Daily Archives: 1 July 2014

Durham University – Lectureship in Medieval Literature

Location: Durham
Salary: £30,728 to £36,661 per annum.
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Contract / Temporary
Closes: 10 July 2014

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates who have research and teaching interests in medieval literature. The successful candidate will be expected to have an excellent research and teaching profile, commensurate with career stage, which will complement the Department’s existing strengths. She or he will be able to make a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching, and to teach widely and flexibly across a range of periods and subjects. These may include Old English and Shakespeare. She or he may also be asked to contribute to postgraduate teaching and examining. Please note this is a one year fixed-term contract from 1.10.14. The Department of English Studies at Durham is one of the leading English departments in the country, with a lively research culture and excellent students. It is consistently ranked in the top 5 departments in the subject in a range of university guides.

For more details and to apply, please visit: https://ig5.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_durham01.asp?newms=jj&id=87630

 

English Fourteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Library

English Fourteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Library
British Library Conference Centre
Monday 1 December, 2014

The British Library is pleased to announce an AMARC conference to celebrate the launch of Lucy Freeman Sandler’s book Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England: The Psalter ‘Hours of Humphrey de Bohun and the Manuscripts of the Bohun Family. Details are as follows:

Speakers: Paul Binski, Alixe Bovey, Julian Luxford, Nigel Morgan, Kathryn Smith, and Lucy Freeman Sandler

Evening book launch and reception hosted by Sam Fogg, at the Sam Fogg Gallery

Registration fees: £20 general, £15 for AMARC members, £10 for students. Lunch provided.

To register: send a cheque made out to AMARC to: Kathleen Doyle, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB. Foreign delegates may register and pay on the day. Places limited to 80.

See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/06/english-fourteenth-century-illuminated-manuscripts-in-the-british-library-a-conference.html