Assist Research at Oxford

December 2 2025

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The University of Oxford are currently looking for a Research Assistant in Global Renaissance Studies.

According to their website:

We seek a dynamic and self-motivated individual with expertise in the ‘Global Renaissance’ (defined temporally as c. 1400 to c. 1650) to facilitate research and engagement work in relation to a major exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, which addresses the theme of sensory experiences and exchanges across the early modern world (co-curated by Geraldine A. Johnson and Leah R. Clark). The working title of the exhibition is ‘Sensory Wonders of the Renaissance World’ and the opening is planned for June 2027. The post is based at the University of Oxford’s History of Art, Faculty of History, based in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford OX2 6AH.

The post comes with a salary of between £39,424 - £41,636 and applications must be in by 9th December 2025.

Good luck if you're applying!

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