Alan Rodger Postgraduate Visiting Researcher, University of Glasgow

The Alan Rodger Endowment at the University of Glasgow invites applications for the post of Alan Rodger Postgraduate Visiting Researcher, tenable for one semester at the University of Glasgow School of Law, during the 2016/17 academic year. The successful applicant will reside in Glasgow for the duration of the post, and will receive full access to the physical and electronic resources of the University’s libraries, as well as a stipend of £2,000. No duties are required, though the successful applicant will be invited, if he or she wishes, to speak to students, or at staff seminars.

Applicants should submit:

• a cover letter;
• a curriculum vitae; and
• a piece of written work (5,000 – 10,000 words).

The cover letter should give (1) the applicant’s name, postal address, and email address; (2) the expected date of completion of the doctorate; (3) a description of the applicant’s area of research (ca. 500–1,000 words); and (4) the names, and contact details, of two persons who are willing to serve as referees. Applicants should not submit references themselves, nor ask their referees to supply them. Applications will be reviewed by an academic panel.

Please submit the materials electronically to Prof E. Metzger at ernest.metzger@glasgow.ac.uk, with the subject line ‘Alan Rodger PVR’. The deadline for submission is 15 January 2016.