29.576, Jobs: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham

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Subject: 29.576, Jobs: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham

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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:10:00
From: Erin Withers [e.withers at bham.ac.uk]
Subject: Portuguese; General Linguistics: Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK

 
University or Organization: University of Birmingham 
Department: Modern Languages
Job Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk
Job Title: Lectureship in Modern Languages (Portuguese)
Job Rank: Lecturer

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

3 year fixed term, potential to be renewed as permanent.

The Department of Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham is seeking
to make an appointment at Lecturer level. This post is part of a significant
programme of investment in the Department of Modern Languages. The appointment
will both reinforce and expand existing research and education strengths,
following the recent appointment of a number of chairs and lectureships. The
Lecturer will contribute to the Department’s renewed vision for the future of
Modern Languages as it is studied and researched in the University.

The successful candidate will be an excellent researcher, holding or close to
completing a PhD or equivalent qualifications and with ambitious future
agendas for research, impact, and external funding bids that complement and
expand current activity in the Department. The appointee will be an excellent
teacher, and will contribute at all degree programme levels, including core
and specialist modules and Portuguese language teaching.

The Department welcomes applications from specialists in any relevant time
period or geographical area. The Department will give consideration both to
applicants who specialize solely in Portuguese, and to those who research and
teach Portuguese alongside one or more other language areas, providing that
Portuguese is a major part of their work.

Preference may be given to candidates who work in one or more of the following
areas, but consideration will be given to all outstanding candidates: 
- Translation and/or Interpreting
- Linguistics
- Interdisciplinary or comparative cultural study

Preference may likewise be given to candidates whose approach to research
relates to one of the following, but consideration will be given to all
outstanding candidates:
- Linkages and/or comparisons between diverse times and/or places and/or media
- Sexuality studies with particular regard to intersectional identities
- Relationships (historical or contemporary) between technology and knowledge.

The Department of Modern Languages sits in the School of Languages, Cultures,
Art History and Music in the College of Arts and Law. In Modern Languages
research at Birmingham, we explore how the study of languages, discourses, and
cultures challenges how we understand and experience the world. Our key
concerns involve asking how foreign languages, discourses, and cultures – as
objects and methods in their own right, and in all their multiplicity –
relativize our ways of thinking, and how an awareness of this enables us to
identify links and interconnections where there appears to be only difference
and otherness. The College of Arts and Law is recognised as one of the
strongest and largest concentrations of Humanities and Law scholars in the UK.
 REF 2014 shows its research to be amongst the best in the world, with 6 of
the College's units of assessment ranked in the top 5 in the UK.  The College
is committed to developing the careers of all staff and has introduced an
enhanced package of support for scholarship including generous study-leave
arrangements, alongside which the University has created a suite of programmes
to foster the development of future academic leaders.  As a member of the
College of Arts and Law, the Lecturer will join a lively and flourishing
community with opportunities for intellectual and other leadership,
challenging and rewarding teaching, and a collegiate and highly ambitious
research environment.

For information contact Professor Andrew Ginger, a.ginger at bham.ac.uk.  To
apply visit www.birmingham.ac.uk/jobs (reference 58655).



Application Deadline: 25-Feb-2018 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/jobs 
Contact Information:
	Andrew Ginger 
	Email: a.ginger at bham.ac.uk 


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