the receipt of entries is 1 July 2017. Further details are available at http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/college-news/the-peter-peckard-prize/.