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Project cooperationUpdated on 26 March 2026

Postdoctoral hosting in medieval and early modern studies

Ruth Connolly

Senior Lecturer in Seventeenth-Century Literature at Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

About

Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Newcastle is an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Our members work between the early medieval to the early modern periods, and belong to the disciplines of Literature, Archaeology, History, and Music. We have hosted numerous MSCA postdoctoral fellowships in these subjects. Recent and current fellowships include projects on:

·        ‘A Performance History of Morris Dancing: Music and Musicians 1550-1700’ (2021) (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/897907);

·        ‘English Republican Ideas and Translation Networks in Early Modern Germany, c1640-1848’ (2020) (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/891056);

·        ‘Affect, Form and Matter in 17th-Century Lyric Poetry’ (2025) (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101204058);

·        ‘What this Awl Means: A functional and social analysis of prehistoric metal awls from Europe’ (2021) (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/893692);

·        Historically Informed Gesture and Improvisation in Secco Recitative (2025): (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101208982 ).

We warmly encourage applications from outstanding postdoctoral scholars eager to work in an interdisciplinary environment. If you would benefit from a discussion of this call or an introduction to a potential supervisor at Newcastle, please get in touch with Dr Ruth Connolly (ruth.connolly@newcastle.ac.uk) who is co-ordinating the call for MEMS. Please see the attached file for full details of how to express your interest.

Stage

  • Proposal Idea
  • Proposal under Development

Topic

  • MSCA-POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Type

  • POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Looking for Fellow

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