University of Sydney
Lecturer In Medieval History
School Of Philosophical And Historical Inquiry
Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences

Reference No. 1515/0912

Full-time, continuing: $104.6K – $124.2K p.a. (including salary, leave loading and up to 17% super)

The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7,500 permanent staff supporting over 49,000 students.

The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has a proud history of intellectual rigour and offers a vibrant research and teaching environment. The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) is one of four schools in the Faculty, made up of the departments of Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History, Gender and Cultural Studies, History and Philosophy. The School brings together an exciting group of academics and students who participate in a wide array of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It is home to some of the most outstanding researchers and teachers in Australia and the world, and regularly hosts prominent visitors and international colloquia.

The Department of History at the University of Sydney, founded in 1891, is a leading centre for research and teaching offering a wide range of opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study in many fields including American, Chinese, Australian, and Medieval, Early Modern and Modern European history.

As a Lecturer in Medieval history, c. 1000-1500, you will teach the first year Medieval History program, as well as specialist senior units. While you will be expected to teach units dealing with the Medieval European world, expertise in other areas including relations between Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures; the Mediterranean world; or the European periphery will be an advantage. PhD qualified, you will demonstrate a potential for outstanding scholarly achievement. You will also have a publication record, experience in teaching, and a commitment to teamwork in curriculum development.

The expected commencement date is early 2014 (preferably February).

Remuneration package Lecturer (Academic Level B): $104,644 to $124,263 (which includes a base salary $88,426 to $105,004 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation).

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 1515/0912 for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 28 July 2013 (11:30pm Sydney time)

Warburg Institute
Research Assistant in Art History (fixed term, 10 months) 
The Production and Reading of Polyphonic Music Sources, 1480–1530 (PRoMS)

Applications are invited for a research assistantship in Art History, as part of this major research project funded by the AHRC.

Funded by the AHRC since December 2010, the project ‘The Production and Reading of Music Sources, 1480–1530 (PRoMS)’ conducts the first systematic study of the mise-en-page of Renaissance sources of polyphonic music (http://www.proms.ac.uk). The project examines how the verbal text, musical notation and other visual devices interact on the pages of these manuscripts and printed books, and it explores the ways in which meaning is constructed through such interactions by their makers and users; it also transfers the results of the investigation to present-day performances. The successful candidate will, in collaboration with the other members of the research team, contribute to an online catalogue of mise-en-page information for all extant sources from this period. S/he will also research and analyse two manuscript sources and their layout in detail with regard to strategies of production and use and adapt these and existing case studies to the online environment, as well as assist in the editing of the printed outputs.

The appointee, based at the Warburg Institute, will be an art historian with a doctorate or equivalent qualification; s/he will have specialist knowledge of art of the 15th and 16th centuries, specifically of manuscript illumination. Expertise in codicology and paleography will be essential, as will be willingness to engage actively in the development and preparation of the database and online resource. An interest in music of the period and knowledge of musical notation would be desirable, as would previous experience in working with databases and online environments, and an ability to engage with theoretical aspects of material culture of the late medieval/early modern period.

The project is a collaboration between the University of Manchester, the Warburg Institute, Bangor University, the University of York, the Alamire Foundation (Leuven/Belgium), and the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s College London.

This replacement post is tenable immediately for a fixed term of 10 months. The appointment will be to Level 7 (Research), currently £29,541–36,298 p.a. plus London Allowance of £2,134 p.a., making a total of £31,675–38,432 p.a.

Further details of the project, the assistantship and how to apply can be found at http://warburg.sas.ac.uk.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the project director, Professor Thomas Schmidt, at thomas.schmidt@manchester.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 June 2013, and interviews will be held in London on Monday, 15 July 2013.

Research Associate: Publishers and Writers in Shakespeare’s England
St John’s College, Oxford -St, John’s College Research Centre

Applications are invited for a one-year fixed-term position as a Research Associate at the St John’s College Research Centre in Oxford University. The successful applicant will work with Dr John Pitcher, Fellow in English at St John’s and Dr Freya Cox Jensen, History Department, University of Exeter, on a study of the economics of book production in early modern England, exploring the relationship between publishing, writing, and social status.

The successful applicant will have a doctorate in early modern English history or literature, with particular reference to print culture and book history (applications will be considered from candidates who have submitted their doctoral thesis by the date of the appointment). He or she will be numerate, know how to use a database, generate spreadsheets and keep good records of calculations, be capable of detailed examination of type and settings of early modern books and able to work independently. The Research Associate will also contribute to the project’s development in other respects, by assisting with the preparation of a monograph and by drafting applications for developing and funding the project beyond 2014. The post is full-time for one year from 1st October 2013. Salary will be on the University’s Grade 7 for Academic and Academic-related staff, currently starting at £29,541 p.a.

Applications (original plus three copies) consisting of a covering letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and a succinct (1 – 3 page) statement outlining research interests and experience should be sent to the Academic Administrator, St John’s College, Oxford OX1 3JP to arrive no later than Friday 26 April 2013.

Further details are available at: http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/460/Academic%20positions.html

The Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge has just advertised two permanent lectureships in Literature and the Material Text.

The first is pre-1500, the second post-1500. The deadline for applications is 26 April.

For further details please see: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/news/archives/380

Publisher of Journal of Australian Studies (JAS)
Call for Expressions of Interest
Editorial Trainees

The International Australian Studies Association (InASA) and the editorial advisory committee of the Journal of Australian Studies are seeking expressions of interests from HDR candidates, graduate students in editing programmes, or ECRs, who are interested in Australian Studies and would like the opportunity to gain editorial experience as an editorial trainee with the leading journal in Australian Studies.

We expect to appoint two trainees, one based in Brisbane and one based in Melbourne, initially for one year and renewable for up to three years, beginning in July 2013.

As editorial work on the journal is voluntary, trainees would not be paid, although each trainee will receive an award of $500 per annum to defray costs. Trainees will participate in the deliberations of the editors, and will be invited to attend meetings of the Editorial Advisory Committee. They might be asked to accept special responsibility as a group to work on a particular project for the journal. We envisage that the traineeship will involve approximately 2 hours of work per week.

Expressions of interest should be in the form of a letter accompanying a brief curriculum vitae, with the names of two referees, and a one page outline of why you are interested in the position, and what skills you will bring to it.

For further information please contact Maggie Nolan, one of the current editors of the journal, at Marguerite.Nolan@acu.edu.au

Please submit expressions of interest to Professor Kate Darian-Smith, InASA Vice-President and member of JAS‘s Editorial Advisory Committee, k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au (inc. subject line: EoI: Journal of Australian Studies).

Expressions of Interest close at the end on May 31, 2013.

Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy
Senior Lecturer / Reader in English Literature

The Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy wishes to make the following appointment, tenable from 1 September 2013.

Senior Lecturer or Reader (Grade 8). Candidates will have an established national, or emerging international, reputation for excellence in research and a commitment to teaching and to public engagement in Renaissance Literature.

Salary: Grade 8 – £45,941 to £56,467 per annum
Closing date: Friday, 12 April 2013

For more informtaion and to apply, click here

The Department of Music, Film, Theatre at Bristol University seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies. Candidates’ research strengths may be in any area of performance and/or theatre; however, applications are especially sought from those with expertise in the directing and dramaturgy of play-based theatre, particularly, though not necessarily, of the early modern period.

Candidates will possess a PhD and be expected to develop and maintain an internationally significant research profile, whether through publication and/or practice-as-research. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to mixed mode teaching delivery of Theatre/Performance at BA, MA and PhD levels, leading lectures, seminars and practice-based workshops, and to assist with other aspects of the running of the Department and the delivery of its academic programmes.

Based in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, you will be a part of a vibrant creative community of scholars and production staff. The department has a long record of internationally-recognised achievement in research and teaching. As part of the Drama Department, it was awarded a 5* rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise and achieved an excellent rating in the RAE 2008. The department houses the University’s Theatre Collection, which constitutes one of the largest archives in the world of British performance and theatre history. Current research interests amongst staff include work in historical theatre reconstruction, vernacular dramatic traditions of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, adaptation and translation, live art and cross-media performance as well as investigations into related histories.

The post is available from 1 September 2013.

Grade: Lecturer B, Pathway 1, Grade J
Salary: Starting salary £34,233 – £38,522
Closing date for applications: 10 April 2013

For further information and to apply for this job: click here

Please email any informal queries to Catherine Hindson at: Catherine.Hindson@bristol.ac.uk

University of Geneva – Department of English
Assistant In Medieval English Literature

Conditions
Applicants need to have an MA in English Literature or English Medieval Studies, or a qualification deemed equivalent, be fluent in written and spoken English, and be able to provide a PhD research proposal.

Candidates fulfilling these requirements who can also speak French will be at an advantage for this post.

Job Description 
This is a 70% post, which increases to 100% in the third year.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach literary analysis skills to first-year students, as well as a BA seminar (2-4 hours a week throughout the year). The post will also involve student evaluation and orientation and administrative tasks. At least 40% of the post will be devoted to research publications and the preparation of a doctoral thesis, supervised by Prof. Guillemette Bolens.

Starting Salary
CHF 46,247 pa (ca £ 29,863) in the first year for an assistant who already has an MA; the maximum salary is CHF 78,528 pa (ca £ 50,708) after four years.

Starting Date: 1 August 2013 

Length of contract
The assistant is nominated for an initial period of two years, renewable for two successive periods of respectively two years and one year. To apply Applications must include a covering letter, curriculum vitae in five copies, a photocopy of the BA and MA degree obtained, and a PhD proposal (500 words max.). Applications must be received by the deadline of 15 April 2013 and should be addressed to:

Dr Lucy Perry Département de langue et de littérature anglaises
Faculté des lettres
Uni Bastions
5, rue de Candolle
1211 Genève 4 Switzerland

or by e-mail to: lucy.perry@unige.ch with a mention in the e-mail subject line “application for medieval assistantship”.

Five Fellowships in Data Curation for Medieval Studies
CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation for Medieval Studies

The CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation for Medieval Studies is an expansion of the CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Academic Libraries. These five, fully-funded fellowships will provide recent Ph.D.s with professional development, education, and training opportunities in data curation for Medieval Studies. Through this program, CLIR seeks to raise awareness and build capacity for sound data management practice throughout the academy.

Each fellowship is two year appointment, with a $60,000 salary, plus benefits, and a yearly travel and research stipend. Fellows will be placed at five institutions in the United States and Canada: Johns Hopkins, North Carolina State University, Stanford University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Toronto.

Note: Review of applications is already underway, but applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

For more information about each post, and to apply visit: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc/applicants/dc-medieval

The project Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus (PAL) is dedicated to the edition and study of the Arabic and Latin versions of Ptolemy’s astronomical and astrological texts and related material. These include works by Ptolemy or attributed to him, commentaries thereupon and other works that are of immediate relevance to understanding Ptolemy’s heritage in the Middle Ages and the early modern period up to 1700 A.D.

The project is hosted by the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Munich for a period of 25 years starting in 2013. It is supervised by Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse (University of Würzburg) and carried out by five scholars as follows: two research leaders, Dr. David Juste (formerly University of Sydney) and Dr. Benno van Dalen (formerly University of Munich); two post-doctoral researchers; and one doctoral student.

We welcome applications for the two post-doctoral researchers (no age limit):

Two full-time positions for a period of 2 years, which can be extended to a maximum a 5 years pending positive evaluation. The positions are expected to commence between 1 July and 1 October 2013.

The monthly salary range is € 3726-4599 liable to deductions for tax, social security benefits and retirement provisions. The salary will be dependent on relevant academic experience (German pay scale TV-L E13).

The postdoctoral researchers will have office facilities at the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Munich, together with the other project members, and are normally expected to work there full time. The contract will be with the University of Würzburg.

Qualifications and skills: applicants must hold a PhD in an area relevant to the project, have an excellent knowledge of Arabic and/or Latin, a good command of English (the primary language of publication of the project), and preferably have research experience in line with PAL objectives, in particular in the history of medieval or early modern science, in editing Arabic or Latin texts, and/or in handling manuscripts. Candidates qualified for preparing the catalogue of Arabic manuscripts are especially encouraged to apply. Knowledge of German is desirable.

The postdoctoral researchers are expected to be active members of the research team and to take part in the various aspects of the project, including decision-making. This is particularly important as the project is in its first years of operation. More specifically, the postdoctoral researchers are expected to:

• each be responsible for one module or research unit (see project description §9), which they are expected to have completed by the end of the contract. This module will be chosen in consultation with the other project members and in accordance with the candidate’s expertise and interests. In most cases, it will consist of a critical edition of an Arabic or Latin text (or both);
• devote part of their time (approx. 25%) to implementing material for the PAL web interface, in particular the digital reproductions and online transcriptions of the Corpus Ptolemaicum;
• participate in other aspects of the project, including the organisation of the first PAL international conference (scheduled in 2015), the edition of the proceedings of that conference, the implementation of the Greek-Arabic-Latin astronomical and astrological glossary, or others to be agreed on among the project members.

The successful candidates agree to publish the main result of the module for which they are responsible (e.g., a critical edition or a catalogue) in the PAL book series and on the PAL web interface. All contributions by members of the research team will be published under their own name and authorship will be duly acknowledged in every collaborative output, including online publications.

Applications should be sent in English or German to Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse by email (info@ptolemaeus.badw.de) before 15 April 2013. Applications should include a complete CV with a list of publications; a letter of motivation, in which the applicant is asked to address the above description and qualifications and to propose a starting date; and the names and contact details of up to two academic referees who may be contacted by the project members.

Applicants may be invited to a phone or Skype interview.
Receipt of the application will be acknowledged.
The outcome of all applications will be notified by email as early as possible.
For further enquiries, please contact David Juste (info@ptolemaeus.badw.de).

We welcome applications for the doctoral student:

One 3-year position expected to commence between 1 July and 1 October 2013.

The monthly allowance is € 2071 (German pay scale 65% TV-L E13), liable to deductions for tax, social security benefits and retirement provisions.

The contract will be with the University of Würzburg and Professor Hasse will normally serve as the main supervisor or as one of the two co-supervisors. There is also a possibility of joint supervision with the Warburg Institute (University of London) and Professor Charles Burnett, in which case the doctoral student would be offered the opportunity to spend time at the Warburg Institute. The doctoral student is otherwise expected to work in Munich, together with the research team, or in Würzburg.

Qualifications and skills: applicants must hold a Master or an equivalent degree in an area relevant to the project, have an excellent knowledge of Arabic and/or Latin and a good command of English (the primary language of publication of the project). Applicants should also have research interests in line with PAL objectives, in particular in the history of medieval or early modern science, in the making of critical editions of Arabic or Latin texts, and/or in handling manuscripts. The doctoral dissertation can be written in English (preferred) or German.

The doctoral student will be able to spend most of his/her working time on his/her dissertation, whose topic will be in line with PAL objectives and will normally include the edition of an Arabic or Latin text (or both). The contract carries with it no teaching or administrative duties, but the doctoral student is expected to devote part of his/her time to other aspects of the project.

The doctoral student will be given the opportunity to publish his/her doctoral dissertation in the PAL book series and, where relevant, on the PAL web interface, and he/she agrees to publish his/her dissertation in priority through those media. All contributions by the doctoral student will be published under his/her own name and authorship will be duly acknowledged in every collaborative output, including online publications.

Applications should be sent in English or German to Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse by email (info@ptolemaeus.badw.de) before 15 April 2013. Applications should include a complete CV (with a list of publications where applicable); an outline (1-3 pages) of the proposed research project; and two letters of recommendation by academic referees. The letters of recommendation must be sent directly by the referees, either by email or by post (Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse, Institut für Philosophie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Residenz – Südflügel, 97070 Würzburg, Germany).

For further enquiries, contact Dag Nikolaus Hasse or David Juste at info@ptolemaeus.badw.de.