Closing date 8th December 5pm.
Applications are invited for two 36-month postdoctoral positions at University College Dublin working on the exciting interdisciplinary Wellcome Trust funded project “Drinking Cultures: The Cultural Reception of Medical Developments Related to Alcohol in Ireland, 1700-1900.” The “Drinking Cultures” project is the first long-view study to analyse the relationship between medical constructions of alcohol misuse and literary representations of alcohol consumption in Ireland from 1700-1900. Candidates should have evidence of research expertise in Medical Humanities or 18th-19th century Irish literature.
Applications are particularly encouraged from those whose work involves studying topics such as: literary representations of alcohol or drug use; the medicalisation of habits and behaviours in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries; the cultural dissemination of medical concepts or frameworks in literary texts in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries; governmentality and the disciplinary apparatus in eighteenth or nineteenth century Irish culture.
Informal inquiries should be directed towards Dr Lucy Cogan (lucy.cogan2@ucd.ie)
About the Role:
Applications are invited for two Temporary posts of Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of English, Drama & Film. The successful candidates will work on the Wellcome Trust funded project “Drinking Cultures: The Cultural Reception of Medical Developments Related to Alcohol in Ireland, 1700-1900” under the direction of Dr Lucy Cogan. The “Drinking Cultures” project is the first long-view study to analyse the relationship between medical constructions of alcohol misuse and literary representations of alcohol consumption in Ireland from 1700-1900. The project’s multi-directional approach considers how the medicalisation of drunkenness 1) shaped depictions of the behaviour in Irish literature, 2) how these literary depictions impacted the wider culture, and 3) how culturally-embedded constructions of “problem” drinking among the Irish then influenced medical understandings via the deep-rooted association between Irishness and drunkenness, which still affects health policy today.
This is an academic research role, where you will conduct a specified programme of research supported by
research training and development under the supervision and direction of a Principal Investigator.
The primary purpose of the role is to further develop your research skills and competences, including the
processes of publication in peer-reviewed academic publications, the development of funding proposals, the
mentorship of graduate students along with the opportunity to develop your skills in research led teaching.
Information regarding how to apply can be found here: