The Research Fellow will form part of a team working on a AHRC-DFG Collaborative Project entitled, ‘Twisted Transfers: Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Greece and Rome’. The awarded grant is a three-year UK-German initiative for joint projects in the Humanities (2020-23). The Roehampton team (PI Dr Marta García Morcillo, Co-I Dr Shushma Malik) will be based in the School of Humanities and will work together with colleagues from the German team (University of Potsdam) (PI Prof Dr Filippo Carlà-Uhink). The fellowship is offered for a duration of 36 months.
The Research Fellow will be expected to work in collaboration with the other members of the UK and German teams in a series of joint initiatives, including workshops and a research conference in London in 2021, which will lead to a collective volume. The main outcome of the fellowship will be the production of a monograph (in English). The manuscript of the book will be expected to be submitted for publication by the end of the grant period.
The scope of the sub-project (and monograph) led by the Research Fellow will be the study of different discourses of corruption linked to the figure of the tyrant or the ‘bad ruler’ in Classical Greek and Hellenistic societies. The sub-project will discuss ideological, moral and social constructions and interpretations of corruption built upon or revolving around transfers of material or immaterial things. Special attention will be devoted to transfers of the third type (T3t), following the terminology coined by Alain
Testart (2007). T3t describe a form of asymmetric power relationship between a giver and a receiver, including abusive behaviour, oppressive policies, immoral appropriations, etc.
It is foreseen that the monograph will be also submitted as a Habilitation thesis (according to the German academic system) at the University of Potsdam, which will provide the Fellow the opportunity to pursue a further academic career in either country.
Main duties and responsibilities:
1. Helping with the co-organisation of the three join-team meetings/workshops that will take place in Roehampton during the three years of the project.
2. Participating actively in the six team-meetings (three in Potsdam, three in
London).
3. Contributing to other collaborative enterprises and events jointly co-organised between the German and the UK teams, including outreach, impact, and social media and public communication.
4. Developing and realizing increasingly autonomous and collaborative high-quality research in theory and/or practice.
5. Representing the research in the School, University and in public.
6. Organizing and/or presenting at exhibitions, conferences, and events related to the project.
7. Working collegiately with other departmental colleagues to share ideas and contribute to the academic aims and objectives of the School and University as a whole.

Salary range: £36,482 to £39,510 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting Allowance, pro rata. The appointment is usually made at the bottom of the range. Where a candidate’s current salary already exceeds the bottom point, consideration will be given to the level of skills, experience and profile that the candidate is bringing to the role. The salaries of other staff doing the same or similar work within the department who have similar skills, experience and profile should also be taken into account.
The appointment is offered on a fixed term basis (36 months), subject to satisfactory references.
The full time annual leave entitlement is 30 days p.a., additionally there are 3 – 4 days when the university closes for Christmas.
There are no fixed hours of work and you are expected to give a full professional commitment and work for such reasonable hours as are necessary for you to fulfil your duties and responsibilities. You are expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the University and the School, including evenings and weekends as required, within the context of the maximum
working week as defined by the UK Working Time Regulations.