The University of Edinburgh
Literatures, Languages and Cultures: Princess Dashkova Centre Manager
and 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 19 September 2011 or as soon as
possible thereafter, with the possibility of extension 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 the field
of Russian Language and Society or a closely related field, have
proven research ability, fluent 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, rhetoric, 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 (email:
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Salary Scale: £29,972 - £35,788
Further particulars:
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3014573
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