Daily Archives: 16 April 2016

ANZAMEMS / ASCS Conference Panels: Late-Antiquity – Call For Papers

TWO CONFERENCES, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND, Late January-early February, 2017

Late-Antiquity Panel(s) at:

The 38th Meeting of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Meeting (31 January to 3 February 2017)

AND/OR

The 11th Biennial Australian New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS) Conference (7-10 February 2017)

Both to be hosted at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

In early 2017, Victoria University of Wellington will be hosting two separate conferences a few days apart, both of which will be hospitable to late antique and early medieval scholars.

Dr. Lisa Bailey (Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History and History/University of Auckland/lk.bailey@auckland.ac.nz) and Dr. Mark Masterson (Senior Lecturer of Classics/Victoria University of Wellington/Mark.Masterson@vuw.ac.nz) would like to organize panels on Late Antiquity (broadly construed) at these conferences. We welcome abstracts for either conference or for both, from scholars in Australasia or beyond.

***NOTE: persons not from Australia or New Zealand do NOT have to be members of ASCS or ANZAMEMS to submit an abstract or to give a paper.

We welcome abstracts of 150-250 words on most any aspect of late antiquity which we will group and then put forward to the programme committee.

We would like abstracts by 15 June, 2016.

We welcome inquiries.

Please send questions and abstracts to Mark Masterson (Mark.Masterson@vuw.ac.nz). Please specify which conference (ASCS or ANZAMEMS) your abstract is for.

See below for guidelines.

GUIDELINES FROM ASCS:

There is no particular theme for this conference (therefore Late-Antiquity broadly construed will do).

Offers of papers, posters, panels and archaeological reports should be accompanied by an abstract of 150-250 words.

The abstract should contain the following information:

  • a clear initial statement of purpose;
  • a brief explanation of the abstract’s relationship to the previous literature on the topic, including some brief citations of, or reference to, any important literature;
  • a summary of the argumentation;
  • some examples to be used in the argumentation (this step could be left out if the word limit is affected);
  • reference to works (maximum of 3) which are seminal to the argument. Short citations (author year pp) should be included in the abstract so that readers are clear on how these works have informed your argument. Full bibliographical details (which do not count in the word limit) of the works cited in the abstract should be supplied at the end of the abstract. If you think reference to other authors is not appropriate or necessary, you must add a brief paragraph to inform the committee as to why (e.g. the topic is completely new or it is the report of a season’s excavations).

The abstract should make it clear that the paper is suitable for oral presentation within the time limit (maximum time 20 minutes = less than 3000 words).

GUIDELINES FROM ANZAMEMS:

Our theme for ANZAMEMS 2017 is mobility and exchange. We encourage proposals for papers or panels addressing any aspect of this theme, including (but not limited to):

  • social, cultural, and intellectual exchange
  • the circulation of texts, ideas, and people
  • commercial and mercantile exchange
  • legal interchange
  • transport and transportation
  • rural and urban mobilities
  • pilgrimage, exploration, and migration
  • transglobal and trans-temporal medievalisms and early modernisms

PAPER PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE:

  • Paper title
  • Abstract (up to 150 words)
  • The name, affiliation, and email address of the presenter
  • An indication of AV requirements

Visiting Assistant Professor of English (English Renaissance) @ Saint Joseph’s University – Call For Applications

Visiting Assistant Professor of English (English Renaissance)
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty – Liberal Arts – English and Literature

Application Due: 04/25/2016

Pending budgetary approval, the English department is seeking to fill a one-year term appointment for a visiting professor of English to teach courses in Shakespeare and renaissance literature, introductory literature courses and/or first-year composition. The departmental load for visiting professors is 4/4 and may include a course or courses in the evening program.

Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Duties):
Teaching four courses per semester. Holding regularly scheduled office hours. Attending departmental pedagogy meetings several times yearly.

Minimum Qualifications (Education/Training and Experience Required):
M.A. in English (would hold the title of Visiting Instructor) and an established record of teaching.

Preferred Qualifications:
Ph.D. in English (would hold the title of Visiting Assistant Professor).

Saint Joseph’s University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit institution and expects members of its community to be knowledgeable about its mission and to make a positive contribution to that mission. Saint Joseph’s University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit, develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce.

For full information and to apply, please visit: https://jobs.sju.edu/postings/13082

Lecturer in Medieval Latin @ University of Edinburgh – Call For Applications

Lecturer in Medieval Latin
University of Edinburgh – School of Classics

Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £38,896 to £46,414
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

Applications are invited from scholars of the highest calibre with research interests and teaching experience in Medieval Latin (ca.AD 500-1500). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to teaching and supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including potentially the MSc programmes in Classics, Medieval History, and Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, and to take a lead in the teaching of Medieval Latin to postgraduates in various fields across the University of Edinburgh’s College of Humanities and Social Science. The ability to teach Latin Palaeography will be advantageous. The post-holder will actively engage in research of high quality that will make a substantive contribution to the School’s profile, and will be open to interdisciplinary collaboration.

This is a full-time, open-ended, post with a salary of £38,896 – £46,414.

Closing date: 5pm (GMT) on Friday 6 May, 2016

For further particulars and to apply for this post please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANJ959/lecturer-in-medieval-latin.