Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in bioarchaeology with a particular emphasis on bioethics of historical anatomical skeletal legacy collections in the UK. The research project is supported by a British Academy Global Professorship awarded to Sian Halcrow. The aims of the project are: 1/ Assay a wide range of collections, establishing information on acquisition and origin; 2/ Establish the changing uses of these collections over time in terms of teaching, curation, display, education, and outreach; 3/ Establish the provenance of the individuals curated within these collections, and as much information as possible about their lives; 4/ Co-produce new practice and policy guidelines for anatomical skeletal collections, relevant to Britain and globally. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake and/or support interviews and qualitative analysis and will be involved in data collection from the museum collections, and all analysis, and publication development and conference presentations.
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