[Commlist] Postdoc Researchers: AHRC 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' Project apply by 20/01/25

Helen Hanson is happy to share *2 job opportunities for postdoctoral 
researchers* on the AHRC-Funded ‘Women’s Screen Work in the Archives’ 
Project (2024-2028) to assist the work of the project team – Helen 
Hanson (Project Lead, Uni of Exeter), Co-Leads: Shelley Cobb (Uni of 
Southampton), Wendy Russell (British Film Institute Special 
Collections), Lisa Smithstead (Swansea Uni) Phil Wickham (Bill Douglas 
Cinema Museum, Uni of Exeter) Linda Ruth Williams (Uni of Exeter).

The roles are full-time and fixed-term for 3 years. More details about 
the project are here. 
<https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences/new-research-project-launched-to-transform-understanding-of-womens-creative-contributions-to-the-history-of-british-filmmaking/> 
Links to the job descriptions and application process are below.

*Application deadline: 20^th January, 2025 *

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 1. *Postdoctoral Research Associate – Archives*

The appointee will work primarily with the Project Lead (Helen Hanson) 
and BFI Project Co-Lead (Wendy Russell) in the BFI National Archive 
(Conservation Centre, Berkhamsted). They will become familiar with 
archival practice at the BFI and will have the opportunity to apply this 
to agreed collections. They will innovate and test feminist approaches 
to archiving and will contribute to cataloguing collections of selected 
women filmmakers (such as Tina Gharavi, and Gurinder Chadha). They will 
also disseminate the research findings by engaging a range of audiences: 
the archival community, academics and wider publics.

https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=734057nsft 
<https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=734057nsft>

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 2. *Postdoctoral Research Associate – Curation*

The appointee will work primarily with the Project Lead (Professor Helen 
Hanson), Exeter Co-Lead (Professor Linda Williams) and Curatorial 
Advisor (Dr Phil Wickham) in the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. They will 
become familiar with some of the BDCM collections. They will innovate 
and test feminist approaches to the curation and presentation of 
collections of women filmmakers, both in the creation of an exhibition 
at the BDCM, and in digital formats (such as video essay, SWAY, 
storymapping and podcasting). They will also disseminate research 
findings by engaging a range of audiences: the curatorial community, 
academics and wider publics.

https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=005086nrrB 
<https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=171839ediw&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=005086nrrB>

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