PhD and Post-doctoral Opportunities
4 postdoctoral positions and 3 PhD offers offered by The Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture at the University of Cambridge .
4 Postdoctoral Positions in Classical Architecture
The Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture at the University of Cambridge is a newly established research Centre in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, working with the Faculty of Classics and directed by Dr Frank Salmon. It will carry out new research on and increase public understanding of classical architecture, without chronological or geographical limit. Further information on the Centre and its aims will shortly be available at: www.csca.aha.cam.ac.uk.
Applications are invited for an Assistant Director of postdoctoral standing, to spend 50% of their time administering the Centre and 50% as a Postdoctoral Research Associate working on classical architecture. Applications are simultaneously invited for 3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows: one in the field of classical architecture in the ancient world; one in the field of classical architecture practice; and one in the field of the history of classical architecture (Renaissance to twentieth century). Applicants will propose their own topics, within the remit of the Centre’s mission statement, whilst candidates for the Assistant Directorship will additionally describe their administrative experience/potential. All four posts are available from 1 October 2021 on a three-year, fixed-term basis.
Salary in all four cases will be at Point 41 of the University’s single pay spine (currently £32,816). Subject to the College’s formal approval, the successful candidates for the Fellowships are expected to become Ax:son Johnson Morgan Fellows of Downing College, where the Centre will be housed and where additional benefits will include a meal a day at the Fellows’ Table. They may be expected to teach.
Informal enquiries may be made to the new Centre’s Director, Dr Frank Salmon (fes11@cam.ac.uk).
DEADLINE: 10 MAY 2021
For further information and details of how to apply see:
Assistant Director/PDRA: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/29353/
Postdoctoral Research Fellows: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/29342/
3 Fully funded PhD Studentships in Classical Architecture
The Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture at the University of Cambridge is a newly established research Centre in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, working with the Faculty of Classics and directed by Dr Frank Salmon. It will carry out new research on and increase public understanding of classical architecture, without chronological or geographical limit. Further information on the Centre and its aims will shortly be available at: www.csca.aha.cam.ac.uk.
Applications are invited for 3 three-year PhD studentships to be held full-time from October 2021: one in the field of classical architecture in the ancient world, supervised by Professor Robin Osborne in the Faculty of Classics (ro225@cam.ac.uk); one in the field of classical architecture practice, supervised by Dr James Campbell in the Department of Architecture (jwpc2@cam.ac.uk); and one in the field of the history of classical architecture (Renaissance to twentieth century, with a preference for the eighteenth and/or nineteenth centuries), supervised by Dr Frank Salmon in the Department of History of Art (fes11@cam.ac.uk). Applicants are asked to propose their own topics, within the remit of the Centre’s mission statement.
Each studentship will cover University fees (at the Home fees rate) and maintenance for the period of three years. The studentships are open to UK citizens or to EU citizens who meet the UK residency requirements for Home fees. For an exceptional candidate it may be possible to extend a studentship to meet the international (including EU) fees rate.
The successful applicants will be expected to apply formally for the Cambridge PhD and for admission as members of Downing College, where the Centre will be housed.
Informal enquiries may be made to the relevant supervisor listed above.
DEADLINE: 10 MAY 2021
For further information and details of how to apply see:
https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/29354/
