apologies for those not interested or able to apply
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BUT, if you are interested in spending time at Queen Mary in east London
(UK) during the academic year 2008-9, please see information below about
the Distinguished Visiting Fellowships on offer.
Please contact a member of staff in the Geography Department if you are
keen on making an application.
Many thanks
Jane
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Queen Mary
Graduate School in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Distinguished Visiting Fellowships 2008/9
Applications are invited for up to eight Distinguished Visiting
Fellowships. The Fellowships are intended to appeal to senior scholars
from the UK or overseas who wish to spend a period, for the purposes of
research, in one of the most stimulating intellectual environments in
London. They have been created by the College in response to a
substantial donation from the Westfield Trust to build on-campus
residential accommodation specifically for this purpose. The
accommodation, part of a new student village, opened in September 2004.
The Fellowships are attached to the Graduate School in the Humanities
and Social Sciences, to which ten academic Schools and Departments
contribute: the School of Languages, Linguistics & Film (Spanish,
German, French, Russian, Linguistics, Film), English; Drama; History;
Politics; Law; the Centre for Commercial Law Studies; Geography;
Economics, and the Centre for Business Management.
At the 2001 RAE, 92 per cent of the 200+ staff submitted were graded 5
or 5* and the Graduate School currently has some 1,000 students
following taught Masters or doctoral research programmes.
Each Fellow will be provided with a studio or one-bedroom flat, with
kitchen facilities and private bathroom, free of charge; open-plan
office space; and access to library and other facilities of the College
and University of London. The one-bedroom flats are suitable for couples
but the College regrets that it is unable to offer accommodation for
children.
Fellowships cover the period September to December 2008 or January to
April 2009. Fellows may by arrangement and at their own cost extend
residence over a longer period if they wish, subject to the availability
of accommodation.
Each Fellow is expected to give a Fellow’s Lecture, to contribute to the
seminar programme in a relevant Masters programme and to participate in
the intellectual life of the Graduate School, the College more generally
and the University of London.
Expressions of interest, accompanied by a curriculum vitae and brief
description of research to be undertaken should be sent in electronic
format by 15 February 2008 to Linda Grant, Administrator, Graduate
School in the Humanities and Social Sciences on [log in to unmask]
Further particulars are available at www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/hss.
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Dr. Jane Wills
Department of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
UK
0207 882 2752
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http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/wills.html
Director, The City Centre: researching city lives and connections
http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/citycentre/launch
For research on global cities and the role of migrants in low paid work
see http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/globalcities/
For research on the London living wage campaign see
http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/livingwage/
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