Princess Dashkova Centre Manager / Research Fellow
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures in the College of Humanities and Social Science seeks to appoint a Manager and Research Fellow for the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre. The post will be available for three years, from 1 January 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter, with the possibility of extension for another two years dependent on funding.
You will manage day-to-day functions of the Centre and, with the Centre's Academic Director, will organise its academic activities. You will contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Russian Language Studies while conducting and publishing independent research. You will be expected to teach Russian courses across the Curriculum.
You will have completed (or be near completion of) a PhD in a related field of Russian Language and Society, have proven research ability, native or near-native competence in both spoken and written Russian and English and good administrative skills.
Specialists in Russian socio-cultural linguistics, discourse analysis, communication studies, linguistic anthropology, critical linguistics, language policy and related areas are encouraged to apply.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Lara Ryazanova-Clarke, Academic Director, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh (e-mail:
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Salary: £29,853 - £35,646
Deadline for applications is 10 November.
Further information is on:
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3013495
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Dr. Lara Ryazanova-Clarke,
Head of Russian Studies
Academic Director, Princess Dashkova Russian Centre School of European Languages and Cultures The University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JX tel. (0)131-650 3668;
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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