英国伦敦国王学院英语语言文学博士后职位

Summary
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral scholar to work on the interdisciplinary project ‘Ego-Media: The impact of new media on forms and practices of self-presentation’, funded by the European Research Council and located in the English Department of King’s College London. The appointment is for three years.

The sub-project associated with this position focuses on Space and Location in Digital Life Writing. It will use the concepts of relationality and the networked self to investigate lifewriting in relation to space. This will be undertaken with a wide geographical frame to underpin conceptual analysis; it will also be investigated locally through the developing of the existing place-based psycho-geographic digital project of Strandlines (www.strandlines.net). This post-doctoral sub-project will ask what difference the location of engagement with social media makes. Through Strandlines it will be possible to explore how different locational situations may manifest in physically common ground, and to reflect autobiographically on the significance of the spaces of engagement. The frame and established expertise of Strandlines would also enable specific comparisons to be made about different social media.

Details
Applications are encouraged from the fields of Life Writing, English and related Literatures, studies of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, or Digital Humanities. Applicants with previous experience of working in the field of digital and social media are especially encouraged. Applicants are required to have completed their PhD by the closing date of application.The successful applicant will work with a team including: Professor Max Saunders: Director, Arts and Humanities Research Institute; Professor Clare Brant, English and Co-Director, Centre for Life-Writing Research; Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Professor of Discourse Analysis & Sociolinguistics, Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication; Professor Leone Ridsdale, Institute of Psychiatry: Professor of Neurology & General Practice.

In addition to one other post-doctoral researcher, four PhD students, a larger steering committee, and an international network of life writing specialists.

As well as completing articles and/or a monograph based on this research, the successful applicant will be expected to organise and contribute to interdisciplinary research on the project, help organize and participate in its regular methodology workshops, as well as seminars and colloquia and conferences, and assist in the design and development of an online course in ego-media. The post holder will help organise three workshops and one conference, as well as public engagement events. They will also have opportunities for a limited amount of teaching at either BA or MA level.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 11 March 2014.

Salary
The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications, within the Grade 6 scale, currently £31,644 to £33,562, per annum plus £2,323 per annum London Allowance.

Post duration: Fixed term contract for 3 years.