Applications are invited for a full-time, without-term Lecturer/Senior Lectureship in English Literature. We are looking for suitably qualified candidates with research interests and teaching  experience in one or more of the following areas: Romanticism, American literature (particular expertise in African-American writing may be an advantage), ecocriticism or queer theory. If your specialism falls outside these areas but you would like to be considered for a post please apply through the ‘2017 campaign route’. The University of Roehampton is the most research intensive modern university in the UK, with some of the highest regarded academic departments in the country. This is an exciting time for the university, with investment in new curricula, the construction of a new £35m state-of-the-art library and student accommodation, the development of a number of external partnerships across the globe and plans for more doctoral scholarships. We have a strong emphasis on supporting our students to reach […]

HOTCUS welcomes applications for its inaugural 2017 Article Prize, which will recognize the outstanding research published by HOTCUS members. The prize of £100.00 will be awarded to the best article on a twentieth-century US history topic published in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal during the 2016 calendar year. Submissions may be made by authors or editors, and authors may be at any career stage, but they must be members of HOTCUS. To enter, authors or editors should email a PDF of their article to the HOTCUS Committee Secretary, Nick Witham (n.witham@ucl.ac.uk). The deadline for entries is 28 February 2017. More information available here: http://hotcus.org.uk/awards/article-prize/

There are 2 fully funded PhD scholarships to study Native American Indian topics at the University of Hull: Treatied Spaces: Environment & Peoples in America, 1607-1890 (2 PhD Scholarships) University of Hull