post-doctoral position - deadline extended

[Alexander Etkind]

Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages
Department of Slavonic Studies

Research Associate Slavonic Studies

Salary: £27,183 to £38,757pa
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 the award of a 2009 HERA JRP 
grant (Humanities in the European Research Area, 
Joint Research Program) in the category  “Cultural 
Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity” for the 
collaborative research project “Memory at War: 
Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia and Ukraine”. 
The University of Cambridge is leading this 
project, which 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 one of three Slavonic languages 
(Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian), a reading 
knowledge of another of these languages (or 
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 an 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, 
supervising for undergraduate courses, and 
assisting in MPhil. courses and Tripos examinations.

Deadline 7 April, 2010

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 7 April, 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 £38,757pa.  The appointment will run 
from 1 June 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

Quote Reference: GR06234, Closing Date: 22 March 2010

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

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


Alexander Etkind

Reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History

Fellow of King's College

Cambridge University

CB2 1ST

Cambridge UK

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