Fw: POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN LANGUAGE BASED CENTRAL EUROPEAN STUDIES, OSLO

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POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SKO/post code 1352) IN LANGUAGE BASED CENTRAL EUROPEAN STUDIES is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo. 

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/482871/62046?iso=no

More about the Department: http://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/ 

Job Description

The successful applicant is expected to study discourse related to the construction of identity and/or collective memory, or to study discourse used for other aesthetic and/or political aims. The discourse studied must be based on one or several of the Slavic languages used in Central Europe and taught at ILOS: Croatian, Czech, and Polish.  In the project proposal, the applicant must contextualize the planned investigation in relation to research currently being conducted by researchers at the section for Central European Studies at ILOS. Applicants with a background in studies of language or literature are preferred.

The post-doctoral research fellowship is for a period of 3 years, with a 10% duty component devoted to teaching. Applicants must submit a project proposal of a maximum of 5 pages, including a schedule of activities. It is expected that the project will be completed within the 3-year period. 

The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines. 

We are looking for strongly motivated and competent candidates, with high academic qualifications in the relevant area of research. 

The successful applicant will be expected to become involved with existing research groups at the Faculty of Humanities and to contribute to the further development of the scholarly community. 

Qualifications and Personal Skills 

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the project within the given time frame. 

Requirements

•Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in the relevant area of research.  Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date. 
•The applicant must in his/her project proposal situate the planned investigation in relation to research currently being conducted by one of the research groups and/or academic milieus at the Faculty of Humanities
•Personal suitability and co-operation skills will receive special attention in the selection process
We offer

•a challenging and friendly working environment
•government wage scale: 57-64 (from NOK 448 400 to NOK 510 200)
•attractive welfare arrangements
Submissions

Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application:

•letter of application
•Curriculum Vitae including grades
•a list of published and unpublished works, if applicable
•project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions)
Educational certificates, doctoral dissertations, references and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.

See also Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

The University of Oslo has a goal of recruiting more women in academic positions. 
Women are thus encouraged to apply.

The University of Oslo also has a goal of recruiting ethnic minorities to Norway in academic positions.  Ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply.






      

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