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ST ANNE’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDThe Rosemary Pountney Junior Research Fellowship in British and/or European
Drama 1890 to the present
The Governing Body of St Anne's College invites applications for the Rosemary Pountney Junior Research Fellowship in British and/or European drama 1890 to the present, tenable from 1 October 2020.
Objectives
The objectives of the College in making this appointment are:
to develop the research profile and career of an early-career researcher; to develop and strengthen the research profile of the College; and more generally to contribute to the goal of maintaining the University of Oxford as a leading centre for
research in British and European Drama 1890 to the present.
Eligibility
The JRF is open to those at an early stage of their academic career. Applicants are expected to be either graduate students who have submitted their PhD theses (or equivalent) by the closing date of this Fellowship opportunity, or post-doctoral researchers who at the start of the Fellowship are within three years since the award of their PhDs or equivalent professional training. Career breaks do not count towards this limit. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in St Anne’s College and in the University of Oxford.
Selection Criteria
Applications will be judged on the basis of the candidate’s potential to undertake a significant and exciting programme of research in an area of British and/or European drama written between 1890 and the present, as evidenced by their research proposal, publication record and academic references.
Essential Criteria
1) Hold a PhD/DPhil or be near to completion; the successful candidate must at least have submitted their thesis by the closing date of this Fellowship opportunity;
2) Show a high level of research ability as demonstrated by a completed or nearly completed doctoral thesis and/or published or forthcoming books, or articles in refereed journals, or promise of such achievement, as relevant to the candidate’s field and career stage;
3) Have a coherent proposed research programme for the duration of the Fellowship, of a standard which will make a valuable contribution to the candidate’s field and enhance the national and inter-national profile of the study of British and/or European drama 1890 to the present in the University.
4) Be able to communicate well about the subject: have the ability to present research findings effect-ively to fellow professionals at national and international conferences or in professional research seminars and to undergraduate and graduate students and to audiences not familiar with the sub-ject area.
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1) Teaching experience at university level or evidence of the ability to teach undergraduates of high quality.
Duration
Junior Research Fellowships are full time, fixed-term posts, tenable for three years. This post will end therefore on 30 September 2023. The post is subject to a satisfactory probationary period of six months. The Junior Research Fellow will need to satisfy the Governing Body that he/she is fulfilling the academic and other requirements of the Fellowship. To this end, the Fellow will be asked to submit a written report in Trinity Term of the first year and second years, and at the end of the final year.
The purpose of this post is to enable the Fellow to get the full benefit of the opportunity which the Fellowship offers to develop an early career by completing a research project, without embarking upon a medium-term or permanent appointment. Having taken account of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, the College would not regard such a post as entitling the Fellow to permanent employment on the following objective grounds:
• It is the colleges’ policy that Junior Research Fellowships should provide opportunities for academics at the beginnings of their careers;
• In order to achieve a turnover of appointments so that this policy can continue into the future for a succession of academics at this stage of their careers, it is an essential feature of these Fellowships that they are limited in duration.
Conditions
It is a condition of the Fellowship that the Fellow will live in Oxford and will take part in College life. This condition is not intended to prevent the Fellow from residing for reasonable periods elsewhere in this country or abroad in the interest of his or her research, but any period exceeding 28 days in term time during which the Fellow wishes to be away from Oxford will require the permission of Governing Body.
Duties
The successful candidate will be expected to:
engage in research and its dissemination; propose, plan and manage a high quality programme of original research; and publicise the outcomes of that research through presentation of papers and publications. It is expected that the Fellow will also undertake up to three hours of teaching per week during
term time for the College; and engage in the life and activities of the College.
Research Fellows require the permission of Governing Body before undertaking any other paid employment whether in-term or in the vacation. They will be permitted to teach up to 6 hours per week in total, if circumstances warrant it and permission has been sought from the Senior Tutor.
Salary and Benefits
The stipend, including 3 hours of teaching per week, will be £26,694 (this figure may be reduced to take account of any award or grant already held by or promised to the successful applicant).
In addition to this, a housing allowance of £4,914 pa will be paid. The Fellow will be a member of the Senior Common Room, and will be entitled to all meals free
during term, and breakfast and lunch during vacation, except when the hall is closed. A research allowance of up to £1,000 per annum
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The Fellow will become a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Details of the pension scheme are available via the University of Oxford’s USS webpage.
About St Anne’s College
One of the largest Colleges in the University of Oxford, with around 770 students, St Anne’s is down-to earth, ambitious, outward facing and collaborative. We aspire to understand the world and change it for the better.
Established in 1879 to enable women from all backgrounds to access an Oxford education, the College is committed to securing our legacy and future by being a diverse and inclusive community that is the home of choice for the brightest and most ambitious from all backgrounds, including those who may think that Oxford is not for people like them. Our community includes undergraduate and graduate students, academics involved in world leading research and teaching, and staff from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Helen King, our Principal since 2017, is a graduate of St Anne’s who took on the role after a thirty-year career in policing, including as an Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police. As a charity and one of the more modern colleges, our finances depend upon a diverse range of income streams including a successful vacation conference business and the generosity of our worldwide network of committed alumnae and donors. For further information about the College, please visit http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk
English and Modern Languages at St Anne’s
The College currently admits on average eight students a year to read English and joint honours, and about 13 students a year to read Modern Languages and joint honours, at undergraduate level. English can be read jointly with Classics, and with Modern Languages, and Modern Languages can be taken jointly with Classics, History, Philosophy, Middle Eastern Languages, and Linguistics. There is currently one student reading for masters, and four students reading for doctoral degrees in English, and four students reading for masters and eight for doctoral degrees in Modern Languages.
St Anne’s has a large and diverse group of fellows in English and in Modern Languages. In English, Sian Gronlie, Professor in English Language and Literature, is an expert in Old Norse and Old English; Prof Freya Johnston’s research interests lie in the Early Modern, Romantic, 18th Century and Victorian periods; Matthew Reynolds is Professor of English and Comparative Criticism; Prof Andrew Klevan’s research interests are in film criticism; Prof Sally Shuttleworth’s recent work focuses on literary texts in the light of emerging sciences of child psychology and psychiatry and the impact of evolutionary theory. In Modern Languages, Prof Geraldine Hazbun works on the literature of medieval Iberia; Prof Patrick McGuinness’ main research interests include 19th and 20th century French literature; Simon Park, Associate Professor in Medieval and Renaissance Portuguese, works on literature from across the Portuguese-speaking world in the Early Modern period; Tom Kuhn is Professor of Twentieth-Century German Literature with a special interest in Bertolt Brecht. Dr Alexandra Tranca is the current Kathleen Bourne Junior Research Fellow in French and St Anne’s will be recruiting a Junior Research Fellow in British and/or European Drama 1890 to the present in 2020. There is also a committed team of lecturers in English and in Modern Languages.
The Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre, a joint enterprise between St Anne’s and the University, creates opportunities for postgraduate students and early career academics through fortnightly discussion groups, the publication of a Review, and conferences. A new interdisciplinary masters degree in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation, which has its base in St Anne’s, started in October 2019. St Anne’s also hosts an AHRC funded project, ‘Prismatic Translation’ and has for many years been the host of the Oxford Translation Day and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, which are annual public-facing festivals of literature and translation.
The College Library holds the personal archives of Rosemary Pountney as well as books from her collection relating to Samuel Beckett studies. Amongst the archive documents are performance notes
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on her staging of Beckett’s works, essays and teaching notes which are likely to be of interest to anyone researching Beckett, 20th century drama or performance.
How to apply
Electronic applications only. The following documents should be sent, as a pdf, attached to an email, to Ms Ellen Creaser, Executive Assistant, St Anne’s College: [email protected].
1) A completed Appointing Committee’s Form (see page 6).2) A Curriculum Vitae.3) A Research Statement (not more than 500 words) setting out your research interests. 4) Two academic references. Referees should be asked to write directly to the Executive Assistant (email above), without waiting for a request from the College.5) Candidates are also requested to complete the equal opportunities form and return it by post to St Anne’s College, or by email to [email protected]. These forms are used for monitoring purposes and will not be seen by any member of the selection committee.
Please note
Written work should not be sent, but may be requested at a later date.
The deadline for receipt of applications, including references, is noon on 28th February 2020. The email subject line should be ‘Rosemary Pountney JRF’.
It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that all of the relevant materials, including references, are submitted by the application deadline.
Interviews are expected to take place on the 24th March 2020.
Please note that reimbursement of travel expenses is not possible. Skype interviews can be arranged for any applicants who are overseas and unable to travel to Oxford for interview.
Right to work in the UK
The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence for employers to employ someone who is not entitled to work in the UK. We therefore ask applicants to provide proof of their right to work in the UK before employment can commence and usually at the point of interview.
Appointees who are not European Union nationals, or permanent residents entitled to work without restriction in the UK, will require a UK work permit; the College will make the necessary application, but final appointment is contingent upon this application being successful.
The appointment will be subject to satisfactory provision of proof of the right to work in the UK.
Applicants who require a visa should consult with the Staff Immigration Team at the University, who will assist them with their application.
Equal Opportunities
The policy and practice of St Anne’s College require that all staff are afforded equal opportunities within employment. Entry into employment with the College and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treated
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less favourably than another because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Subject specific queries should be sent to the Senior Tutor, Dr Shannon McKellar Stephen ([email protected]). Practical queries about the post or about either the application or interview process should be sent to the Executive Assistant, Ms Ellen Creaser ([email protected])
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ST ANNE’S COLLEGE, OXFORDROSEMARY POUNTNEY JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW IN BRITISH AND/OR EUROPEAN
DRAMA 1890 TO THE PRESENT
Where did you find out about this vacancy?
Title Forename: Surname:
Email Address:Telephone Number:
Postal Address:Current or most recent institution:Subject area of research:PhD/ D Phil Title:
Institution:Date Started (month/year):Date completed (month/year):
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Second Referee
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Are there any restrictions on you taking up employment in the UK i.e. Visa etc?
(If yes, please provide details)
Please note that it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that references are received by the deadline of noon on 28th February 2020, as referees will not be approached by the College. Please do not send more than two references; additional references will not be considered. Please send all applications and references to [email protected]
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