Academic staff member
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ORGANISATION/COMPANYJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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RESEARCH FIELDLanguage sciences › Linguistics
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RESEARCHER PROFILEFirst Stage Researcher (R1)
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APPLICATION DEADLINE16/05/2021 12:00 - Europe/Brussels
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LOCATIONGermany › Mainz
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TYPE OF CONTRACTTemporary
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JOB STATUSPart-time
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HOURS PER WEEK19,5
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OFFER STARTING DATE01/07/2021
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REFERENCE NUMBER07521-06-wiss-mk
OFFER DESCRIPTION
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. As part of the Rhine-Main research alliance, the university is able to realise its full potential and showcase its innovative power and dynamism. Its status as a university with faculties in the sciences and humanities allows for multidisciplinary learning and teaching and has great potential for internationally renowned, interdisciplinary research. The Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies has its own separate campus in Germersheim and is recognised globally as one of the largest university-level institutions for translation and interpreting – a place of lively academic exchange for researchers, academic teaching staff and students from around the world.
The Department of English (British Studies), at the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, FB06, Campus Germersheim, of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Academic staff member
part-time (50%)
This job is advertised in the context of the DFG-/AHRC-financed research project “Übersetzungs-räume: Europäische Zeitschriftenkulturen, c. 1945-1965“ / “Spaces of Translation: European Periodical Cultures, c. 1945-1965” (https://anglistik.fb06.uni-mainz.de/dfg-ahrc-funded-research-project/).
Your tasks:
- to contribute to the project’s research focus on cultural and translation studies, and 20th-century periodical studies
- to examine cultural exchange between the German- and English-speaking countries in the immediate post-war period
More Information
Benefits
- An exciting and varied position in a well-qualified, international team
- The facilities and support to promote the further development and consolidation of academic potential
- Extensive human resources development offer
- Flexible working time arrangements
Selection process
Please send your complete application in English as one PDF file (including the usual documents in digital form) by 16th May 2021 at the latest to:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alison E. Martin
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Fachbereich Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft, Arbeitsbereich Anglistik
An der Hochschule 2
D-76726 Germersheim
For questions and further information please contact Prof. Dr. Alison E. Martin by e-mail: amarti01@uni-mainz.de.
Data protection information:
https://www.verwaltung.personal.uni-mainz.de/files/2020/11/200918_Datenschutz-BewerberInnen_en.pdf
Additional comments
Offer Requirements
Skills/Qualifications
- A successfully completed university degree
- A doctorate in cultural, literary or translation studies
- Excellent command of the working languages English and German is required
- Good knowledge of French is desirable
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EURAXESS offer ID: 632359
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The position is paid according to EG 13 TV-L and to be filled on 1st July 2021. The position is limited to a period of 33 months.
JGU is diverse and welcomes qualified applications from people with varied backgrounds.
We aim to increase the number of women in the field of research and teaching and therefore encourage female researchers to apply.
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