James Lees

Experience

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  School of Advanced Study, University of London

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2014

  Managing the Institute's research grants programme, as well as running an international fellowships scheme for visiting scholars; providing pastoral care and funding/training advice; organising and contributing content to a suite of academic events. Supporting the Institute Manager with the administration of academic fellowships, prizes and awards.

  • Fellowships Officer (Institute of Historical Research)

    Sept 2005 - Jun 2014

  • Fellowships Assistant (Institute of Historical Research)

    Sept 2003 - Aug 2005
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  London Metropolitan University

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2008

  Visiting Lecturer

  Designing and delivering lectures and seminars for a final-year undergraduate module on British rule in India from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Examination marking.

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  King's College London

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2008

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Teaching first-year undergraduates on a British Imperial History module (17th to 20th centuries). Also teaching an MA class on colonial violence, and demonstrating the use of primary sources at the British Library. Examination marking.

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  University of Stavanger

  Jul 2008 - Dec 2009

  Copy Editor

  Working as a freelance copy editor for English-language publications produced by historians, political scientists and cultural studies researchers at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

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  University of Dhaka

  Sept 2008 - Sept 2008

  Guest Lecturer

  Holding a research seminar for staff and students at the Department of History on the development of the colonial state in 18th-century Bengal, with a focus on the district record collections in the National Archives of Bangladesh.

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  The British Library

  Oct 2008 - Dec 2008

  Commissioned Researcher

  Researcher for a project examining the use of the India Office Records in academic monographs (frequency and type of collection) as part of a wider archive digitisation initiative. Commissioned by the British Library through the Institute of Historical Research.

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  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Guest Lecturer

  Delivering a lecture and seminar on European East India companies to final year History undergraduates.

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  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

  Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Portfolio Manager (Research Careers and Training)

  Leading on the management of a range of schemes and activities concerned with postgraduate training and researcher development policy at the early career level and beyond. Also overview of studentship and ECR funding schemes, organising stakeholder events on policy issues, and demonstrating the broad impact of skills development on the career destinations of AHRC-funded researchers through workshops and publications.

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  Karlstads universitet

  Mar 2016 - now

  Research Advisor (Grants and Innovation Office)

  Supporting researchers and academic environments to make institutional research as competitive as possible. This involves advising on the long-term strategic development of research activity as well as working with specific research and innovation calls and individual funding proposals (both pre- and post-award).Organising and delivering transversal skills training and other activities that contribute to the professional development of researchers at all levels, but with a particular focus on the early career stage.Developing networks and collaborations with a range of research-promoting and -funding bodies, such as public authorities, research and innovation funding agencies (national and international), public organisations, and businesses.Additional roles include:- Project manager for Erasmus+ KA2 projects related to researcher competence development. Also partner manager for a range of EU-funded projects connected to research and innovation support;- Examiner and lecturer for the Innovation Office Fyrklövern PhD course 'Impact and the Utilisation of Research'. Show less