CFP: The Art of Artertainment: Nobrow, American Style

Postdoctoral Fellow - Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series 2017-18: Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation Faculty of English Language and Literature, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford Grade 7: £31,076 - £38,183 p.a. This post arises from a grant awarded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation for a Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series to be held in Oxford in the academic year 2017-18. The Series is entitled Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation and will bring together academics, creative practitioners and policy experts in a series of events to discuss the contribution of cultural practices of commemoration to post-war reconstruction and reconciliation across the world. Three modes of commemoration will be highlighted in turn: textual (term 1); monumental (term 2); and aural (term 3). The Postdoctoral Fellow will be attached to the project full-time for 12 months commencing on 1 July […]

Goldsmiths, University of London, is proud of its reputation for innovative and challenging thinking across its wide range of disciplines and for research-led teaching. With over 800 students at all levels and 45 established academic staff, the Department of English & Comparative Literature is one of the largest in Goldsmiths and hosts the Goldsmiths’ Writers’ Centre (home of the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction) and the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies. We are looking to appoint a lecturer in American Literature and Culture to bolster our wide-ranging existing team, contribute to teaching on our successful BA and MA programmes, and supervise MPhil and PhD students. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates. An interest in African American literature or American literature in a global context (transatlantic, transnational, postnational), and the ability to augment the current provision of the Department may be an advantage. You will have a PhD in […]

BAAS Conference Attendance Hardship Fund BAAS is pleased to announce a Hardship Fund has been made available to support attendance at the BAAS Annual Conference in April 2017. Up to 5 awards of up to £300 each will be made and applications are invited from any postgraduate students and early career researchers who are members of BAAS. For the purpose of this fund, an early career researcher is defined as someone: Within 5 years of award of PhD* Working on sessional contracts OR a full-time contract of 12 months or less. * An applicant who completed their PhD more than 5 years ago may be considered if personal circumstances have prevented them from devoting themselves full-time to teaching and research activities e.g. long periods of ill health / paternity or maternity leave / caring duties. This will need to be outlined in the application. Applicants will be asked to declare: […]

The University of Birmingham wishes to appoint a Lecturer in North American Literature with effect from 1st September 2017. We seek an early career academic with a completed and successfully examined PhD, evidence of teaching experience, and a developing record of outstanding research that will complement and enhance existing Department strengths.  Expertise might include Canadian literature and culture; border studies and hemispheric American Studies; approaches to North American Literature that engage cultural geography; Native American and/or First Nations literature and culture. The successful candidate will be expected to create and disseminate knowledge through initiating and conducting original research, through publication and through developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. In addition the post holder will contribute to the department and school by undertaking academic administration as appropriate to the appointment. For further information please contact Dr Deborah Longworth, Head of the Department of English Literature, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham […]

The Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen invites applications for the position of Full Professor of American Studies: Political Culture and Political Theory to strengthen the growing department. Job description The position involves: teaching – primarily – American Political Culture and Political Theory for the American Studies bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, and possibly for other relevant bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes coordinating and conducting research in the field of American Political Culture and Political Theory raising external funds for research supervising PhD students performing administrative and organizational duties further cultivating and developing national and international contacts to benefit teaching and research. Qualifications The successful candidate will be an internationally recognized expert in the field of American Political Culture and Political Theory and will have an outstanding knowledge of current national and international debates on and research in the field. The chosen candidate is expected to encourage and […]