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ADVERTISEMENT 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 be made to [log in to unmask] or to [log in to unmask] Dr Sharon Ruston School of Humanities Keele University Staffordshire ST5 5BG Tel: 01782 584576 http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/en/staff/ruston.htm Email: [log in to unmask]