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Date: 07 Nov 2013
From:  "NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: JOBS:U of Durham Job

PROFESSOR OF ARABIC

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Durham
seeks to appoint a Professor in Arabic on a non-fixed-term contract.
Applications are invited from distinguished candidates who are recognised
as having an international reputation for their research and an exceptional
track record of academic leadership, teaching and supervision. Candidates
are expected to make an outstanding contribution to both research and
teaching in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and the Department
of Arabic.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate extensive experience
in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and an outstanding record of
publication in any area of Arabic literature and culture. We particularly
welcome applications from applicants working on classical literature. S/he
will also possess a proven ability to connect his or her specialisation to
broader debates in the field and the Humanities more generally, and to
demonstrate the capacity for original, ground-breaking research. S/he will
have significant experience of securing external grant funding and the
ability to manage funded projects. The successful candidate will contribute
to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and offer
research supervision to doctoral students in the Department. S/he will also
enhance the School's reputation by making a strong contribution to future
research assessment exercises.

In addition to an outstanding record of research publications commensurate
with the School's emphasis on international excellence and clear plans for
securing research funding for future projects, the successful candidate
will also be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills. S/he will
contribute to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate modules (both
in the Department of Arabic and across the School, as applicable), and to
the supervision of undergraduate dissertations. There will be an
opportunity for the appointed candidate to develop specialised,
research-led modules to complement the existing undergraduate programme. In
addition, the post holder will be expected to attract and supervise
postgraduate students at Masters and PhD level, and to support the School's
and Department's commitment to establishing a world-class postgraduate
environment.

The essential criteria include:
-PhD in a relevant area of Arabic Studies.
-An established international reputation for research excellence.
-An excellent track record of teaching widely at university level.
-An excellent record of leadership in the development of research
initiatives, at both departmental and institutional level, and the capacity
to see them through to timely and successful completion.
-Evidence of ability to generate external funding (through research grants
and other sources) for personal and/or collaborative research.
-Native or near-native fluency in English and Arabic.

Applications must be done on line: https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/apply/ . The
closing date is 7 December 2013.
In your written application you should give evidence of examples of proven
experience in the selection criteria to be assessed from your application
documents. A description (up to 1000 words) of the research project(s) you
aim to pursue in the next three years should be included in your written
application; this may be incorporated into your letter of application or
included as an appendix.
Please include with your application a copy of a piece of work either
recently published or accepted for publication (a journal article or other
piece of academic writing of 5000-7000 words in length).

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