Salary between £31,711 to £33,141 pa.

We invite applications for five new post-doctoral Research Officers to work on a major new research project funded by the European Research Council "Useful and Reliable Knowledge in Global Histories of Material Progress in the East and the West from the Accession of the Ming Dynasty (1368) to the First Industrial revolution (1756-1846)".

The project is led by Professor Patrick Karl O'Brien and located in the Department of Economic History. The appointments are from 1st August 2009 for 34 months (with possible extension).

Each Research Officer will specialise in one of the following regions: China, Europe, India, Japan and Islamdom.

Candidates should possess a PhD, strong language skills appropriate to the area in which they will specialize. You will find further details of the project and faculty team members on the department web pages: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/

A full application pack can be obtained at www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE If you cannot download the pack, email: hr.recruit.res@lse.ac.uk or call 02079556737 quoting reference 24/08/RES.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 5.30pm on 29 May 2009.

Regrettably we are unable to accept any applications received after this date.

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