The University of Edinburgh Literatures, Languages and Cultures: Princess Dashkova Centre Manager and Research Fellow
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures in the College of Humanities and Social Science seeks to appoint a Manager and Research Fellow for the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre. The post will be available for three years, from 19 September 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter, with the possibility of extension dependent on funding.
You will manage day-to-day functions of the Centre and, with the Centre's Academic Director, will organise its academic activities. You will contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Russian Language Studies while conducting and publishing independent research. You will be expected to teach Russian courses across the Curriculum.
You will have completed (or be near completion of) a PhD in the field of Russian Language and Society or a closely related field, have proven research ability, fluent competence in both spoken and written Russian and English and good administrative skills.
Specialists in Russian socio-cultural linguistics, discourse analysis, communication studies, linguistic anthropology, rhetoric, critical linguistics, language policy and related areas are encouraged to apply.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Lara Ryazanova-Clarke, Academic Director, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre (email: Данный адрес e-mail защищен от спам-ботов, Вам необходимо включить Javascript для его просмотра. ).
Salary Scale: ?29,972 - ?35,788
Further particulars: http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3014573
