Life After the PhD

Completing a PhD can be both joyous and daunting. What next?

This History Lab Plus event is an opportunity for those undertaking a PhD (especially latter stages) and early career historians to hear from a wide range of speakers who will share advice and experiences. Talks will include:

• The IHR and the Early Career Historian
• Getting Published
• Working With/In Other Sectors: Skills Mapping and Opportunities
• Impact and Knowledge Exchange
• Translating your skills for a career outside of academia
• Early Career Fellowships
• Academic Jobs
• Navigating between academia and the heritage sector

Speakers include:

• Professor Claire Langhamer (Director of the Institute of Historical Research)
• Professor Catherine Clarke (Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research)
• Dr Anna Walas (KE and Impact Officer, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham) and Dr Colette Davies (KE and Impact Officer, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham)
• Lucie Whitfield (Senior Careers Adviser, University of Nottingham) and Joanne Workman (Senior Career Adviser, University of Nottingham)
• Lucy Kidwell (Editor for History, Palgrave Publishing)
• Dr Tarangini Sriraman (Wellcome Early Career Research Fellow)
• Dr Carol Beardmore (Open University)
• Dr Marenka Thompson-Odlum (Research Associate, Pitt Rivers Museum)

Full programme and schedule for both mornings will be available nearer the event. 

This event is supported by the IHR and Ulster University History Department.