The 2017 Eccles Centre Fellowship Competition is now open! Eccles Centre Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2017 Five awards to be made to doctoral students normally resident in the UK, outside the M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The Eccles Centre Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £600 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2017 Two awards to be made to a doctoral student normally resident outside the UK, in a European country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Fellow will be entitled to an award of £800 for travel and other expenses connected […]

The US-UK Fulbright Commission in association with the British Association of American Studies are calling for applicants for the 2017 Study of the US Institutes for Scholars. Six Institutes funded by the US Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs will run in June 2017 at various universities across the US. Study of the US Institutes are six-week fully-funded intensive academic programmes with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign university faculty and other scholars the opportunity to deepen their understanding of US society, culture, and institutions. The ultimate goal is to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the US in academic institutions abroad. Institute themes for 2017 are: Institute on American Politics and Political Thought Institute on Contemporary American Literature Institute on Journalism and Media Institute on Religious Pluralism in the US Institute on US Culture and Society Institute on US Foreign […]

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in English Job Reference : 03519 Location : Clifton Campus Closing Date : 18/12/2016 Salary : Grade H/I (£32,004 - £46,924 p.a.) Department : College of Art Architecture Design and Humanities School/Section : School of Arts & Humanities Post Ref : M1092 Please note that this is a part time position and therefore the salary is pro rata The School of Arts and Humanities delivers inspiring and supportive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning; provides doctoral supervision; collaborates and engages with local, national and international industries, professions and communities; and undertakes high quality research. The School of Arts and Humanities seeks to appoint a 0.5 Permanent Lecturer in English from 1 February 2017. Applications are sought from candidates specializing in the following: 19C and 20C American literature, postcolonial literatures, 20C and 21C English literature with a broad knowledge and understanding of the major subject areas within English Studies. You will be able to demonstrate experience […]