Newcastle University: Senior Lecturer in English Literature (c. 1350-1510) and Digital Humanities – Call For Applications

Newcastle University – School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics
Senior Lecturer in English Literature (c. 1350-1510) and Digital Humanities

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salary: £48,327 to £51,260 per annum, with progression to £55,998.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

Start Date: 1 June, 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter

The School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics wishes to appoint a Senior Lecturer in English Literature (c.1350-1510) and Digital Humanities to develop the School’s expertise in Scholarly Editing and digital technologies and to build a partnership between the School and the Digital Institute at Newcastle University.

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrable expertise in English Literature (c. 1350-1510) and the Digital Humanities, and who are enthused by the possibilities of interdisciplinary research. A strong publication record and excellent research plans are essential, so too is a track record of delivering innovative and well-designed teaching. In addition, candidates must be able to demonstrate that they can both lead and work as part of a team, and make a dynamic contribution to the culture and management of the School.

For informal enquiries relating to this post contact Professor Jennifer Richards (Jennifer.Richards@ncl.ac.uk).

For further details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWL275/b56900a-senior-lecturer-in-english-literature-c-1350-1510-and-digital-humanities.

Applications close: 1 February, 2017.

The University of New England: Lecturer in Early Modern European History – Call For Applications

The University of New England
Lecturer in Early Modern European History

  • Continuing, full-time.
  • $90,618 to $107,397 per annum (Level B)
  • Plus 17% employer superannuation. Salary packaging options are available.
  • Relocation assistance provided.

The University of New England in Armidale, Australia is a unique university, in the enviable position of boasting an excellent international reputation as well as being a leader in research and academic innovation. We aim to foster a constructive and engaged culture where creative ideas and innovation thrive.

The Discipline of History, within the School of Humanities at UNE is currently seeking a Lecturer in Early Modern European History [pre-1600].

About the role

As Lecturer in Early Modern European History you will be active in securing grant funding for history projects, proactively contribute towards service roles within the school, interact with the New England community and promote historical engagement in the region. Core to the role is the ability to develop, coordinate and teach undergraduate and postgraduate units and courses on history, and to research and publish in the area of early modern European history [pre-1600].

Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will have an established track record of research and publication, a record of applying for grant funding, and will be looking to develop future research projects. They will be experienced in, and familiar with, best practice in the teaching of history at tertiary level, with knowledge of the innovative use of technologies for the practise and teaching of history.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.une.edu.au/jobs-at-une/current-vacancies.

Applications close on 5 February, 2017

Danish Institute for Advanced Study: Assistant Professor (Medieval Literature, History of Art or History) – Call For Applications

The Danish Institute for Advanced Study seeks outstanding candidates to fill several positions at the assistant professor level in the research areas of interest for the centre.

The position is sponsored by, and located at, the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and starts autumn 2017.

The appointment is for four years with the possibility for a subsequent two years of employment as associate professor.

The successful candidate is expected to work at the forefront of research in the areas of Medieval European Literature, History of Art or History. We are especially interested in candidates who cross Literature and History of Art or History.

We are among the leading international research groups in the literary history of Medieval Europe and in interdisciplinary work between the study of pre-modern literature and history (sdu.dk/cml). A successful candidate with emphasis on Art history will be expected to open up this field at the Faculty of Humanities and engage with other research groups interested in visual culture, pre-modern or modern. A successful candidate with emphasis on History will be expected to engage with the programme and research at the department of History and with other research groups of relevance in the Faculty and beyond (pre-modern and modern).

The successful candidate will have a strong international profile, a strong record of research publications, and have demonstrated exceptional potential to Excel in Scientific research.

For further information please contact Prof. Lars Boje Mortensen (Chair), labo@sdu.dk.

We expect the applicants to actively engage in the Development of the research unit as well as contribute positively to Danish IAS as a whole.

Danish IAS

The Danish IAS at SDU is a research centre that aims to inspire ground-breaking ideas through the meeting of minds across the sciences and humanities. The Danish IAS engages leading academics through its visitor programme, weekly talks, monthly lectures, and quarterly colloquia. There will be a strong focus on talent development of young researchers who work on game-changing ideas. Eminent academics are appointed as chairs, and in that capacity form the backbone of the Danish IAS as they catalyze activities within their field.

More information about Danish IAS activities can be found on our website www.dias.sdu.dk.

For further information please contact Co-Director Francesco Sannino at sannino@cp3.sdu.dk, Co-Director Thorbjørn Knudsen at tok@sod.dias.sdu.dk or Centre Administrator Charlotte Gøbel at gobel@dias.sdu.dk.

To apply and for more information see https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=3795&VacatureID=874874.

Applications close on 15 February, 2017.

Mary Jaharis Center: Grants 2017-18 – Call For Applications

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 2017–2018 grant competition. Our grants reflect the Mary Jaharis Center’s commitment to fostering the field of Byzantine studies through the support of graduate students and early career researchers and faculty.

Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Development Grants target graduate students who have completed all coursework, language requirements, and exams necessary to advance to Ph.D. candidacy. Grants are meant to assist with the costs of travel associated with the development of a dissertation proposal in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived, e.g., travel to potential research sites, museum collections, research and special collections libraries. The goal of these grants is to assist students in refining their initial ideas into a feasible, interesting, and fundable doctoral project.

Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Grants are awarded to advanced graduate students working on Ph.D. dissertations in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. These grants are meant to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, e.g., travel, photography/digital images, microfilm.

Mary Jaharis Center Publication Grants support book-length publications or major articles in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. Grants are aimed at early career academics. Preference will be given to postdocs and assistant professors, though applications from non-tenure track faculty and associate and full professors will be considered. We encourage the submission of first-book projects.

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center, with any questions.

For full information and to apply, please visit: http://maryjahariscenter.org/grants/.

Deadline is February 1, 2017.

Shakespeare and the Pedagogies of Justice – Call For Papers

Shakespeare and the Pedagogies of Justice

Shakespeare scholars regularly encounter social justice issues in the material that we study and teach. Most often in the classroom our engagement with such issues takes the form of thematic identification and critical parsing. Yet we struggle to form more direct, material connections between coursework and social justice work. This book is for professors of early modern literature who want to heighten the intellectual impact of their courses by thoughtfully using their classrooms as laboratories for social formation and action. Much as Paolo Freire sought to reformat the relationship between teachers and students through his “pedagogy of the oppressed,” we are seeking productive ways of reformatting the relationship between students and this challenging material–ways that move them and us toward social action. We invite chapters that describe and model the doing of social justice work with and through early modern texts, and that claim the academic (not merely social) benefits of integrating social justice work into courses. To rethink the syntax, we might say we are interested in how social action can grow out of the pedagogical tools we employ in the early modern classroom. Bad pedagogy can produce quietism, but we hope to trace some ways in which an alive classroom can spark social change. To that end, we are especially interested in essays that do not approach teaching a single text so much as introduce methodologies, curricula, and assignments that integrate early modern texts with doing social justice.

Topics may include:

  • Social justice topics courses
  • Service learning
  • Community engagement
  • Evidence and truth in a post-truth world
  • Teaching in the anthropocene
  • Inclusive pedagogies
  • Students as knowledge producers
  • Teaching at an HBC, women’s college, native college, community college
  • The global Renaissance
  • Teaching performance as social justice
  • The scholarly implications of social justice pedagogy
  • Multiple and competing “Renaissance world pictures”
  • Implications of post-modern ontologies on pedagogy
  • The classroom as a community, laboratory, incubator, and change agent

For consideration please send a chapter abstract (500-1000 words), bio (~250 words) and CV (<4 pp). Deadline for abstracts is 27 January, 2017; completed chapters expected by 15 December, 2017.  Please send full set of materials to both Hillary Eklund, Loyola University New Orleans hceklund@loyno.edu and Wendy Beth Hyman, Oberlin College whyman@oberlin.edu.

Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium – Registration Open

Dreams, Memory and Imagination in Byzantium
Australian Association for Byzantine Studies 19th Conference
Monash University Law Chambers (555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne)
24-26, February 2017

A reminder that registration is open and closes January 30; abstracts and programme are published.

Full details on the conference web site at http://www.aabs.org.au/conferences/19th

In the last two decades, the role of dreams, memory and the imagination in the ancient world and its cultural productions have come to receive increased attention, along with the importance of emotions in the Greco-Roman and medieval worlds. This conference will focus on the ways that the Byzantine imagination shaped its dreams and memories from the fourth to fifteenth centuries and the many ways in which these were recorded in the Byzantine world, in its historiography, literature, religion, art and architecture.

Guest speaker: Professor Derek Krueger, Greensboro University, North Carolina

Convenor: Dr Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Monash University

Enquiries: conference@aabs.org.au

Lancaster University: Lecturer in Later Medieval British/European History – Call For Applications

Lancaster University
Lecturer in Later Medieval British/European History

Location: Lancaster
Salary: £33,943 to £46,924
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

The Department of History at Lancaster University seeks to appoint a lecturer in later medieval British or European history, roughly defined as AD 1200–1500.

You will be expected to offer courses for both undergraduates and postgraduates that will build on the department’s strong track record in attracting students interested in the history of this period. You should have an excellent record of teaching, research and publication as well as concrete plans for future projects and outputs. All specialisms will be considered, but preference may be shown for historians of state formation, frontiers, military history, material culture, private and everyday life.

Candidates whose research makes broad intellectual connections and/or spans more than one region or period while complementing the department’s existing strengths are of particular interest.

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

For further information and to apply online please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWH053/lecturer-in-later-medieval-british-european-history

Applications close on 20 January, 2017.

Fashioning Dress: Sewing and Skill, 1500-1850 – Call For Papers

Fashioning Dress: Sewing and Skill, 1500-1850
Conference and Historical Sewing Skills Workshop
University of Warwick
19 May, 2017

Keynote Speaker: Dr Chloe Wigston Smith (University of York)

Milliners, mantua-makers, tailors, stay-makers, dressmakers, and embroiderers – both professional and domestic – made up an a diverse, knowledgeable, and skilled workforce. Their handiwork lay behind the creation of magnificent court robes and elaborate embroidery, as well as shirts, shifts, aprons and petticoats. This conference aims to investigate the skills, techniques, and methods involved in manufacturing clothing – both for men and women. It also engages with the innovative methodology of garment reproduction, and will investigate questions around the usefulness of this approach, and how to present and disseminate such research findings.

The keynote and conference papers will be followed by an interactive workshop, during which participants will have the opportunity to examine reproduction garments at various stages in the making process, and to try their hand at contemporary sewing skills.

We welcome papers on topics such as:

  • The trades involved garment production (mantua-makers, tailors etc.)
  • Domestic sewing and production at home
  • Garment investigations
  • Women’s work and skill
  • Reproduction of dress as a methodology

Please email your 300 word abstract, along with a 100 word biography, to Serena Dyer at serena.dyer@warwick.ac.uk by 15 January, 2017.

This event is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick.

Queer/Adaptation – Call For Papers

Submissions are sought for a collection of essays tentatively titled Queer/Adaptation.

Please send inquiries and proposals of 300-­400 words to Pamela Demory (phdemory@ucdavis.edu) by January 15, 2017. Full articles of approximately 5000 words would be due by September 1, 2017.

In recent years, Adaptation Studies has moved well beyond the study of novels adapted for film, dismantling the oppositions that have characterized so much popular discourse on adaptation—original/copy, faithful/unfaithful, book/film—and questioning the formerly assumed “natural” progression of original text to inferior copy. The study of adaptation now encompasses multiple media: books and film, yes, but also stage plays, musicals, video, games, songs, toys, fan fiction … the very promiscuity of which could be said to be queer. In fact, a Venn diagram of queer and adaptation would reveal a significant overlap. To queer something is to deconstruct it, to demonstrate the instability of all those apparently obvious oppositions— male/female, gay/straight, homosexual/heterosexual, normal/deviant—that structure our understanding of ourselves and others. Queer revels in fluidity; it resists the supposed “natural” plot of heterosexual courtship to marriage to children—in life and in texts. Both queer and adaptation can disrupt the idea of an original unified whole; can bring to light unstated assumptions, fissures in normative ideologies; can be processes of rewriting, of resistance, of performance.

This collection of essays will illuminate the intersection of queer and adaptation. Proposals should be grounded in current adaptation and/or queer theory, should be rigorous and scholarly, but written for a broad academic audience. Topics might include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Process would explore the queerness of adaptation itself; processes of reading, of resisting, of destabilizing notions of authorship, authority, ideology.
  • Form would explore adaptations that—by critiquing or resisting a source text’s conventional narrative structure or normative ideologies—can be read as queer, or by using nontraditional (even “inappropriate”) media (fan fiction, videogames, comics, merchandise, themepark rides, popular songs, artwork in a variety of media)—might be considered queer.
  • Performance would explore how queer actors or performers affect meaning in a given adaptation (any adaptation that plays with gender roles and/or sexuality)—as well as drawing connections between gender and adaptation as performances.
  • Reception would explore how queer readers, spectators, theatregoers, and consumers of adaptations shape meaning—as well as drawing connections between queer reading practices and adaptation.
  • Authorship would explore how queer authors—including novelists, filmmakers, journalists, producers, screenwriters, and other adapters—shape meaning, and how that meaning shifts when some or all of the authors or adapters identify as queer.
  • Characters and Story would explore stories about queer characters and/or about homosexuality that have been adapted from one medium to another.

About the Editor:

Pamela Demory, PhD, is Continuing Lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, where she has taught courses in film adaptation, queer cinema, and writing in film studies. She is the co-­‐editor (with Christopher Pullen) of Queer Love in Film and Television: Critical Essays (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and the author of “Queer Adaptation” (in The Routledge Companion to Adaptation Studies, forthcoming).

Culture and Violence – Call For Papers

“Culture and Violence”
38th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Keene State College, Keene, NH, USA
21-22 April, 2017

Keynote speaker: Professor Richard W. Kaeuper, University of Rochester

“From Geoffroi de Charny to Louis de la Tremoille: The Autumn of Chivalry”

Professor Kaeuper’s research has focused on medieval English and Continental history, justice and public order, and especially on the development of chivalry, with an emphasis on its nexus with violence and religion. Professor Kaeuper’s research bursts traditional disciplinary boundaries, combining institutional and legal history with a strong emphasis on cultural, especially literary and social developments. His most recent book, Medieval Chivalry, appeared this past spring in the distinguished Cambridge Medieval Textbooks series. Among his previous publications are Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry (UPenn, 2009), Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe (Oxford, 1999), and an extensive introduction to Elspeth Kennedy’s translation of Geoffroi de Charny’s Book of Chivalry (UPenn, 1996; 2nd edition 2005).

We welcome abstracts (one page or less) or panel proposals that discuss the nature and cultural and religious context of violence in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

Papers, however, need not be confined to this theme but may cover other aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history, and music.

Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Please indicate your status (undergraduate, graduate, or faculty), affiliation (if relevant), and full contact information on your proposal.

Undergraduate sessions are welcome but require faculty sponsorship.

Please submit abstracts, audio/visual needs, and full contact information to Dr. Robert G. Sullivan, Assistant Forum Director at sullivan@german.umass.edu.

Abstract deadline: January 15, 2017

Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2017