SCHOOL OF HISTORY
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Salary: £ 18-20,000 per annum
A one-year post is available in the area of toponymics (place-name studies) to work with Dr Simon Taylor on the completion and production of a four-volume publication on the place-names of Fife. The post, which is to start on 1 February 2004 or as soon as possible thereafter, is to be funded by the Marjorie Anderson Medieval Scottish Research Fund. You should have a first degree which has involved any of the disciplines necessary for working with place-names in Scotland: e.g. archaeology, environmental history, languages (Celtic and/or Insular Germanic), medieval history. It is important also to have had some experience in working with medieval sources, and to be able to read charter-Latin. An interest in and understanding of the basics of toponymics will be an advantage, as will experience in publication.
Please quote ref: JB0459560 Closing Date: 21 November
Application forms and further particulars from Personnel Services, University of St Andrews, College Gate, North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ, (tel: 01334 462571, by fax 01334 462570 or by e-mail: [log in to unmask]). We regret applications cannot be made by e-mail.
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visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
and the Scottish place-name newsgroup at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scotplace
