[Reader-list] [Announcements] Three Post-Doctoral Research Assistants in Social Anthropology

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SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES
University of London

 

Three Post-Doctoral Research Assistants in Social Anthropology
 

ESRC Funded Project:

 

RURAL CHANGE AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN POST-COLONIAL INDIA: A
COMPARATIVE 'RESTUDY' OF F.G. BAILEY, ADRIAN C. MAYER AND DAVID F. POCOCK

 

 

£29,562 p.a. inclusive of London Allowance

 

Fixed Term (32 months): 1st September 2011 to 30th April 2014

 

Vacancy Nos: 000282 / 000283 / 000284

 

 

SOAS invites applications for three full-time fixed-term post-doctoral
Research Assistants to work on an ESRC-funded project (RES 062-23-3052)
examining social and economic change in post-colonial Indian villages.
Through intensive new ethnographic fieldwork, the post-doctoral researchers
will ‘restudy’ one of three villages originally studied independently in
the early 1950s by F.G. Bailey, Adrian C. Mayer and David F. Pocock
(deceased) in Orissa (Odisha), Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat respectively.
Bailey and Mayer – both now in their late 80s – will contribute their field
materials and experience to the research.

 

Vacancy 000282: Orissa

The successful applicant will lead the project’s re-analysis of the
published work and unpublished field materials of F.G. Bailey; along with
Dr Edward Simpson will interview Bailey about his life and work; will
assist in the digitization and analysis of Bailey’s primary research
materials; will conduct 14 months fieldwork in Orissa; and contribute to
the writing up of the research for publication. Knowledge of Oriya and
other relevant languages will be an advantage.

 

Vacancy 000283: Madhya Pradesh

The successful applicant for this post will lead the project’s re-analysis
of the published work of Adrian C. Mayer; along with Dr Edward Simpson will
interview Mayer about his life and work; will assist in the digitization
and analysis of Mayer’s primary research materials; will conduct 14 months
of fieldwork in Madhya Pradesh and contribute to the writing up of the
research for publication. Knowledge of Hindi and other relevant languages
will be an advantage.

 

Vacancy 000284: Gujarat

The successful applicant will lead the project’s re-analysis of the
published work of David F. Pocock; will conduct 14 months of fieldwork in
Gujarat; and contribute to the writing up of the research for publication. 
Knowledge of Gujarati will be an advantage.

 

The project has been designed as a collaborative exercise at all stages:
planning, fieldwork and writing. The Researchers will work as a team under
the guidance of Dr Edward Simpson and Professor Patricia Jeffery.
Therefore, applicants should be willing to co-ordinate research schedules,
to agree topics to be explored, to share findings and to develop
co-authored publications.

 

The Researchers will participate in research training and design seminars
at SOAS, conduct 14 months fieldwork in rural India, and collaborate in a
further series of post-fieldwork writing seminars at SOAS. In the final
phase of the project, duties will include the preparation of research
findings for publication and the co-ordination of other dissemination
activities (a film and photographic exhibition).

 

Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Social Anthropology or a very
closely related discipline. They should have a proven academic interest in
the anthropology of South Asia and relevant linguistic and field
experience. They should be willing to work as part of a team. An interest
in the use of photography and film in anthropology would be an advantage,
but is not essential.

 

For an informal discussion of the requirements of these positions please
contact Dr Edward Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology: email:
es7 at soas.ac.uk  website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff36082.php

 

FULL DETAILS OF THESE POSITIONS AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE SOAS WEBSITE:
www.soas.ac.uk/jobs.  No agencies.

 

Closing date:  ­­­­­­21st March 2011

 

Interviews will be held on the 7th and 8th April 2011

 

 

SOAS values diversity and aims to be an equal opportunities employer


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