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[Oksana Kis <oksanakis55@gmail.com>]

> Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

> Department of Slavonic Studies
>
> Research Associate Slavonic Studies
>
> Salary: £27,183 to  £38,757pa
> Limit of Tenure applies*
>
> Applications
> are invited for the post of Research Associate in the
> Department of Slavonic
> Studies working with Dr Alexander Etkind. This vacancy has
> arisen as a result of
> the award of a 2009 HERA JRP grant (Humanities in the
> European Research Area,
> Joint Research Program) in the category
> “Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity”
> for the collaborative research project “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in
> Poland, Russia and Ukraine”.
>
> The
>
>  University of
>  Cambridge is leading this project, which will be
> accomplished in association with the Universities of Bergen,
>  Helsinki , Tartu and  Groningen . The
> project will involve multiple conferences, field trips and
> publications in which
> the Research Associate will play a key part. You will be
> required to hold a Ph.D
> and will have demonstrable interests in one or more fields
> covered by the
> project. You will
> also demonstrate a good command of one of three Slavonic
> languages (Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian), a reading knowledge of another of
> these languages (or eagerness to acquire this knowledge at
>  Cambridge ), and excellent writing skills in English.
> You will be aiming to produce an independent
> monograph in a relevant area of East European Memory
> Studies (distinct from your doctoral dissertation), preferably by the end of 2012, in
> time for the 2013 REF.
> You will help coordinate the large research network of the project, “Memory at War”, and will be responsible for an interactive, state-of-the-art Internet database, which will be mapping memory events across the
> three target countries in real time. You may also be asked to contribute to the teaching within the
> Department, supervising for undergraduate courses, and assisting in MPhil.
> courses and Tripos examinations.
>
> Completed applications, including a PD18 form (available at
> www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/pd18/ ), a cover
> letter, a detailed
> curriculum vitae, an outline (about 1,000 words) of your
> proposed research in
> contribution to the project
> “Memory
> at War”, a list of publications, and the names and
> addresses of two referees who
> are familiar with your work in the relevant field, should
> be sent to The
> Secretary of the Appointments Committee, Faculty of Modern
> and Medieval
> Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA [or by
> e-mail: lb358@cam.ac.uk]
> by 4 pm on 22 March, 2010. You are requested to ask your referees to write
> directly to The Secretary of the Appointments Committee by the same date.
>
> You are also invited to submit up to two recent
> examples of your work for
> consideration by the Committee, or, in the case of work
> that has been published,
> to draw the Committee's attention to items of special
> relevance to your application.  Shortlisted candidates will be asked to
> give a short
> presentation as part of the interview process.
>
>
> Due to limitations of external funds, salary for this
> pensionable post will be in
> the range of £27,183 to £38,757pa.
>  The appointment will run from 1 June 2010 for 36
> months, and is subject to satisfactory completion of a probationary period of six months.
>
> Further particulars can be found at www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/.
>
>
> You are welcome to seek further information by
> contacting Dr Alexander Etkind, Principal Investigator, e-mail:
> ae264@cam.ac.uk
>
> Quote
> Reference:
> GR06234,
> Closing Date: 22 March 2010
>
> Interview
> Date(s): week commencing 12 April 2010 – date will be
> posted at http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/
>
> The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.