Organisation/Company: MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
Research Field: History, Philosophy, Religious sciences
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)
Country: Ireland
Application Deadline: 14 Mar 2025 - 00:00 (UTC)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Department: School of Celtic Studies
Vacancy ID: 033841
Closing Date: 14-Mar-2025
The Role
Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.
We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on the Taighde Éireann Pathway project, ‘Power and patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the sixth to twelfth centuries’ (2022–2026), led by Dr Niamh Wycherley. This project entails a historical case study of a significant institution, of strategic political and religious importance, which allows for an articulation of new paradigms of power in medieval Ireland. These are revealed through the entanglements of ecclesiastical and royal elites during a time of radical political change. The chronological parameters of the study range from the earliest ‘historical’ evidence for a church at Clonard, Co. Meath, up until the diocesan seat was moved to Trim in 1202. The project promises to shed new light on the religious landscape of pre-modern Ireland and the ways in which it was shaped by the interests of aristocratic elites, as much as by (and in tandem with) ecclesiastics.
The postdoctoral researcher will be primarily focused on the delivery of work packages 5, 6, 8, and 9 (outlined below) of the research project, as directed by the Principal Investigator.
1. WP 5: theme 4: immigration and change (9th – 10th centuries);
2. WP 6: theme 5: colonisation and resistance (11th – 13th centuries);
3. WP 8: academic dissemination;
4. WP 9: public engagement.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2024): € 44,847 p.a. (1 Point with increment)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Application Procedure
Closing Date: 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Friday March 14th, 2025.
Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer.
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University.
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