Daily Archives: 24 September 2012

Two Medieval related Assistant Professorships – Call For Applications

Two Medieval related job listings which may be of interest:

North Dakota State University: Assistant Professor, Medieval Literature (Tenure Track)

The North Dakota State University Department of English seeks and Assistant Professor tenure track in Medieval literature beginning August 2013 to teach Medieval literature/Chaucer/Early British Survey and other general education courses, produce published scholarship, and contribute to the English department’s undergraduate and MA/PhD programs. Duties: 2/2 course load, conducting research, serving on appropriate committees, supervising graduate research, and curricular development.”

Specific knowledge of or experience in one or more area:

  •   digital humanities
  •   world literature
  •   linguistics
  •   gender or queer studies
  •   rhetoric.

Candidates must complete all doctoral requirements by August 15, 2013.

Full listing
 
Please send cover letter and CV by November 9, 2012, to search committee chair, Miriam Mara, via NDSU Online Employment System at: http://jobs.ndsu.edu/postings/1974

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Fordham University: Assistant professor, Medieval Cultural/Intellectual History (Tenure Track)

The Department of History at Fordham University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as assistant professor in medieval history specializing in visual, material, or performative culture of the high to late Middle Ages. We seek an active scholar capable of teaching the medieval history introductory course, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in the candidate’s field. The position includes the opportunity to teach in the university’s interdisciplinary programs, such as Medieval Studies.

Candidates must have the PhD in hand by September 1, 2013.

Full listing

Send letter of application, c.v., and three letters of recommendation via Interfolio by November 15, 2012 (https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/15498 ). For more information, see the department’s website at http://www.fordham.edu/history. Fordham is an independent, Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from men and women of all backgrounds. Fordham is an AA/EOE.

Sederi: Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies – Call For Papers

Sederi: Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies, is an annual publication devoted to current criticism and scholarship on English Renaissance Studies. It is peer-reviewed by external referees, following a double-blind policy. Sederi publishes articles, notes and reviews on topics related to the language, literature, and culture of sixteenth and seventeenth-century England.

Sederi is indexed in the Web Of Science And The Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It is short-listed among the top-quality journals published in all scientific areas by the FECYT (Spanish Repository for Science and Technology) and is officially recognised for the Spanish research assessment.

Sederi welcomes contributions for its next issue (nº 23) to be published in autumn 2013.

Submissions should be emailed to the editors in Word/RTF format no later than 31 October 2012. Authors will receive notice of acceptance by the end of January 2013.

Please omit any personal information in the file of your paper. Send the following details in a separate file or in the text of the email: name, affiliation, title of contribution, postal and email address and telephone number.

Recommended length of contributions:

  • Articles: 6000–8000 words (including footnotes and references).
  • Notes: 3000–5000 words (including footnotes and references). Notes should be pieces of research focusing on a specific point, not needing a broad theoretical or contextual elaboration.
  • Reviews: 1000–2000 words. Books, plays, or films reviewed should have been released in the last two years.

Note that all the submitted articles and notes should include an abstract (length: 100-150 words) and at least 5 keywords. Both the abstract and the keywords should convey the essential aspects of your contribution. They will be published in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Email articles and notes to Berta Cano & Ana Sáez: sederiyearbook@yahoo.es
Email reviews to Francisco José Borge López: borgefrancisco@uniovi.es

All the texts submitted must follow the Style Sheet found on the Sederi website: http://www.sederi.org/stylesheet.htm.

We do not consider articles that have been published elsewhere (either in print or internet) or are under simultaneous consideration with another publisher. Only original research pieces are published by Sederi, please do not submit translations.

Berta Cano-Echevarría
Ana Sáez-Hidalgo
Francisco José Borge López
Editors of Sederi Yearbook
www.sederi.org

Dpto. de Filología Inglesa
Universidad de Valladolid
Pza. del Campus s/n
47011 Valladolid (Spain)
sederiyearbook@yahoo.es