<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Passed along from James Sumner--deadline soon. See below.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Marie<br><br><div>______________________</div><div>Marie Hicks, Ph.D.</div><div>Asst. Professor, History of Technology</div><div>Illinois Institute of Technology</div><div>Chicago, IL USA</div><div><a href="http://mariehicks.net">mariehicks.net</a> | <a href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | @histoftech</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>
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Cheers</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman, serif">
James</font><br>
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SIGCIS list members may be interested in this opportunity for a
three-year research fellowship, given that the Library Special
Collections referred to now include the UK National Archive for the
History of Computing holdings (details at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/research/nahc/contents/">http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/research/nahc/contents/</a>).
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I'm not involved with managing this call or with the selection
process, but would be happy to advise if anyone has questions about
the Archive. <br>
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Please note the imminent deadline of Monday 13 January for
preliminary applications. <br>
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All best<br>
James<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">LEVERHULME
EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">THE
SCHOOL OF ARTS, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">UNIVERSITY
OF MANCHESTER<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">The
John Rylands Research Institute is pleased to announce
that it intends to sponsor two Leverhulme Early Career
Fellowships beginning in 2014. Potential applicants are
invited to submit preliminary applications by Monday 13
January 2014. Projects must demonstrate a strong
connection to the University of Manchester Library’s
Special Collections (see below). Interested candidates
should contact the John Rylands Research Institute
administrator, Silke Schaeper (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:silke.schaeper@manchester.ac.uk">silke.schaeper@manchester.ac.uk</a>)
as soon as possible. The Institute’s director, Professor
Peter E. Pormann, and grant writer, Dr Stevie Spiegl, as
well as the curatorial staff of the Library may assist the
candidate in formulating a viable research proposal that
is based on a detailed study of items in the Special
Collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Preliminary
applications must be submitted to the SALC Research
Support Manager via email (</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jonathan.starbrook@manchester.ac.uk"><b><span style="color:#386EFF">jonathan.starbrook@manchester.ac.uk</span></b></a><b>)
as a single PDF file.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">We
require (i) a one-page CV, and (ii) details of the
proposal, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Project
title<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">100-word
abstract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Brief
statement explaining how the project links to the
Library’s Special Collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Project
description (max. 2 sides of A4).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">To
quote the Leverhulme guidelines about the project
description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">“This
should include aims, objectives, methodology and outcome
(e.g. publication plans). It should enable the Committee
and your referees to form an estimate of the scope and
importance of your proposal. The methodology should be
clear and explicit, comprehensible to a non-expert.
Include any bibliographic references in full, including
page numbers where relevant. This statement and the
bibliographic references may not exceed two sides of A4.
Please add your name at the top of the first page.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">The
John Rylands Research Institute aims to uncover, explore,
unravel and reveal hidden ideas and knowledge contained
within our world-leading Special Collections. We are
creating an international community of scholars and
researchers across many disciplines, to support research
and to bring this information to the wider public in
exciting and innovative ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Our
Special Collections have huge research potential across a
wide range of disciplines. Manuscripts span 4,000 years
and over fifty languages, from Gilgamesh to Gaskell. There
are hundreds of archives, with particular strengths in
modern literature, nonconformity, and British economic,
social and political history. Rare books range from the
peaks of European printing, such as Gutenberg and Caxton,
and one of the world’s great collections of early Italian
printing, to examples of street literature and
counter-cultures. There are also collections of art and
visual culture, including tens of thousands of photographs
which date from the inception of photography to
contemporary photographic books. In addition, we hold the
largest collections of maps in the North West which offer
an extensive range of topographic and thematic mapping for
the UK, as well as wide-ranging coverage for the rest of
the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">More
information about the Special Collections and the John
Rylands Research Institute can be found here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/jrri/">http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/jrri/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Avenir","serif"">Note:
The John Rylands Research Institute will sponsor up to a
maximum of two applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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