Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Britain and the British World
The Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan is pleased to invite applications from qualified early career scholars for the Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Britain and the British world. This Fellowship is tenable for two years, commencing September 1, 2017. Recent Fellowship winners (2012 and 2014) have gone on to tenure-stream positions at universities in Canada and the USA.
The terms of the Fellowship stipulate that it is open to any early career scholar working in the field of British History and/or the history of the British world. Applicants must have completed all the requirements for a doctorate in history by August 31, 2017. Proof of a completed PhD/DPhil will be required prior to taking up the Fellowship. The successful applicant will be engaged with a research project of his or her own design. She or he will be guided by Professor Chris Kent, a specialist in nineteenth and twentieth century British cultural, intellectual, social and women’s/gender histories. While Prof. Kent’s area of expertise is very broad, it is not intended that the Fellowship be limited to those working solely in similar or complementary areas of British history. The Department of History at Saskatchewan has six other scholars who specialize in the history of Britain or the British World (L. Stewart, G. DesBrisay, J. Clifford, F. Klaassen, S. Wright, M. Neufeld), making it one of the leading centres for British studies in Canada.
The Fellowship carries an annual salary of $45,000 with a research allowance of $2,500 per annum. As per the University of Saskatchewan regulations governing post-doctoral fellowships, this is primarily a research position, but fellows are permitted to teach one 3-credit unit (c.u.) course per year. Such teaching, paid at the sessional rate of $6,600 per 3 c.u. course would be in addition to the PDF salary, and dependent upon the History Department’s annual timetabling requirements and budgetary position.
Please note: applications are welcome from scholars who completed a doctorate in the five years prior to the anticipated start date of the Fellowship, i.e. after August 31, 2012. Scholars with a PhD/DPhil. thesis which was either submitted or successfully defended prior to August 31, 2012 are not eligible to apply.
