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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND
AT NEWCASTLE
School of Arts and Social Sciences
Division of English and Creative Writing
BEFORE DEPRESSION: REPRESENTATION AND CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH MALADY, 1660-1800
Research Associate (three years)
Two Research Studentships (three years)
‘Before Depression’ is an interdisciplinary project arising from collaboration
between English researchers at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and
the University of Sunderland and funded for three years by the Leverhulme
Trust. The project is designed to address the question: ‘what was depression
like before it was depression?’ It will explore the development and
persistence of the ‘depressive’ state within British culture of the long
eighteenth century. The project is led by Professor Allan Ingram (Northumbria)
with Dr Clark Lawlor (Northumbria), Professor Richard Terry (Sunderland) and
Professor Stuart Sim (Sunderland).
Applications are invited for the following three positions, each for three
years:
Research Associate (salary£ 27194 rising to £29424): The Postdoctoral Research
Associate will work on depressive autobiographical writing of the period, and
will have the use of specialist online resources. The intended outcome is the
publication of an edited anthology of primary sources. The Associate will be a
member of the core team and will also help in the organisation of the
activities of the project. Applicants should have a PhD in English or a
submitted thesis.
Two Research Studentships (maintenance grant of £11500 pa plus tuition fees):
One doctoral student, based at Northumbria, will work under the supervision of
Professor Ingram and Dr Lawlor. The student will register for a PhD at
Northumbria on the topic ‘Literary Depression in the Eighteenth Century’. The
other doctoral student, based at Sunderland, will work under the supervision
of Professor Terry and Professor Sim. The student will register for a PhD at
Sunderland on the topic ‘Depression and the Idle Lifestyle’. Applicants should
have a good first degree in English.
The starting date for all positions is 1 October 2006. Informal inquiries may
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Dr Sharon Ruston
School of Humanities
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
Tel: 01782 584576
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/en/staff/ruston.htm
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