Daily Archives: 18 July 2017

University of Kent: Lecturer in Medieval History c. 400-1100 – Call For Applications

University of Kent – School of History
Lecturer in Medieval History c. 400-1100

Location: Canterbury
Salary: £32,958 to £46,924 £32958 – £46924
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

The School of History seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Early Medieval History (c. 400-1100). We welcome applications from all interested individuals in any field of British and/or European and/or Mediterranean History, within this time period. An interdisciplinary approach to these research fields and experience of teaching graduate students are desirable.

You will have a flair for teaching, a willingness to work innovatively to help develop teaching and research interests in early medieval history at Kent, and an enthusiasm to participate actively with public engagement and impact activities

You will join a large, thriving School, which is recognised as one of the leading departments in the UK and consistently scores highly in student surveys for teaching quality.

As Lecturer in Medieval History you will:

  • Devise and teach popular early medieval modules from stage 1 to MA level
  • Develop you research area to attract international recognition, research grants and PhD students
  • Undertake administrative roles which advance the interests of the School, Faculty and University
  • Become active and valued public and cultural engagement, outreach and, in due course, impact

To be successful in this role you will have

  1. A PhD in History or related area or equivalent
  2. Knowledge of Early Medieval history circa 400-1100
  3. Experience of research-led teaching of Early Medieval History in a HE context
  4. A strong submission for the 2021 REF

For full information and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BCQ054/lecturer-in-medieval-history-c-400-1100.

Applications close: 1 September, 2017.

‘Art and its Directions’ AAANZ 2017 Conference – Call For Papers

‘Art and its Directions’
AAANZ 2017 Conference
University of Western Australia
6-8 December, 2017
Conference Website

The Conference Committee would like to invite proposals for papers for the AAANZ 2017 Conference to be held at the University of Western Australia, Perth, from 6 to 8 December 2017.

Session Format

  • Conference sessions are each timetabled for 90 minutes; consisting of three 20 minute papers plus 10 minutes of questions, discussion, and commentary per paper (except where noted otherwise in the session abstract)
  • Session Convenors manage their designated session, prior to and during the conference, with the aim of best addressing the conference theme Art and its Directions

Submission Guidelines

  • Speakers may apply to present only one paper
  • Speakers may also convene a session and may also chair another session in which they do not otherwise participate
  • A paper that has been published or presented previously may not be delivered at the AAANZ Annual Conference
  • Sessions that have indicated they already have the required number of speakers are listed as full in the session abstracts
  • Acceptance in a session implies a commitment to present a 20-minute paper at that session in person and payment of the conference registration fee and AAANZ membership fee

Submission Process

  • Proposals for participation in sessions are to be sent to the Session Convenor whose details appear with the session abstract
  • Please do not send your proposals to the AAANZ or the Conference Committee
  • The deadline for proposals to Session Convenors is Monday 14 August, 2017.
  • To submit a proposal please complete the Participation Proposal Form and email to the relevant Session Convenor as an attachment in Word file (.doc or .docx).

The information required to complete the Participation Proposal Form includes:

  1. Name and contact details
  2. Session and paper titles
  3. Proposed paper abstract (of no more than 400 words)
  4. Bio (of no more than 200 words)
  5. Brief CV (one page maximum)

Review Process

  • Session Convenors review proposals and notify applicant of the acceptance of their proposal by 21 August 2017
  • Final date for successful applicants to accept the invitation to participate and return Speaker Agreement Form to Session Convenor is 1 September 2017
  • Session Convenors to forward successful speaker Participation Proposal Forms and Speaker Agreement Forms to Conference Administrator by 5 September 2017
  • Contact
    Proposals: Session Convenors as per selected session, contact details located with session abstract
  • General enquiries: Conference Administrator, Vyonne Walker, conf@aaanz.info

The deadline for submissions is 14 August, 2017.