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The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University announces the position of a full-time  postdoctoral researcher within the ERC-funded project ‘Ways of Imagining in Children’s Lives with  Information Texts’ (WONDRE) led by Dr. Anezka Kuzmicova. 

Job description: 

• design and implement independent analyses of children’s nonfiction texts 
• collaborate on integrating the above with empirical research (child and adult participants) and  other work led by colleagues, and on moving the project forward as a whole 
• produce excellent publications, participate in dissemination and networking activities, and in  establishing a new childhood studies environment 
• optionally: teach/supervise students (in English or Czech) 

We require: 

• completed doctoral studies (or nearing completion) in the field of humanities (e.g. literature),  social sciences (e.g. childhood, media studies) or education, on a topic related to children’s  culture, reading/learning research, multimodal text, or similar 
• documented experience of systematic text analysis and ability to work independently in a  cross-disciplinary context 
• experience of empirical research, with child participants or other populations, is welcome 

We offer: 

• workload of 1.0 (40 hours per week) for 36 months (extendible subject to funding) 
• expected start on 1 November 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter) 
• assistance upon relocating to Prague 
• wide range of employee benefits (higher value meal vouchers, contribution to a kindergarten,  contribution to an annual Prague public transport card, contribution to pension and/or life  insurance, contribution to Sodexo Multi Pass Card, etc. Benefits are governed by valid internal  regulations of the faculty.) 

The written application must contain: 

• academic CV 
• a list of publications 
• a copy of the highest education certificate (does not apply to those who have already been or  are currently employed at the faculty and their education was verified by the personnel  department in the past) 
• a motivation letter including a brief idea for research design as per the project´s aims • two reference letters including referee´s full contact details 
• two samples of academic writing 

Candidates can send their applications by 29 April 2024 to the email address kariera@fsv.cuni.cz, marked as “Postdoc ERC WONDRE”. 

For further information, please visit the initial project website and fact sheet. The PI can be contacted  at anezka.kuzmicova@fsv.cuni.cz. This advert can also be found on Euraxess.

Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Communication Studies  and Journalism / Smetanovo nabrezi 6, 110 01 Prague 1, Czech Republic,  info@fsv.cuni.cz, tel: +420 222 112 111 
www.fsv.cuni.cz 

By responding to this announcement, you consent to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, with its  registered office at Smetanovo nábřeží 6, Prague 1, Postal Code 110 01, processing your personal data for the  purpose of job placement. The processing of personal data is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the  European Parliament and the Council on the protection of individuals regarding the processing of personal data  and the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and  Act No. 110 / 2019 Sb. on the processing of personal data.

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Closing date 22 April 2024

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position from 2 September 2024 to develop the research project WISE (Women Poets Inspired by the Sciences since the Romantic Era), funded by the University of Lille’s “Initiative d’Excellence”. You will find descriptions of the position and of the project at the bottom of this message. 

Contact for further information,

Sophie Musitelli, 
Associate Professor in English Literature
Université de Lille, France Honorary Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France
sophie.musitelli@univ-lille.fr

• Job Type: Postdoctoral Researcher
• Contract type: Temporary
• Academic Discipline: English Literature 
• Employer: Université de Lille (https://international.univ-lille.fr/en/)
• Location: Campus Pont de Bois, Villeneuve d’Acsq, France
• Salary: Based on the salary scale of French universities: “brut salary” between 2360 € and 2834 € per month.
• Hours: Full Time
• Starting Date: 2 September 2024

The successful candidate will be appointed full-time for twelve months, renewable once, and will be affiliated to the CÉCILLE research centre (https://cecille.univ-lille.fr/). 

The closing date for applications is 22 April 2024. 

Candidates selected for interviews who do not reside in France may request online interviews. We anticipate that interviews will take place between 10 and 18 June 2024.

Please submit

• (1) A CV
• (2) A cover letter in connection with the WISE project (3 pages max.) 
• (3) A copy of your PhD degree
• (4) A short example of individual written work (article, chapter, &c)

All documents must be sent in one PDF to the following addresses: 
sophie.musitelli@univ-lille.fr and 
bruno.legrand@univ-lille.fr

Required Qualifications: A PhD in English Studies

Required Skills: 

• Doctoral qualification in anglophone literature; applications are particularly encouraged from those whose work involves poetry and/or British literature. 
• Excellent written and spoken skills in English and in French.
• The ability to conduct field research (archives, interviews &c). 
• Experience in the digital processing of collected data, or willingness to train in this area. 

Description of the Project:

WISE explores the contact areas between poetic writing and scientific discourse through the perspectives of women, who were long deprived of a formal scientific education. It focuses on the intensely imaginative and creative engagement British women poets have had with the objects, methods and languages of the sciences, and with their philosophical and political implications. It ranges from late 18^th-century poetesses to contemporary voices that perpetuate the questionings opened during the Romantic Era, an age of political, scientific and aesthetic revolutions when disciplinary boundaries were redrawn. The project takes Britain as its epicenter, but also aims to draw a series of comparisons with women poets from other anglophone countries, in order to examine the ways in which the aesthetic possibilities awakened by these revolutions rippled across the English-speaking world through complex filiations. It will develop along four lines: (1) the relationship to scientific authority and power, (2) the imagination of the gendered body in a creative and often subversive dialogue with the life sciences, (3) the material practices and technologies available to women, and (4) writing in the Anthropocene.

The successful applicant will be expected to work in collaboration with the project coordinator on the following aspects of the project: 

• (1) complement and stabilize the corpus of primary sources – in particular locate and digitalize some of the unpublished or unavailable material in the main corpus (poems) as well as additional primary sources (letters, journals, field notes…) – and conduct interviews with poetesses; 
• NB. This will involve research trips for which the successful candidate will be allocated a research grant.  
• (2) review secondary sources; 
• (3) analyze the poems, the complementary material and the interviews. This will provide the basis for the creation of a database of digitized poems and additional resources (letters, field notes, diaries, etc.).
• (4) contribute to the organization of scientific events in connection with the project.

Senior lecturer position in ‘Literatures in English – 19th/20th centuries. Literature and health humanities / literature and environmental humanities’ at Université Paris Cité/ English Department/ LARCA (Research Laboratory on Anglophone Cultures).

Deadline for application: March 06th, 4pm (CET).

Job description can be found at https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/FIDIS/0755976N/FOPC_0755976N_415.pdf

Applications must be uploaded on the Galaxie platform: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/cand_postes_GALAXIE.htm.

Applicants may contact Prof. Jean-Christian Vinel, co-head of LARCA research unit, for any question regarding the application procedure: jean.christian.vinel@gmail.com

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 100%)  
Faculty of Humanities, English Department  
Application deadline: 15.03.2024  

The English Department of the University of Tübingen, Germany, invites applications for a  Postdoc Position (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, full time)  

The position is expected to be filled as of 01.10.2024 for a fixed period of 4 years. The teaching load  is 4 hours per week.  

The successful candidate is a literary scholar with a doctoral degree in English literature, preferably  with a specialization in Early Modern English literature (1500-1700). Fields of expertise should include  digital humanities methods, poetics/aesthetics, and/or religion and literature. The postdoc is expected  to have teaching experience in English literature, to participate in the research activities of the chair,  in particular in those research projects that are part of the Collaborative Research Centre “Different  Aesthetics” and the Research Unit “De/Sacralization of Texts”, and pursue a research project of their  own (second book or Habilitation). The successful candidate will also take on organizational and administrative tasks.  

The University of Tübingen is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. We invite qualified women  to apply. The University of Tübingen welcomes applications from outside Germany. Applications from  equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference.  Applications, including a full curriculum vitae, list of publications, list of courses taught, concise de scription of the envisaged research project and the names and email addresses of at least two references, should be sent, preferably as one PDF document, by 15 March 2024, via e-mail, to: Prof. Dr.  Matthias Bauer, m.bauer@uni-tuebingen.de.

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Faculty Position: Intensive English Program Instructor

LCC International University, Klaipėda, Lithuania

Position Summary: LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania invites applications for a full-time teaching position in the Prerequisite Intensive Module in English (PRIME), the university’s Intensive English Program. The position involves teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in PRIME, including Introduction to University Writing; Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion; and Academic Reading and Vocabulary.

The purpose of PRIME is to help students improve their academic English language skills and to prepare them for B.A.-level studies at LCC International University. Incoming PRIME students are Intermediate or Upper Intermediate level (B1 or B2). Class sizes range from 15-19 students.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching EAP courses in PRIME.
• Serving as an advisor to selected students.

Responsibilities may include:

• Teaching general English classes to adults and young learners in the community.
• Teaching First-Year Seminar.
• Teaching Written Composition or Academic Writing (Freshman writing requirements).

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in TESOL or a related field, such as English education, linguistics, English, reading, or literacy.
• Preferably 3- 5 years of experience teaching, especially experience teaching English for Academic Purposes.
• Demonstrated commitment to education that is student-centered and shaped by a Christian worldview.
• Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of a culturally diverse student body.

The University: LCC International University is a fully-accredited liberal arts university located in the port city of Klaipeda, Lithuania. Instruction is in English, and the campus is residential. Our 650 students from divergent faith backgrounds come from over 60 countries for an education modeled on the North American liberal arts college with a Christian worldview.

Application and Appointment: To apply, complete the LCC application. The application will require submission of your CV.  Questions about the position or the department should be directed to Gretchen Ketner, PRIME Program Director, at gketner@lcc.lt.

We Offer:

• Diverse international environment
• Friendly and supportive team
• Professional development opportunities through Erasmus +
• Research funding
• On-campus housing or housing stipend
• One roundtrip airfare 
• State healthcare and accident insurance 
• 40 work days of vacation / year
• Lithuanian language courses

Faculty Position: Academic Composition Instructor

LCC International University, Klaipėda, Lithuania

Position Summary: LCC International University invites applications for the position of a full-time composition instructor to begin in the Spring semester 2024 (January 4) or Fall semester 2024 (August 12). The position includes teaching university freshman composition courses, and may also include research and advising thesis students.

Responsibilities:

• Teach first year academic writing courses
• Advise thesis students 
• Develop / expand a research agenda 

Qualifications:

• MA or PhD in TESOL, English, rhetoric, applied linguistics, or related field
• 2-3 years of teaching experience.
• Experience teaching writing to non-native English speakers in an academic setting; ability and willingness to adapt to a highly diverse international context
• Modest research agenda preferred.
• Commitment to liberal arts education within a diverse international context.
• Demonstrated commitment to student-centered teaching and learning from a Christian worldview.

The University: LCC International University is a fully-accredited liberal arts university located in the port city of Klaipeda, Lithuania. Instruction is in English, and the campus is residential. Our 650 students from divergent faith backgrounds come from over 60 countries for an education modeled on the North American liberal arts college with a Christian worldview.

The Department: The English Department offers the following degree program: BA in English Language and Literature. The department also houses the PRIME program – an intensive English program for pre-university students, Because of the international nature of the student body, there is especially ample opportunity for research in the areas of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, writing instruction, and langauge acquisition.

Application and Appointment: To apply, complete the LCC application. The application will require submission of your CV.  Questions about the position or the department should be directed to the department chair, Dr. Robin Gingerich, at rgingerich@lcc.lt.

In addition to a CV and cover letter, qualified applicants will be asked to submit an application form, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information of three professional references. 

We Offer:

• Diverse international environment
• Friendly and supportive team
• Professional development opportunities through Erasmus +
• Research funding
• On-campus housing or housing stipend
• One roundtrip airfare 
• State healthcare and accident insurance 
• 40 work days of vacation / year
• Lithuanian language courses

The University of Vienna is currently advertising for a 15-month postdoctoral position in the ERC/FWF-funded project “Poetry Off the Page: Literary History and the Spoken Word, 1965-2020“, to begin asap.

With over 3000 active students, the University of Vienna’s Department of English and American Studies is one of the largest in Europe. It is situated on a green, car-free campus, not far from the U2 underground line and about a 15-minute walk from the city centre. In the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Arts & Humanities at Vienna University were ranked in 38th position.

The city of Vienna is culturally vibrant while still affordable, with a sizable international community and a fantastic public transport system. In Mercer’s quality of living city ranking, Vienna was ranked no. 1 – of over 200 cities worldwide – for 10 consecutive years.

We are looking for someone with

• a PhD in British or Anglophone Literary or Cultural Studies or a related discipline (e.g. Theatre Studies)
• Expertise in (British) poetry / performing arts
• Interest in Postcolonial literary criticism and/or gender studies
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• IT user skills
• Ability to work in a team, and to deadlines
  

For more details, please visit https://poetryoffthepage.net/ > Jobs.

Deadline: 05 October.

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The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1391 “Andere Ästhetik” (“Different Aesthetics”) is a research network  funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) which aims to arrive, by means of our interdisciplinary  research programme, at a revised evaluation of the contribution made by pre-modern aesthetic acts and  artefacts within the field of aesthetic research. 

The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1391, research project no. C05 “The Aesthetics of Co-Creativity in  Early Modern English Literature” (https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/160798), invites applications for a 

PhD Student Position / Doctoral Candidate / Research Assistant (m/f/d, 65%, E13 TV-L) 

The position is available from 1 January 2024 (or earlier) and limited to 30 June 2027.

Further details in the document below

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“Translating and Expressing the Experience of Extreme Violence since 1945”

Duration: from 2023/10/01 to 2024/09/30
Annual gross salary: € 33,600
Application deadline: 9 June 2023
Host institution: IMAGER (Université Paris-Est Créteil, France)

This postdoctoral project is designed as an interdisciplinary endeavour that seeks to combine literary and social science (history, sociology) perspectives. It aims to study how a very peculiar experience—that of extreme violence—is translated into discourses that condition both their intelligibility and their very unintelligibility. A starting point is that the Holocaust has durably altered the discursive modes whereby such testimonies may be expressed. Hence the need to explore the problematic conditions that allow such discourse to emerge by resorting to a multilingual, interdisciplinary perspective—as such testimonies after 1945 are indeed characterised by the multiple languages and disciplines to which they pertain.

Contact: Daniel Meyer daniel.meyer@u-pec.fr

See details: https://imager.u-pec.fr/activites/activites-transversales-1

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The University of Innsbruck invites applications for the position of 
University Professor of  English Linguistics 
at the Department of English at the Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies. 

In accordance with § 98 of the Austrian Universities’ Act (Universitätsgesetz – UG) this position is based on a civil-law employment contract with the University according to the Salaried Employees  Act (Angestelltengesetz). The contract is for a permanent full-time position. 

Details here: https://abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index.php?jid=667&key=&o=A_RJ&rspvt=2cstypo9quskcg04gwoowow0wc8gcgw