Lecturer in Comparative Literature
Location Canterbury Contract Type Open Ended Salary TypePer AnnumSalary (£)32277 - 45954
HUM0587, School of European Culture and Languages, Closing date: 08 Mar 2015
The Department of Comparative Literature in the School of European Culture and Languages is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Comparative Literature. You will be an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, able to design, teach, and convene existing undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Comparative and World Literature, and to develop new modules in your area of expertise.
You will also contribute to the Department’s increasing ambition and international standing in terms of high-quality research.
You will have a PhD or equivalent in Comparative Literature or a relevant discipline, with expertise in at least two linguistically distinct literary traditions, an outstanding research profile commensurate with your career stage, as well as the ability to teach on a range of modules in the Department’s Comparative and World Literature programmes.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates whose expertise includes African, Arabic, Asian, or Slavonic literature.
For full details of the role and the selection criteria please refer to the job specification attached.
Comparative Literature at Kent prides itself on the excellence of its research and its research-led teaching. The Department has consistently achieved high ratings in the National Student Survey (being ranked 1st in the UK for overall student satisfaction in 2014), and its staff made substantial contributions to the University’s Modern Languages and Linguistics submission to the Research Assessment Framework (REF) 2014, achieving an outstanding result - joint 3rd (with a GPA of 3.24). With the two higher ranked submissions in that subject area specialising only in linguistics, this has confirmed Kent as being the highest ranked University in REF2014 for the modern languages subject areas in the UK. With 56 submissions made in this subject area, 85% of the work in Modern Languages and Linguistics at Kent was graded world-leading or internationally excellent and outstanding grades were achieved for public impact work and the quality of the research environment.
For further information about the department please visit:www.kent.ac.uk/secl/complit
Further Information
Start date for applications: 23rd December 2014 Closing date for applications: 8th March 2015 Interviews are to be held: 30th March 2015 Please see the links below to view the full job description and also to apply for this post (please do not send your application directly to the department).
How to apply - for posts of this nature you will be required to fill in the main details section as well as upload your CV, a one page summary (this can be in the form of a cover letter and should include details of experience and other information in support of your application with direct reference to the advertisement and job description) and any supporting documents.
If you are invited for an interview, we will request references for you at that stage. Please include contact details of three referees.
If you require further information regarding the post or application process please contact Teresa Bubb, Resourcing Adviser, at T.C.Bubb@kent.ac.uk.
Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.