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The Department of Germanic Studies in the School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultural Studies, Trinity College Dublin would like to invite expressions of interest from potential postdoctoral researchers who are considering applying to the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (GOIPD) 2017 and who wish to be mentored at Trinity. Please be advised that the Research Council is currently finalising details for the 2017 GOIPD and for CAROLINE 'Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe', MSCA (co-funded), 2017. Proposed call date for both schemes: mid-October 2016; proposed closing date for both schemes: end November 2016. http://www.research.ie/funding/government-ireland-postdoctoral-fellowship-2017 Stretching from the eighteenth century to the contemporary and including the literatures, languages, and cultures of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and eastern and central Europe, research interests in Germanic Studies at Trinity College Dublin encompass a broad range of periods, geographical territories, and disciplines. Our expertise lies in literary, theoretical, cultural and comparative studies, literary translation, the cultural history of science and technology, and intercultural communication. Research areas in which Department members can act as mentor include, but are not restricted to: * Literary and cultural theory * Literary translation * Comparative literature * Questions of identity and alterity in the German-speaking world and wider Europe * Cultural memory * Holocaust memory * Postcolonial studies * Cultural teratology * Medical Humanities * Intercultural communication in business and healthcare Individual research profiles may be viewed at: https://www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/ Interested candidates should contact Professor Mary Cosgrove in the first instance: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Mary Cosgrove Professor in German Germanic Editor, Modern Language Review Arts Building Trinity College Dublin 2 Ireland