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postdoctoral research

The Department of History welcomes postdoctoral researchers, particularly those holding Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) fellowships. We encourage all applicants to consider working with Department faculty members with similar research interests.

The University of Guelph is also Canada’s top ranked comprehensive university, situated in one of the best cities in one of the best countries in the world! We offer:

  • a congenial work environment where postdoctoral students are thoroughly integrated into departmental life
  • access to various Ontario university libraries with millions of volumes and different university archives
  • immediate access, through exchange privileges or Ontario’s excellent interlibrary loan system, to the Robarts Library, located sixty miles / ninety kilometres away in Toronto, ranked as the fourth best research library in North America
  • for holders of SSHRC postdocs, potential teaching opportunities to augment one's stipend by an additional $15,000 per annum

Please contact Matthew Hayday, Chair of the Department of History, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CANADA (mhayday@uoguelph.ca), to inquire about the possibilities for a beneficial and profitable period at Guelph as a postdoctoral researcher. We aim to attract the best researchers to the University of Guelph through ensuring competitive salaries for postdoctoral researchers.