Month: April 2014

Cross-Posted from Humanitarianism and Human Rights

Centre Director Professor Andrew Thompson will be a visiting scholar at Germany’s Leibniz Institute of European History next month, where he will be giving a public lecture on May 5th entitled “Humanitarianism on Trial.”

Prof. Dr. Andrew Thompson, University of Exeter, will speak at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz on the topic  ”Humanitarianism on Trial. How a global system of aid and development emerged through the end of empire”.

This public lecture will take place on Monday, 5th May 2014, at 06:30 p.m.

Prof. Thompson will be visiting scholar at the Leibniz Institute of European History in May 2014. His research focuses on the relationships between British, Imperial and Global histories. One major strand of his interests has been the effects of empire on British private and public life during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Another has been the study of imperial migrations, including the emigration of people from Britain to the ‘new’ world before 1945, and the immigration of people from Britain’s former colonies after 1945. He has also written about the history of colonial South Africa, informal empire in Latin America, and public memories of empire.

The entrance to the public lecture is free and guests are welcome!

You find additional information at the IEG website:

http://www.ieg-mainz.de/institut/termine-und-presse

The History Department at the University of Exeter has four new lectureships available.

The result of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirms Exeter’s position as one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. Almost 90% of our research is at internationally recognised levels and every single subject submitted included world-leading (4*) research. When adjusted for the 95% of staff submitted, Exeter ranks among the top 15 in the UK for research out of 159 higher education institutions. The Times Higher Education described Exeter as ‘a rising star among research-intensive institutions’.

Lecturer in British and/or Irish History, c. 1800-1922 will contribute to extending the research and teaching profile of modern history at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to political, imperial or colonial history, or in the context of broader global transformations. (Deadline 31 July 2014)

Lecturer in Latin American/Caribbean History, post-1600 will contribute to extending the research profile of colonial/post-colonial/imperial history at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to the history of Empire, colonial/post-colonial conflict, slavery and human rights, US-Latin American/Caribbean relations, relationships to the Cold War or broader global transformations. (Deadline 31 July 2014)

Lecturer in European History, 1450-1750 will contribute to extending the research profile of European History at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to the political, religious, social, economic, cultural, medical, or gender history of Europe in this period. (Deadline 11 May 2014)

Lecturer in Medical History, post-1750 will contribute to extending the research profile of History at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to Imperial, global or transnational medical/scientific exchange. (Deadline 12 May 2014)