Research Associate Job

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PICTURING FINANCE PROJECT Closing date: 15 January 2013 Reference: HUM- Faculty / organisational unit: Humanities School / Directorate: Arts, Languages and Cultures Division: English and American Studies Salary: £29,249 Employment type: Fixed term Hours per week: 0.5FTE Location: University of Manchester (in collaboration with Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland) Applications are invited for a 0.5 AHRC Postdoctoral Research Associate post. This post is part of the ‘Picturing Finance’ project led by the Principal Investigator, Dr Peter Knight, that will stage an exhibition on the visual imagination of Anglo-American financial capitalism over the last three centuries. Working closely with Alistair Robinson (Director, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art) and the project Investigators, you will assist in curating the exhibition. You will be responsible for conducting research in archives, libraries and museums to identify and source suitable objects for the exhibition. You will write captions for the objects, and develop content for the section of NGCA’s website accompanying the exhibition. You will organise an outreach seminar involving leading figures from the realms of journalism, politics and the banking industry, as well as liaising with the NGCA’s education outreach team. You will also contribute a chapter to the catalogue that will be co-authored by the project Investigators. This appointment will begin on 1 April 2013 and last 15 months, and will require working in both Manchester and Sunderland, as well as travel to archives in the UK and US. The likely interview date is 1 February 2013. Informal enquiries Informal inquiries may be made to Dr Peter Knight, Principal Investigator, Division of English and American Studies Email: peter.knight@manchester.ac.uk Project information: www.imageoffinance.com The University of Manchester values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Further particulars www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk