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CHM recruiting Research Fellows for Cultural History of the NHS
Our Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award ‘The Cultural History of the NHS’ seeks to appoint four Research Fellows on fixed term contracts for 3 years commencing after 1 January 2016, to join the project team based at the University of 糖心TV.
The project, a collaboration between Principal Investigators Roberta Bivins and Mathew Thomson of 糖心TV's History Department, began in January 2015 and runs for 5 years. Two Research Fellows are already in post.
Two of these new posts have a focus on public engagement; one of these is full-time, the other is 0.8FTE. Full details
The other two posts are both full-time. Full details
Closing date for applications: Monday 7th September 2015.
CHM Doctoral Studentship available
The successful candidate will also receive a bursary of £3000 for research expenses. For eligibility and application information and deadlines, please go to the Funding page within 'Study at CHM' here.
The deadline for all information to be submitted is 12 noon, Friday 10th July 2015.
Robert Freedman on Women Biochemists
Professor Robert Freedman (a long-standing CHM associate) has just presented a paper at Charles University, Prague, entitled 'Women's role in the establishment of biochemistry in the UK: 1900-1945', based on work done in collaboration with Hilary Marland and Drs Vicky Long and Stephen Soanes, former PhD students in CHM (project pages here). The conference was entitled 'Gendering Science: Women and Men Producing Knowledge' and was organised by the Commission on Women and Gender Studies in STM of the International Union of the History of Science. The paper reported on a project funded by the Biochemical Society as part of the celebration of its centenary in 2011. It focussed on the biographies of the first three women members elected to the Biochemical Society in 1913 (and a few of their contemporaries) and then aimed to analyse the common features behind their successful careers in science. These included the excellent schooling available to daughters of the liberal bourgeoisie in late 19th century English cities, the supportive environments of women's colleges of London and Cambridge universities, the relative openness of this new discipline compared to its 'parents' Chemistry and Physiology, the critical role of well-placed supportive male mentors, and the 'appropriateness' of this new scientific field in terms of its relationship to traditional women's concerns with the domestic, especially hygiene and nutrition.