Early Career Researcher in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The University of London

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The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies; the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; and The School of Advanced Study

The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS) supports research in the integrated study of languages, cultures, and societies. Though its strengths reside primarily within the fields of French and Francophone, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American/Caribbean studies, it supports the transnational study of languages and cultures while seeking to advance connections with organisations that focus on cultural and linguistic experience in other global contexts. Its staff’s expertise bridges literary, historical, ethnographic, and digital research, with a particular emphasis on postcolonial and migration studies, and the environmental humanities.

The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) was established in April 2021 as a centre within ILCS, continuing the activity of the former Institute of Latin American Studies. CLACS is an interdisciplinary centre committed to serve and facilitate the work of the Latin American Studies community in the UK and worldwide. It hosts a programme of academic and public-facing events, offers doctoral study and early career training, welcomes Visiting Fellows, provides online research resources, conducts its own externally funded programme of research and facilitates the research of other Latin Americanists in the UK and beyond. The Centre supports scholarship across a wide range of subject fields in the humanities and cognate social sciences and actively maintains and builds ties with cultural, diplomatic and business organisations with interests in Latin America.

Along with seven other discipline-specific research institutes and specialist hubs for Digital Humanities and Public Engagement, ILCS forms part of the School of Advanced Study. As the only institution that is nationally funded to promote and facilitate research in the humanities, the School of Advanced Study performs a vital role as a driving force for knowledge sharing across the humanities in the UK and beyond, and receives special funding for this purpose from Research England. SAS’s 2021-26 strategy encompasses four key themes:

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  Creating and supporting the next generation of advanced humanities researchers
• Innovating and facilitating new humanities research methods
• Initiating and advancing cross-disciplinary and cross-sector initiatives
• Providing unique resources and capabilities for humanities research

The Role

Early Career Researcher in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS) is recruiting for an 18-month post of Early Career Researcher in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The postholder will work as part of the Institute to produce and disseminate research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and to facilitate and promote the production of research by other academic colleagues within the Humanities. They will be required to make an active contribution to the academic objectives of ILCS and CLACS.

As an academic staff member of the School of Advanced Study they will be capable of contributing to the School’s programme of academic and research training events such as conferences, seminars, lectures, postgraduate programmes, and publications, and contribute to the development of further relevant activities.

If you would like a confidential conversation about this opportunity before applying, please contact Professor Charles Burdett, Director of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (charles.burdett@sas.ac.uk)

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description below.

Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and CV (by clicking ‘apply for job’ at the bottom of this page) before the closing date at 8th March 2023.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented in senior levels within the University. All appointments will be are made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.

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