For those who might be interested. These posts are based in Dublin.
Maria Luddy
Women in Modern Irish Culture Project
Positions available
1 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, full time, 2 years
1 Research Assistantship (Irish Language), part-time
The Women in Modern Irish Culture project has been generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board Resource Enhancement Scheme. The project will be run jointly by Dr Maria Luddy of the History Department, University of Warwick and Dr Gerardine Meaney of the English Department, University College Dublin. The project will employ two post-doctoral research fellows, one based in Warwick, the other in Dublin. An additional researcher will deal with Irish language material. Both Fellows will be expected to spend considerable time researching in archives around Ireland and the United Kingdom. The exploration of Irish women's literary past is hampered by a lack of information on who exactly these women writers were and what they wrote. In creating a detailed bibliographical database on Irish women writers, the Women in Modern Irish Culture project will, for the first time, provide the detailed factual knowledge necessary to allow further research into the significance of women's contribution to Irish culture. The project will utilise, amongst other sources, the recent availability of archival directories from the Women's History Project (www.nationalarchives.ie/wh) and the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vols. 4 and 5, Irish Women's Writings and Traditions (Cork/New York 2002). In essence the project will create a new electronic database that will provide information on over 1,200 Irish women writers. It will include Irish women writers working in the Irish and English languages, writing in all genres for the period 1800-2000. The database (which will be created by IT services at Warwick University) will be completely searchable and include information on subjects such as author's date of birth, date of death, pseudonyms, published work, editions of work, publications in magazines, journals, pamphlets, etc., archival sources regarding the authors' manuscripts, and secondary sources used in the compilation of the database. Through seminars, workshops and an international conference the work of the project will be brought to a broad audience of scholars and researchers.
Postdoctoral Researcher: The successful candidiate will have a PhD in the field of Irish Women's Writing or a related topic, the ability to carry out research independently and to utilise databases. They will also have excellent communication and organisational skills and some experience in the area of conference/seminar organisation. Experience of detailed archival research, good computer skills and of work on a funded research project are also desirable. A research interest in nineteenth and/or twentieth century poetry would be an advantage.
Research Assistant: The successful candidiate will have a first class or high 2.1 M.A in Irish or English Literature with a strong research interest in the field of Irish Women's Writing. They will have demonstrated an ability to carry out research independently and to utilise databases. A research interest in bilingual writers and/or issues of translation would be an advantage.
Closing Date for Receipt of Applications MARCH 16TH 2005
Applications may be sent via email to [log in to unmask]
For more information, please contact Dr Gerardine Meaney at [log in to unmask]
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