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BRITISH ACADEMY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS NOW OPEN FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS</h1>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The University of Westminster is committed to supporting postdoctoral and early career fellowships. This year the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities is keen to consider eligible applications from suitable PhD students
and early career researchers of postdoctoral standing, whether or not they have a current affiliation with the University.</strong></p>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">We will consider applications from candidates working in the fields of:</strong></p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">Modern Languages and Cultures</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">Politics and International Relations</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">History, Sociology and Criminology</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">Law</li></ul>
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The <a href="http://www.britac.ac.uk/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(140, 55, 95); text-decoration: none; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; font-weight: bold;">British Academy Postdoctoral
Fellowships</a> are three-year Fellowship awards made to an annual cohort of outstanding Early Career Scholars.</p>
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All potential applicants for this scheme must first submit an application to the University.</p>
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To apply, eligible applicants will need to <a href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/file/147171/download" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(140, 55, 95); text-decoration: none; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; font-weight: bold;">complete
a short proforma</a> describing their research and why they have selected the University of Westminster as their host institution.</p>
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Please email the proforma to us for selection. Successful candidates will be supported by Westminster through the British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship application process.</p>
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All applications will be considered on the basis of research excellence: the scholarly importance of the project; your ability to carry out the research successfully; the feasibility of the proposed research programme, especially the proposed methodology and
timescale; and your publication record to date. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate in their CV a clear research trajectory and some standing in the field.</p>
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All applicants will need to identify a mentor prior to submitting their application. You should discuss your application with your mentor. We will not be able to consider an application submitted without a mentor.</p>
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Before writing an application, we recommend that you check the <a href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/file/106216/download" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(140, 55, 95); text-decoration: none; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; font-weight: bold;">British
Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Guidance Notes</a>, <a href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/file/106221/download" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(140, 55, 95); text-decoration: none; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; font-weight: bold;">FAQs</a> and
guidance on how the British Academy reviews and evaluates applications for funding.</p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">All applicants must complete the proforma and submit it by email to <a href="mailto:k.theophilus@westminster.ac.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(140, 55, 95); text-decoration: none; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; font-weight: bold;">k.theophilus@westminster.ac.uk</a>,
along with a CV of no more than four pages, by 23:59 on 22 July 2018. Please put "BA Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposal" in the subject line</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square;">Successful applicants will receive feedback by Friday 11 August 2017.</li></ul>
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Successful applicants will be supported by their mentor, who will work with them on their application and will guide them as they go through Westminster’s approval process for applicants.</p>
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<b>Dr Petros Karatsareas</b></div>
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Global Engagement Coordinator for English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies</div>
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<a href="http://westminster.academia.edu/PetrosKaratsareas">http://westminster.academia.edu/PetrosKaratsareas</a> | <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5339-4136">orcid.org/0000-0001-5339-4136</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/pkaratsareas">@pkaratsareas</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">New journal article: </b><a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/6XFmTvNxUvKEpY4RFaTS/full"><span style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">“</span><font color="#6c1048" face="Futura"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Attitudes
towards Cypriot Greek and Standard Modern Greek in London’s Greek Cypriot community</span></font><span style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">”</span></a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">New Conversation articles:</b></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/greeces-macedonian-slavic-heritage-was-wiped-out-by-linguistic-oppression-heres-how-94675"><font color="#530e53" face="Futura" style="font-size: 11px;">“Greece’s Macedonian
Slavic heritage was wiped out by linguistic oppression – here’s how”</font></a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-britain-must-not-set-a-deadline-for-everyone-to-speak-english-93219" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">“</span><font color="#6c1048" face="Futura" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Why
Britain must not set a deadline for everyone to speak English</span></font><span style="color: rgb(108, 16, 72); font-family: Futura; font-size: 11px;">”</span></a></div>
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