Humanities Institute, University College, Dublin
Deadline: August 31, 2009

An award from the Department of the Taoiseach and the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Grants in Theology and Religious Studies) has been made to the UCD Humanities Institute for a three-year research project entitled Protestants, print and Gaelic culture in Ireland, 1567-1722. Applications are now invited from qualified doctoral graduates for two post-doctoral fellowships funded through this project. One fellowship will be of two years duration and the second is a one year fellowship. Salary will be at the current IRCHSS post-doctoral fellowship rate of €31,745 per annum. The doctoral fellowships are awarded and held on the basis of the relevant IRCHSS terms and conditions. Applications will only be considered where they relate directly to the history of early modern religion, culture and society in Ireland, especially in the area of Gaelic culture, print and Protestantism from the sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. The closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday 31st August 2009 at 12 noon. Please find the application form and further information attached. Please feel free to forward this information on to those you feel may be interested. Informal enquiries can be sent to Dr Marc Caball, HII Director, at marc.caball@ucd.ie.