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The IASIL Online Newsletter, 2009-2011 |
If you wish to submit a notice for publication online, please email webmaster@iasil.org This page features notices of advertisements for jobs, fellowships, and other vacancies for scholars of Irish literature. None of the announcements below should be regarded as an official advertisement; prospective candidates for any position should confirm details with each institution. Jobs and Fellowships, updated 28 November, 2011 Visiting Professor in Irish Studies at the University of Vienna Professorship of Modern English at University College Cork
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University of Vienna: Visiting Professor in Irish Studies The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna in co-operation with the Embassy of Ireland in Austria is inviting applications for the position of VISITING PROFESSOR IN IRISH STUDIES tenable from 1 March 2012 until 30 June 2012 (full-time employment, 40 hours per week, four-month limited The advertised position is associated with the Department of English. The successful candidate is expected to teach courses on Irish Cultural Studies with particular emphasis on the media, society and culture in Ireland past and present. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a broad interdisciplinary conceptualisation of Irish Studies and is expected to make a significant contribution to the promotion of Irish Studies in Vienna. Applicants will have the following qualifications: The teaching load is 8 hours per week. The successful candidate is also expected to give a public lecture on an Irish Studies topic during his/her term of residence. Applications should include a CV, a list of publications, a list of conference papers (including detailed information about invited plenaries at international conferences), a survey of previous academic teaching as well as a statement of teaching philosophy and current research interests. Applications in English or German (quoting reference number 2658) should be submitted by email (preferably as PDF attachments) and reach the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies of the University of Vienna, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 1, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, c/o Sonja Summer sonja.summer@univie.ac.at, no later than For further information please contact Monika Wittmann Werner Huber tel. +43-1-4277-42481 (wern.huber@univie.ac.at). The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration. University College Cork: Professorship of Modern English Applications are invited from academics of international distinction for this post. The Professor of Modern English will lead research and teaching in the field from 1660 to the present, playing a key role in shaping future strategy in the field at UCC. With over twenty academic staff, including fifteen in Modern English, the School of English is one of the largest in UCC's College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS). It offers teaching and research across the whole range of English literary studies from Old English to contemporary literature. Modern English has a large cohort of undergraduate and graduate students, an outstanding record of research and publication, and a strong research culture. Together with Old, Medieval, and Renaissance English, it has a good record of attracting post-doctoral researchers, including Marie Curie fellowships (in Renaissance literature), and Fulbright Fellows (in American and Irish studies). Modern English has particular research and teaching distinction in Irish literature and Irish literary culture, and its contributions to Irish studies form a central part of the School's mission in the University. Other strengths include scholarship in modernism, critical theory, film studies, Romanticism, American studies and digital humanities. The appointee will be expected to exercise dynamic academic leadership in consolidating and developing these and other research strengths, and in sustaining a productive and collegial teaching culture. S/he will shape future School strategy, participate fully and effectively in undergraduate and graduate teaching, PhD and post-doctoral supervision and mentoring, and lead staff and postgraduates in gaining national and international research funding, individual and collaborative. S/he will engage actively in forming and implementing College and University policies and strategies, including internationalization and digital humanities. The School of English will maintain its significant engagement with the wider literary culture institutionally, regionally, nationally and internationally, which the appointee will be expected to support, enhance and expand. For further information on the post see the document below. Salary Scale: €113,604 - €145,953 For informal discussion, contact: Prof. Patricia Coughlan, Acting Head of the School of English, pat.coughlan@ucc.ie Website: http://www.ucc.ie/en/english/ To Apply: Application forms must be submitted to Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Email: recruitment@per.ucc.ie / Tel: + 353 21 4903837 / Fax: + 353 21 4271568 Completed application forms must reach the Recruitment Office, Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Ireland, before 12pm on Friday, 25 November 2011. |
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