Postdoctoral Fellowship

The USC Center for the Premodern World invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. The appointment will begin in the fall of 2020. Applicants will hold a degree in one of the Center’s areas of strength: Classics, History, Religion, Art History, or East Asian Languages and Culture. The salary for the postdoctoral fellow is $65,000 per year plus fringe benefits, with an additional research and travel account of $2000. 

Applicants must have received their PhD no earlier than July 1, 2016, or else expect to have completed it by July 1, 2020. Applications from scholars whose work focuses on one of the Center’s current areas of thematic interest are especially encouraged: the Premodern Mediterranean, Sacred Ground, and the Early History of the Book. The holder of the fellowship will be expected to pursue research and teach three courses over four semesters, with at least one semester devoted fully to research. The holder is expected to reside in the Los Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life of the Center and the University.

To apply, please submit as a single PDF document: 

• Cover letter, including a proposed research agenda (three-page maximum)
• CV
• One-page proposal describing two courses the applicant might teach
• Writing sample (either one dissertation chapter or an article)

Applicants should also arrange to have two letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf. All materials should be sent to cpw@usc.edu. Applicants are responsible for making sure all application material, including letters of recommendation, are submitted before the deadline. Please allow ample time for referees to submit their letters. 

The application deadline is Friday, March 6, 2020, at 11:59 pm PST. 

Inquiries should be directed to cpw@usc.edu 

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy.

Eligibility

• Applicants will hold a degree in one of the Center’s areas of strength: Classics, History, Religion, Art History, or East Asian Languages and Culture.
• The dates for completion of the Ph.D. degree are strictly observed, with no exceptions. “Date of completion” is defined as the day the applicant officially fulfills all requirements for the Ph.D. degree according to the guidelines of their institution.
• Citizens from any country are eligible for this fellowship.
• Candidates with a Ph.D. granted by an institution outside the U.S. are eligible to apply.
• Scholars who have held or currently hold terminal postdoctoral positions are eligible to apply.
• Scholars who have received a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California are not eligible to apply.
• Scholars who are permanently employed in full-time, tenure-track positions are not eligible to apply.

Come join me - we need more medievalists!

The Foundation Year Program (FYP) at the University of King’s College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2020. Candidates must have a PhD or be ABD. The Foundation Year Program is an interdisciplinary and team-taught program, which considers the western tradition (including works of literature, philosophy, religion, art and science) from the ancient world to the present.

https://ukings.ca/campus-community/employment/assistant-professor-tenure-track-foundation-year-program/?fbclid=IwAR1XqNAvNnxQbpF5gbDiW1FJnb5CFy-E56WayDvPdigBPPCDnVpR5jRRlls

The School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University is seeking to appoint a Fixed-Term Lecturer in Medieval English Literature for 24 months (with the possibility of renewal). The successful candidate will be expected to design and deliver specialist undergraduate and postgraduate modules and also to contribute to a team-taught medieval module. The successful candidate will have teaching and research interests in Middle English literature. Applications are especially welcome from candidates whose expertise also includes medievalism, other medieval literatures, and/or theoretically-informed approaches such as disability studies, ecocriticism, gender and/or queer studies, or race studies.
 
Applicants should note that the School is committed to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from groups often under-represented in the academy: women, people with disabilities, visible minorities, people who identify as LGBTQ+ or are from lower social and economic groups.

This is a Teaching and Research post. The successful applicant will have a growing national academic reputation, an excellent record of high-quality publications and teaching, and the enthusiasm and drive to play a key role in enhancing the School’s reputation for impactful research and community engagement. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, English at Cardiff was ranked in the top ten in the UK, with 87% of its research activity rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
 
The appointee will bring an engaging and innovative approach to module delivery and assessment, and, with a commitment to delivering an excellent student experience, will contribute to the enhancement of the School’s ethos of supportive and collaborative research-led teaching.
 
The post holder will engage with external academic, professional and public institutions to enhance the School’s reach and reputation, and will enhance the School’s creative and inclusive community, which is recognised for its impact on policy, practice and public life.
 
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), fixed-term until 31 August 2022.  The post will commence on 1 September 2020.

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYB633/lectureship-in-medieval-english-literature

Message forwarded on behalf of Fr. James K. Farge, CSB:

We learned yesterday that Father Edouard Jeauneau died yesterday, 10 December, in a hospital in Chartres. He was a Professor of Medieval Philosophy at PIMS and the CMS from about 1974 to 1995; and, after that, he spent about 8 months each year working on his numerous publications here in Toronto. He always had generous SSHRC grants and hired a long string of CMS students to work for him. He trained many of them in reading the particular handwriting in the manuscripts and in editing the texts. He was also generous in the salaries he paid the students.

He was 95 years old and has not come back to Toronto in the last five years. His funeral Mass will be in his small home town of Coudray-en Perche (about 60 km from Chartres).  

James K. Farge, CSB

Curator, Rare Books and Special Collections

Library, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

The Department of French at the University of Victoria (British Columbia) invites those interested in pursuing an MA in French Literature, Language & Culture to submit an application. For further information on the MA in French Literature, Language & Culture at the University of Victoria, see:

https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/french/graduate/index.php

The master’s program is designed to foster a close-knit cohort. A few of the program’s highlights are:

• a focus on digital cultures and literacies

• the diversity of research specialities

• innovative teaching methods

• transformative learning

Furthermore, the Department offers competitive financial support to full-time graduate students: scholarships up to $15,000, with a minimum of $6,000 guaranteed (for the first year only). The possibility of gaining experience as a teaching assistant or a research assistant is also another important asset of the program. All applications submitted by February 1st, 2020 will be considered for a graduate entrance scholarship.

For more details on the master’s program, please contact the graduate advisor, Catherine Léger, gradfren@uvic.ca

The Canadian Historical Association has instituted a new annual prize that "seeks to recognize post-secondary instructors teaching in any geographical, thematic, or temporal field in historical studies who have a record of excellence in emphasizing student engagement with primary sources in their courses in effective, critical, sustained, and, possibly, innovative ways. Effective teaching about the question of primary sources and how people today should contend with them are the central aspects of this award. " The deadline for nomination packages is 31 Dec. 2019.

https://cha-shc.ca/english/what-we-do/prizes/the-chas-excellence-in-teaching-with-primary-sources-awards.htm

The current issue of Florilegium (vol. 33, 2016) came out last summer: its ten articles are dedicated to medieval manuscripts in Canada. For a list of the table of contents, visit: https://www.utpjournals.press/toc/flor/33. For more information on Florilegium, the journal of the Canadian Society of Medievalists / Société canadienne des médiévistes, or to submit a manuscript, visit: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Florilegium.

The Christmas season is approaching and what better way to share the holiday cheer than by supporting a good cause and sending someone an Old or Middle English greeting?

Krista Murchison, Canadian medievalist at the Leiden University, is working with her students to improve their language skills while raising money for cancer research. Visit https://translatathon.wordpress.com/ for more details

Congratulations to the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) on opening a new exhibit: 'Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa' (21 September 2019-23 Feb. 2020). For information about the exhibit and associate events, visit: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/exhibitions/caravans-of-gold

I'm very sad to report the death on 3 September at the age of 63 of our colleague, Catherine Innes-Parker, Professor of medieval literature in the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. Catherine completed both her BA and MA at McMaster University and her doctorate at Memorial University. Catherine published on theology, devotional literature, and anchoritism. Condolences can be left at her online obituary: https://dingwellfh.ca/memorial/catherine-innes-parker-0