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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the Call for EOIs for Early Career Research Fellowships in Cultural and Social Research below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Flora<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#953735">Hua (Flora) Zhong</span> |
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Senior Research Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Insitute for Culture and Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Western sydney University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751 Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">P: +61 (0)2 9685 9451 | W:
<a href="http://www.westernsydney.edu.au">www.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">westernsydney.edu.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Call for Expressions of Interest:
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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award applications in</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Cultural and Social Research</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000">Institute for Culture and Society</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) within Western Sydney University (WSU) was launched in 2012. ICS is a major national and international Institute for the pursuit
of engaged interdisciplinary cultural and social research. Rated 5 (“well above world standard”) for Cultural Studies and 4 in Human Geography (“above world standard”), in the 2015
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Excellence in Research for Australia (</span><a href="http://www.arc.gov.au/excellence-research-australia"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">ERA</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">)
rankings, the Institute <span style="color:black">coordinates interdisciplinary cultural research across the humanities and social sciences and connects Australian cultural and social research to relevant research internationally, in Asia, Europe, North and
South America.<s> </s></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">With the continuation of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme in 2018 (see:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><a href="http://www.arc.gov.au/discovery-early-career-researcher-award"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">http://www.arc.gov.au/discovery-early-career-researcher-award</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">),
ICS is investing in leading cultural and social researchers from Australia and overseas by supporting innovative and outstanding DECRA proposals from applicants who will be
<b>4 to 5 years</b> <b>post-PhD </b>at Mar</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ch 2018.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000">ICS Research Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ICS’s research program is currently organised into the following areas:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><a href="http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/cities_and_economies"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Cities and Economies</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><a href="http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/diversity_and_globalisation"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Diversity and Globalization</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><a href="http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/digital_life"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Digital Life</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><a href="http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/heritage_and_environment"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Heritage and Environment</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000">ICS Research and Researchers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ICS researchers approach culture as a vital dimension of social,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">political, economic and ecological life. Their applied, interdisciplinary research produces cutting-edge work with impact in and across the fields
of cultural studies, cultural and human geography, media studies, sociology, anthropology, environmental humanities, cultural economy, urban studies, Asian studies, education studies, digital humanities, software studies and museum and heritage studies</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000">Expressions of Interest</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ICS will offer expert assistance to DECRA applications where these fit closely with one or more aspects of its research program. Please consult the Institute’s website
(</span><a href="http://westernsydney.edu.au/ics"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">http://westernsydney.edu.au/ics</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">) for
further details of the Institute’s research program. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">To be considered eligible candidates should:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Hold a PhD awarded in the 4-5 years prior to March 2018</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Have a strong and extensive track record</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Be working in a field closely related to one or more of ICS’ research programs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Please note that applicants seeking the endorsement of ICS need to
<b>submit a CV </b>in the first instance to </span><a href="mailto:icsro@westernsydney.edu.au"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">icsro@westernsydney.edu.au</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
by <b>9am Australian Eastern Standard Time </b>on <b>Tuesday 8 June 2017.</b> Candidates with competitive track records will then be invited to submit an Expression of
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">I</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">nterest. Please note that</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">EOIs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> will be due by
<b>9am Australian Eastern Standard Time </b>on<b> 24<sup>th</sup> July </b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">2017,
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">so
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">please register your interest as soon as possible.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Prospective applicants with further questions may
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">contact Dr Flora Zhong at
</span><a href="mailto:icsro@westernsydney.edu.au"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">icsro@westernsydney.edu.au</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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