The Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Norway, is
advertising two generously funded PhD fellowships connected with the
research project 'Modernism and Christianity: Literature, History,
Archive'. The deadline has been extended to 11th of April because of
the low number of applications in the initial round. If anyone knows
of relevant candidates (who must hold an MA at the time of
application, though not a PhD), please encourage them to apply.
Benefits include:
? A full salary of c. 383 000 NOK per annum ($68,748 -- £ 42,300)
? An additional travel and research budget of c. 24 000 NOK per annum
? An optional extra year of teaching at the same salary (so 3 + 1
years altogether if this option is taken)
? Office space, computing facilities and administrative support
inBergen (the tradition in Norway is that a PhD student is considered
part of the Faculty)
? A term as Visiting Students at the Centre for Christianity and
Culture, Regent?s Park College, Oxford, with full access to libraries,
and participation in ongoing seminars on theology and modern literature
? Two courses paid for by project funds: 1) ?Manuscript genetics and
modernist manuscripts? at the University of Antwerp, Belgium and 2)
?Theology and modernity? at the Centre of Theology and Philosophy,
University of Nottingham, UK
? An archival researcher employed by the project for six months will
be able to tailor some research towards the research projects of these
PhDs; and they will generally have full access to a large archival
database on the project theme, including digital photos,
transcriptions and relevant catalogues
? The opportunity to participate in a large conference (?Modernism,
Christianity and Apocalypse?) planned for July 2012 in Bergen; to
become involved in the production of the planned journal ?Modernism
and Christianity?; and to interact with several prominent academic
visitors
? After completion, their work could be considered for the new
Continuum book series Historicizing Modernism, edited by myself and Dr
Matthew Feldman
These are the links to the advertisement and more detailed Academic
Guidelines (NB: if the link appears in Norwegian, simply click
?English? in the upper right-hand corner of the browser). Please note,
though, that some flexibility in relation to these requirements might
be possible for a candidate with an interesting project;please ask all
potential candidates to contact me at [log in to unmask] for
further advice.
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=72249
https://www.uib.no/hf/artikler/2011/01/modernism-and-christianity-literature-history-archive
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