Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Modern Languages - University of Leicester (UK)

Title

Full-Time Graduate Teaching Assistantship

University

University of Leicester

School/Department

School of Modern Languages

Start Date

October 2012 

Entry Requirements

UK/EU and International Applicants

Closing Date for Applications

08 July 2012

French/Francophone or Peninsular Spanish/Latin American Studies

The University of Leicester is pleased to offer a Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Modern Languages for October 2012 entry to its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. This post will pay full-time University UK/EU tuition fees for four years and include an annual maintenance grant.

Research Areas and Supervision

We welcome applications from those looking to work in any area of French, Francophone, Peninsular Spanish, or Latin American studies that can be supervised within the School:

• Literary and cultural studies
• 19th and 20th C. French literature and culture
• Francophone Jewish literature
• 19th and 20th C. Italian literature and culture
• 20th C. Spanish and Hispanic literature and culture
• Early modern Spanish history
• 20th C. European history
• Cinema: European (French, Italian, Spanish) and Latin American cinema
• Theatre studies; Shakespeare in France
• Visual culture
• Politics and identity
• Gender studies; Francophone women’s writing
• History, theory, narratives of sexual violence (Francophone studies)
• Spatial practices, diasporas and migration
• Postcolonial studies
• Narratives of the self
• Dominant discourses and minoritarian voices
• Memory and testimony
• Francophone self-translation

About Graduate Teaching Assistantships

A Graduate Teaching Assistant is responsible to the Head of School and is expected to undertake teaching and teaching-related duties within the School - not normally exceeding eight contact hours per week - while undertaking research leading to a PhD. Approximately 80% of their time will be spent on their doctoral research and 20% on their GTA responsibilities.

The post is for four years’ duration and the successful applicant will be required to undertake the teaching of language classes and literary/cultural studies seminars and lectures in French or Spanish as part of the School's undergraduate degree programme.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must meet the University's standard academic and English language entry requirements. It is expected that applicants will also hold - or expect to hold by October 2012 - a Masters degree in a relevant area with a preference for French, Francophone, Peninsular Spanish, or Latin American Studies. Applicants should have native speaker competence in French or Spanish and fluency in written and spoken English as well as good knowledge of the societies and cultures of the French or Spanish-speaking world.

This post is open to suitable UK/EU and International (i.e., outside the EU) applicants. Please note though that the award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only. International applicants (and those not eligible to pay UK/EU tuition fees) must demonstrate at the time of their application that they can fund the difference in tuition fee rates.

This post is for full-time study only and applicants must be able to commence their studies in October 2012.

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries are welcomed - please contact:

• Ms Helen Rawlings for Peninsular Spanish or Latin American studies (hr14@le.ac.uk 0116 252 2660)
• Dr Nicole Fayard for French or Francophone Studies (nf11@le.ac.uk 0116 252 2692)

Application procedure

For details on the application procedure, see: http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/mod-lang

The closing date for receipt of applications is 08 July 2012 - however early application is encouraged.