University of Oxford – Faculty of English Language and Literature
Postdoctoral Research Assistant – A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Location: Oxford
Salary: £31,076 to £38,183 p.a.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

Following the award of a European Research Council Advanced Grant to Professor Andy Orchard (‘A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry’), the Faculty of English Language and Literature is seeking to appoint two Postdoctoral Research Assistants to work on the project.

The project involves the creation of an interactive online edition of the 60,000 or so lines of verse, roughly half in Old English and half in Latin, that comprise the entire combined corpus of Anglo-Saxon poetry. This will be marked up through TEI P5 XML to facilitate the identification of idiosyncratic features of sound, metre, spellings, diction, syntax, formulas, themes, and genres across the corpus. The project will produce a linked series of conferences, workshops, and print publications, including monographs, conference-proceedings, and a themed issue of an academic journal. Further details of the project are included in the Further Particulars.

The two postdoctoral researchers, with training in both Latin and Old English, will each have primary responsibility for either the Old English or Anglo-Latin elements of the project and will be expected to take a leading role in establishing the research base for the project, establishing the normalized mirror corpus and creating the bibliographic database in conjunction with the other members of the project team. Throughout the project, the RAs will be expected to present their research at several conferences a year, to undertake original research leading to the production of articles and/or a monograph, and to co-edit conference proceedings and other publications. They will also help to organise the seminars, workshops, and conferences, and will co-edit the conference proceedings and special journal issue.

Two full-time posts are offered from 1 March, 2017 (or as soon as possible after this date), for a fixed-term of 54 months.

Applicants should possess a PhD in Anglo-Saxon Literary and linguistic studies or a related field by the time of taking up the post; experience of work with Anglo-Saxon texts and manuscripts, including accuracy in transcription and translation; proficiency in Old English and/or Latin, especially with regard to language and metre; the ability to work flexibly and in a team; a willingness to participate in the overall running of the project and public engagement activities; a high level of communication skills, including the ability to address a range of audiences; a high level of organisational skills and an ability to meet deadlines; excellent computer skills; and the capability to work independently across disciplinary boundaries.

Applications (which should include a CV and a supporting statement explaining your suitability for the post) should be made online. Candidates short-listed for interview will be asked to submit a sample of written work (8,000 – 10,000 words) in advance of the interviews, and will be requested to give a short presentation as part of the assessment process. Two references will be sought for short-listed candidates.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 9 January, 2017. Interviews are expected to be held in Oxford during week beginning 23 January, 2017.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=126483

Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation/Durham University 12-month Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Job Purpose: To conduct post-doctoral research in the context of the Priory Library Digitisation Project. This project, entitled ‘Durham Priory Library Recreated’, is a collaboration between Durham Cathedral and Durham University for the digitisation of 480 volumes of manuscripts and several dozen printed books belonging to the pre-Reformation Cathedral Library and dating from the seventh century AD onwards. The fellow will work on material that has been, or is being, digitised in one of five (overlapping) research areas: (1) History of the Book; (2) Community Living: Liturgy, Rules and Well-Being; (3) Scholastic Learning and Philosophical Enquiry; (4) Science, Knowledge and the Natural World; (5) Digital Recreations (for more information about these areas, see: www.dur.ac.uk/imems/durhampriory).

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_applicant_no=&p_recruitment_id=004063&p_process_type=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y

Applications close on 9 January, 2017.

Please note the short-listing for this vacancy will take place on Wednesday 11 January, 2017. Interviews will be held on Friday 20 January, 2017.

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship
University of London – School of Advanced Study

Location: London
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

The School of Advanced Study, University of London invites applications for Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships, to start between 1 September 2017 and 1 May 2018. Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. The expectation is that Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable work during their tenure, and that the Fellowships should lead to a more permanent academic position.

Each year the School is pleased to support a limited number of applications to the Trust for outstanding projects from exceptional candidates. We welcome expressions of interest from candidates with a completed PhD and an excellent track record, working in any of the disciplines covered by our constituent institutes.

For full instructions on how to apply, see http://www.sas.ac.uk/support-research/fellowships/externally-funded-fellowships/leverhulme-trust-early-career-fellowships.

Applications close on 6 January, 2017.

University of Oxford – Faculty of Music and TORCH
Postdoctoral Researcher, Music and Late Medieval Court European Cultures

The Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, proposes to appoint a postdoctoral researcher for a period of 3 years, starting late January – early February 2017, to join an established team working on a new ERC Advanced grant, Music and Late Medieval European Court Cultures (MALMECC). The post will be based in the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities office (TORCH), Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

The project seeks to develop a new, post-national and trans-disciplinary method of studying pre-modern cultures; specifically, the focus will be on European courts of the ‘long’ 14th century, defined as 1250 – 1450. The project consists of the systematic collaboration of a team of scholars drawn from relevant disciplines (including but not limited to history, art history, architectural history, modern and classical languages, and music) under the leadership of the Principal Investigator (PI), Karl Kügle. The current team comprises an art historian (Dr Laura Slater), a literary historian (Dr David Murray), and a music historian (the PI).

Reporting to the project PI, the postdoctoral researcher will pursue an individual research project within their specific selected sub-project, in collaboration with the project team. They will be expected to collaborate with all members of the team and participate in the preparation of relevant research publications, as well as representing the project at internal and external meetings, contributing ideas and engaging in dissemination. Ability and willingness to collaborate across the disciplines of medieval studies will be essential, along with high-level competencies in at least one relevant language (Latin, French, German, Czech, Italian).

Candidates must have a PhD or equivalent and may come from any of the disciplines relevant for the period 1250-1450 except art history, literary history, and musicology (which are already represented by the research team). The MALMECC team is particularly interested in candidates with a doctoral qualification in history.

Candidates may apply for one of the following sub-projects: (1) the courts of ecclesiastic princes in France and southern Europe; (2) the artistic patronage of the Luxembourgs in Germany and the Czech lands.

More information about these sub-projects can be found in the Further Particulars.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 2 December 2016.

For full information, and to apply, please visit: http://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=126071

University of Exeter – College of Humanities, History
Lecturer in Medieval Mediterranean History (Education and Research)

Location: Exeter
Salary: £33,943 to £38,183
Hours: Full Time

Combining world class research with very high levels of student satisfaction we are a member of the Russell Group and now have over 19,000 students. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Exeter was ranked 16th nationally with 98% of its research rated as being of international quality. We are ranked 9th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide league table, 13th in The Complete University Guide and 11th in the Guardian University Guide.

The College wishes to recruit a full time Lecturer in Medieval Mediterranean History. The post is available from 1st September 2017 on a permanent basis. The post of Lecturer in Medieval Mediterranean History will contribute to extending the research profile of medieval history at Exeter, particularly in areas related or complementary to the history of the medieval Mediterranean, c.500-c.1350.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD (or nearing completion) or equivalent in medieval European history and have an independent, internationally-recognised research programme in an active field of medieval historical research related or complementary to existing Exeter strengths. He/she will be able to demonstrate the following qualities and characteristics; a strong record in attracting research funding, or demonstrable potential to attract such funding, teamwork skills to work in collaboration with existing group members, an active and supportive approach to inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research that will help to foster interactions and links both within the University and externally, the attitude and ability to engage in continuous professional development, the aptitude to develop familiarity with a variety of strategies to promote and assess learning and enthusiasm for delivering undergraduate programmes.

Applications should be made via our website. For more information and to apply online please go to www.exeter.ac.uk/jobs Please quote reference number P54941 in any correspondence. Applications close 1 December, 2016.

For further information please contact Professor Richard Toye, e-mail R.Toye@ex.ac.uk or telephone (01392) 723296.

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is ‘Positive about Disabled People’. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Pembroke College, Cambridge
Trebilcock-Newton Trust Research Fellowship

Location: Cambridge
Salary: £22,494 to £25,298
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

The College hopes to elect not later than 14 March 2017 to the following Fellowship with appointment from 1 October 2017: The Trebilcock-Newton Trust Research Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Candidates should have recently completed or be about to complete a doctoral degree. The duration of the Fellowship will be for three years. The holder will be expected to do a limited amount of teaching for the College, but would require the permission of the Governing Body to undertake other paid work. The stipend currently ranges from £22,494 to £25,298 and is reviewed annually.

Research Fellows are offered subsidised accommodation, in College or in College-owned flats or houses; where accommodation is not required the Trebilcock-Newton Research Fellow will be provided with a study in College.

Applications, which are due by 25 November, 2016, should be made online at http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/the-college/job-vacancies, where further particulars and relevant links are available. Informal enquiries can be made to the Senior Tutor’s Assistant, Sally Clowes, at sts@pem.cam.ac.uk.

The University of Alabama
Assistant Professor (Early Modern English/British History)

The University of Alabama History Department invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Early Modern English/British History, research specialization open. The successful candidate will be expected to teach the department’s English History to 1688 survey course, upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Modern English/British History, and to take part in the Western Civilization survey. The Department and the University emphasize excellence in teaching as well as scholarship. Ph.D. must be in hand by time of appointment.

To apply, go to https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/39638 and complete the online application.

Review of applications will begin Nov. 15, 2016 and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Alabama is an Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities/Equal Opportunity employer and especially encourages applications from women and members of minority groups.

The School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry is a dynamic team with a reputation for innovative approaches to teaching and research excellence. We consider and explore how human beings have ordered and made sense of their world throughout history, from ancient times through to the present, and how this informs our futures. Our disciplinary groupings of Classics & Ancient History, Studies of Religion, Philosophy and History are united by this common intellectual quest, and are mutually reinforced and supported by each discipline’s distinct approaches, perspectives and methodologies. Through our research, teaching and engagement activities, we seek to further and disseminate knowledge about these aspects of humanity. In doing so, we serve our scholarly communities, our students, and our wider societies. We operate to the highest ethical standards in the way our staff, students and other stakeholders relate to each other. We aspire to quality and best practice in all that we do.

The Head of School will provide outstanding leadership and management and promote the development and implementation of a strategic vision. This vision will aim to enhance the teaching and research excellence of the School within a financially sustainable resource environment. It will reflect an awareness of contemporary issues in curriculum development, teaching and learning and an ability to implement change agendas.

The successful candidate will have and will maintain an international reputation for excellence in research in one or more of the four School disciplines.

The Head will work in partnership with the Executive Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences, and within a devolved University structure. The Head will be a team player, building a cohesive and engaged School, while also acting in the best interests of the Faculty and University.
Remuneration

This is a full-time, continuing appointment at Academic level E.

The appointment as Head of School will be five years. An extension to this term may be offered following a review at least one year before the end of the initial term.
Enquiries

To discuss this role please contact Professor Tim Dunne on +61 7 3365 1822 or email tim.dunne@uq.edu.au.

Applications close 20 November, 2016

Further details and Position Description available at: http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/499564/professor-and-head-of-school

Australian Catholic University – Centre for Biblical and Early Christian Studies
Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity)

Location: Melbourne
Salary: AU$138,669 to AU$150,553
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

We seek researchers of outstanding potential and demonstrated achievement to contribute to the research of the Centre for Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Researchers will contribute to a major five-year project, Modes of Knowing and the Ordering of Knowledge in Early Christianity. This international project, led by Prof. Lewis Ayres (ACU/Durham) and four others from ACU, Durham and Notre Dame, investigates ‘modes of knowing’ constructed by Greek, Latin and Syriac Christians c.100-700 CE. A particular focus is the manner in which developing Christian thought was shaped by classical intellectual discourses (such as grammar, philosophy, rhetoric and medicine), institutions, social practices, and material culture.

This project builds on research across the Centre in areas such as the social and cultural history of early Christianity, the cultural and intellectual transformation of Classical antiquity, strategies of Christian identity formation, and intersections between Christianity and ancient philosophy, rhetoric, medicine, and education.

Within the ‘Modes of Knowing’ project, we envisage individual projects that will relate early Christian modes of knowing to at least one of: a) contemporary philosophical, medical and rhetorical discourses; b) social practices of early Christianity and late antiquity (e.g. asceticism, pilgrimage, liturgies); c) imperial and institutional power structures; or d) and the material world of early Christianity and late antiquity (e.g. relics, sacred texts). Researchers will also have opportunities to pursue other individual and collaborative research beyond the Modes of Knowing project.

The Project and Centre are located in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU. The Institute promotes interdisciplinary and collaborative study through research that seeks to enrich and extend the traditional fields of philosophy and theology at an international level. It hosts several discipline-specific and interdisciplinary research seminars and reading groups, and regular international symposia at ACU’s Rome Campus. Research in Theology and Religious Studies at ACU was rated above world standard in the 2015 Excellence in Research Australia exercise. The Institute is currently undergoing a major expansion: recent junior and senior appointments have been made in Philosophy, Theology, Ethics, New Testament Studies and Early Christian Studies.

General enquiries about the position, the project, and working at ACU Melbourne can be directed to Professor Lewis Ayres (lewis.ayres@acu.edu.au).

Total remuneration valued to AUD138,669 – AUD150,553 pa, including salary component AUD117,361 – AUD127,518 pa, employer contribution to superannuation, and annual leave loading.

To apply, and for further information, including the full position description, please visit http://careers.acu.edu.au/caw/en/job/971107/research-fellowsenior-research-fellow-early-christianity

The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) is currently recruiting for three research assistants, to work on our Archaeology of Reading project, including transcribing and translating marginal annotations from digital facsimiles of early modern books. The posts are part-time (2.5 days a week) and are funded for one year in the first instance.

The postholders will have knowledge of the history and culture of late sixteenth-century Europe and current digital research environments, as well as a high level of proficiency in early modern palaeography.

The postholders will be expected to have an MA degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area (such as History, literature, languages, Digital Humanities etc – if unsure please email lucy.stagg@ucl.ac.uk). However, applicants should not have completed a PhD degree. Candidates will ideally have language skills, including a modern language and Latin.

For more details, and how to apply, please visit: http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/news/2016/10/scouting-3-research-assistants-excellent-palaeography

Applications close: 4 November, 2016