New Post-Doc in Polish Studies

[Alexander Etkind]

Research Associate in Polish Studies

Department of Slavonic Studies

Cambridge University

Vacancy Reference No: GR06527  Salary: £27,183 to 
£32,650pa

Limit of tenure applies*

Applications are invited for the post of Research 
Associate in the Department of Slavonic Studies 
working with Dr Alexander Etkind. This vacancy has 
arisen as a result of an award from the Newton 
Trust (Cambridge UK) for the collaborative 
research project "Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics 
in Poland, Russia and Ukraine". Also funded by a 
2009 HERA JRP grant (Humanities in the European 
Research Area, Joint Research Program), this 
project will be based at the University of 
Cambridge and will be accomplished in association 
with the Universities of Bergen, Helsinki, Tartu 
and Groningen. The project will involve multiple 
conferences, field trips and publications in which 
the Research Associate will play a key part. You 
will be required to hold a Ph.D and will have 
demonstrable interests in one or more fields 
covered by the project. You will also demonstrate 
a good command of Polish, a reading knowledge of 
Russian or Ukrainian (or an eagerness to acquire 
this knowledge at Cambridge), and excellent 
writing skills in English. You will be aiming to 
produce an independent monograph in a relevant 
area of East European Memory Studies (distinct 
from your doctoral dissertation), preferably by 
the end of 2012, in time for the 2013 REF. You 
will help coordinate the large research network of 
the project, "Memory at War", and will be 
responsible for the Polish part of the 
interactive, state-of-the-art Internet database, 
which will be mapping memory events across the 
three target countries in real time. You may also 
be asked to contribute to the teaching within the 
Department.

Completed applications, including a PD18 form 
(available at 
www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/pd18/ ), a 
cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae, an 
outline (about 1,000 words) of your proposed 
research in contribution to the project "Memory at 
War", a list of publications, and the names and 
addresses of two referees who are familiar with 
your work in the relevant field, should be sent to 
The Secretary of the Appointments Committee, 
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick 
Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA [or by e-mail: 
lb358 at cam.ac.uk] by 4 pm on 18 May, 2010. You are 
requested to ask your referees to write directly 
to The Secretary of the Appointments Committee by 
the same date.

You are also invited to submit up to two recent 
examples of your work for consideration by the 
Committee, or, in the case of work that has been 
published, to draw the Committee's attention to 
items of special relevance to your application. 
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to give a 
short presentation as part of the interview process.

Due to limitations of external funds, salary for 
this pensionable post will be in the range of 
£27,183 to £32,650pa. The appointment will run 
from 1 July 2010 for 36 months, and is subject to 
satisfactory completion of a probationary period 
of six months.

Further particulars can be found at 
www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/RASlavonic_FPs

You are welcome to seek further information by 
contacting Dr Alexander Etkind, Principal 
Investigator, e-mail: ae264 at cam.ac.uk

Interview Date(s): to be advised - date will be 
posted at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/

The University values diversity and is committed 
to equality of opportunity.

* Limit of tenure: 36 months

Closing date: 18 May 2010.

The University values diversity and is committed 
to equality of opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that 
all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.


Alexander Etkind

Reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History

Fellow of King's College

Cambridge University

CB2 1ST

Cambridge UK

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