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

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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”.