Daily Archives: 25 June 2013

University of Sydney: Lecturer In Medieval History – Call For Applications

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)

ANZAMEMS member news: Stephanie Hollis

Dear members, Stephanie Hollis (based at at The University of Auckland) has shared the following news of her research with us, including a brief list of her recent book chapter publications and a note on her current research.

Thanks Stephanie!

Stephanie Hollis – Recent publications

Stephanie Hollis, ‘Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: an Overview’, in Secular Learning in Anglo-Saxon England: Exploring the Vernacular, ed. László Sándor Chardonnens and Bryan Corella (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2012), pp. 1-42. 

Stephanie Hollis, ‘Barking’s Monastic School, Late Seventh to Twelfth Century: History, Saint-Making and Literary Culture’, in Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture: Authorship and Authority in a Female Community, ed. Jennifer N. Brown and Donna Alfano Bussell (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2012), pp. 33-55.

Stephanie Hollis, ‘The Literary Culture of the Anglo-Saxon Royal Nunneries: Romsey and London, British Library, MS Lansdowne 436’, in Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: the Hull Dialogue, ed. V. Blanton, V. O’Mara and P. Stoop (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013), pp. 111-20.

Current research

Stephanie is currently working on two related publications, one on texts by Goscelin of Canterbury commissioned by Barking Abbey c. 1086, which will include translations by Michael Wright. The other is a study of seven nunneries from the time of their foundation in the late Anglo-Saxon period until the dissolution (Amesbury, Barking, Nunnaminster, Romsey, Shaftesbury, Wherwell and Wilton), which focuses on the role and representation of the Anglo-Saxon past in their literary and artistic culture.