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Job: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (0.5) (Nottingham Trent University)

The School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University seeks to appoint a 0.5 Permanent Lecturer in English from 1 September 2016.  Applications are sought from candidates specializing in the following: 19C and 20C American literature, travel writing, Modernism and a broad knowledge and understanding of the major subject areas within English Studies. You will be able to demonstrate experience and expertise in teaching, curriculum design and assessment in English and within your own specialist area. Candidates must possess a commitment to teaching and learning and be able to work in a team-based and interdisciplinary context. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to curriculum delivery and development at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  Applicants should have a strong research background with evidence of the ability to publish in top international journals and should have the aptitude to teach to the highest standards at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. […]

Seminar: Overrepresented: Asian Americans in the Age of Affirmative Action (UCL Institute of the Americas)

University College London UCL Darwin Building, Room B.15, Gower Street, London

Please note this event has been re-scheduled from May 26 to June 6 Ellen Wu (Indiana University, Bloomington) - This talk places Asian Americans at the center of the intersecting histories of race-making and policy-making in the late-twentieth century United States. Contemporaries saw Asian Americans as an 'overrepresented' (as opposed to 'underrepresented') minority in a double sense: first, as an economically privileged minority racial group that did not need new rights and programs to guarantee equal opportunity, and second, as too successful and therefore a threat to whites. How and why did this racial logic gain traction, and what were its consequences?  The presentation will share preliminary findings as a new way to think about the fundamental importance of Asian Americans and Asia to the recalibration of the nation’s racial order and political alignments in the post-civil rights era. Dr Ellen Wu (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is associate professor of […]

Marilynne Robinson Symposium (Nottingham Trent University)

Registration is now open for the Marilynne Robinson Symposium. The full programme and further information, along with the registration link, can be found on the symposium website here: https://robinsonsymposium.wordpress.com/ The day's events will culminate in a roundtable discussion featuring Prof. Bridget Bennett, Prof. Sarah Churchwell, and Prof. Richard King. Places should be booked by June 1st.

Job: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in American Literature (University of Lincoln)

The University of Lincoln is an ambitious institution becoming a top 50 University in 2012. Its strategy is to combine outstanding research with research-engaged teaching and learning. The University seeks to recruit a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in American Literature. This post is located within the School of English and Journalism, as part of the College of Arts. The continued success of the School will be driven by its academic community. In English, its high quality undergraduate programmes are evolving to enhance research-engaged education, and it has very successful masters-level programmes in English studies and Creative Writing. The School is ambitious to build on its achievements in the 2014 REF and its doctoral programme by raising the standard of research output, increasing the number of research-active staff and making explicit the impact of its research. The programme also provides a variety of modules with a focus on American literature that […]

Teaching Fellow in English, University of Sussex

University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom

Fixed term, full time for 10 months Salary: starting at £31,656 and rising to £37,768 per annum, pro rata.  It is normal to appoint at the first point of the salary scale. Expected start date: 01 September 2016 The School of English at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint a ten month fixed-term teaching fellow in English Literature from 01 September 2016 to 30 June 2017 to teach on BA courses in English Literature. The successful candidate will possess either a doctorate or have submitted their doctorate for examination, possess research-led expertise in an area of English and/or American literature post 1750, undergraduate teaching experience, and the willingness to contribute to teaching across a wide generic and theoretical range of materials in English literature. For further information please contact Prof Tom Healy, Head of School, at t.f.healy@sussex.ac.uk. For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs The closing date for applications […]

The Folio Academy Sessions (Eccles Centre, British Library)

Eccles Centre for American Studies The British Library, 96 Euston Road , London, United Kingdom

The Folio Academy Sessions Saturday 18 June - Sunday 19 June, British Library Conference Centre, book online: http://www.bl.uk/events/the-folio-academy-sessions For the third year running, the Folio Prize Foundation and the British Library host some of the world’s finest writers and their guests. Sponsored by The Eccles Centre for American Studies, this year’s line-up includes a range of authors for eight panel discussions including Richard Francis on Utopias, Tracy Chevalier on historical narratives, Caryl Philips on 'A Place Called Home', and Roger Roberts on 'The Authenticity Paradox.' Over eight sessions each programmed by a different member of the Folio Prize Academy, the weekend will explore how stories have the power to transform us: how they can impact individuals and effect social change. Tickets can be purchased for individual events or day and weekend passes.

European Premiere of ‘Maggie and Pierre’ (Finborough Theatre, London)

Finborough Theatre 118 Finborough Road, London, United Kingdom

Maggie and Pierre by Linda Griffiths with Paul Thompson Directed by Eduard Lewis Finborough Theatre Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 June, 3, 4, 5 July 2016 http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2016/maggie-and-pierre.php 0844 847 1652 Young Maggie Sinclair is a hippie spirit, born out of love and lots of dope. Pierre Trudeau is nearing 50 and soon-to-be elected Prime Minister of Canada. Reason and passion collide as they fall in love, live together in the spotlight, and break up in a public way. This one-woman play centres around the pressures of fame under the media spotlight.

Lecturer in American History, Birkbeck College, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom

The Department of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) invites applications for a Lectureship in American History. We seek to appoint an outstanding scholar working on any aspect of the long twentieth century (c.1870-present). Interest in American engagement in issues stretching beyond the US and/or in teaching American history in a global context is an asset, but we are eager to consider all fields of expertise. Applicants should ideally have completed a doctorate in History, and they should have a research record that shows clear evidence of outstanding potential to contribute to the national and international profile of the Department. HCA has a longstanding commitment to research-led teaching. Experience of teaching at undergraduate level is expected, but experience in lecturing and conducting seminars at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels is desirable. The person appointed will engage in scholarly research and publication; take responsibility for organization, supervision and teaching of the broad […]