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About The Role
The department is seeking to make an appointment to a two‑year postdoctoral research fellowship as part of a joint project between Swansea University and Jersey Heritage, funded through the generosity of private donors and directed by the Principal Investigator, Professor Daniel Power. The holder of the post will research the history of the fiefs of Jersey and the island’s seigneurial institutions and culture, from the Norman ducal period to the English Civil War. The postholder will research and write a monograph concerning the history of fiefs in Jersey, and other research publications where appropriate. The postholder will consult published and unpublished records, including, where relevant, in public and private archives in Jersey as well as the UK national collections and other archives, and will have access to a travel budget. The postholder will also take the lead in organising a conference concerning the history of Jersey, to be held in Jersey during the project (most probably September 2027), in consultation with Jersey Heritage and the PI, and may also be involved in other public‑facing events.
About the Department
The Department of History, Heritage, and Classics is located within the School of Culture and Communication, in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Swansea University. It employs more than 30 permanent staff teaching and researching in Ancient History, Classics, Egyptology, Heritage Studies, and History, and is home to undergraduate and MA programmes covering these disciplines, American Studies, and War and Society. In the 2021 REF, the department achieved a GPA of 3.09 overall, with 76% of its outputs, impact, and environment judged world‑leading or internationally excellent.
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