Needham Research Institute Directorship

The Trustees of the Needham Research Institute (www.nri.org.uk) invite applications from suitably qualified persons for the post of Director, in successionto Professor Christopher Cullen, to take up appointment on 1 October 2013 or at a date to be agreed thereafter. The Institute is an independent organisation established by Joseph Needham, under the control of a charitable trust, and promotes research in the field of the history of science technology and medicine in East Asia, seen in its broadest social and historical context.

  Further particulars and details of how to apply may be found on the Institute’s website http://www.nri.org.uk/Directorship.html   The closing date for applications is 15 January 2013.