Job: Research Associate Russ. ITs 1450-1850, University of Cambridge - 09.02.2025

Research Associate in Russian

Vacancy number: GR08687

Salary: GBP27,428 to GBP35,788 pa

Limit of Tenure applies

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in
Russian, in the Department of Slavonic Studies, working with
Professor Simon Franklin. The vacancy has been created in the context
of Professor Franklin's project on "Information Technologies in
Russia, c. 1450-1850".

The successful candidate will be expected both to carry out specified
assignments in support of the project, and to pursue their own high-
level research in a related area, which may - but need not
necessarily - be directly prompted by work on the project.

The project has two parts. The first is to collect and collate data
on all forms of the graphic recording, storage, dissemination and use
of information in Russia during the relevant period: manuscript and
printed, pictorial and verbal. Particular attention is paid to
material which has tended to be regarded as peripheral, including,
for example: printed and manuscript ephemera and non-literary texts;
materials for administrative or private use; imported texts and
images; locally-produced materials in languages other than Russian.
The second part of the project is analytical and theoretical,
relating to interactions between, and the socio-cultural dynamics of,
the various information technologies over the relevant period.
Substantial preliminary research has already been conducted and
published. It is expected that the Research Associate will assist in
bringing the project to completion.

Candidates will normally be expected to have completed a Ph.D. in a
relevant field by the time of appointment. Essential skills include:
a fluent knowledge of Russian and English, an ability to work with
Russian documentary and archival materials, and good bibliographical
skills, including relevant IT skills An ability to read pre-modern
East Slav texts, as well as scholarly and source material in at least
one other European language, would be an advantage.

Apart from work on the "Information Technologies" project itself, you
will be based in a thriving graduate and postdoctoral research
community in Russian and Slavonic Studies at Cambridge, with numerous
opportunities to participate in Slavonic and cross-disciplinary
seminars, workshops and conferences.

There may also be opportunities to contribute to teaching within the
Department, supervising for undergraduate courses, and assisting in
MPhil. courses and Tripos examinations.

Completed applications, including a completed form CHRIS/6 (Parts 1
and 3 only, available from:
www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/), a cover letter, a
detailed curriculum vitae, an provisional outline of your own
proposed research, a list of publications, and the names and
addresses of two referees who are familiar with your work in the
relevant field, should be sent to the Secretary of the Appointments
Committee, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Ave,
Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK or by email to: lb358@cam.ac.uk by Thursday 8
September. You are requested to ask your referees to write directly
to The Secretary of the Appointments Committee by the same date.

Please submit up to two recent examples of your work. Shortlisted
candidates will be asked to give a short presentation as part of the
interview process.

Salary for this pensionable post will be in the range of GBP27,428 to
GBP35,788 pa. The appointment will run from 1 October 2011 (or as
soon as practicable thereafter) for 36 months, and is subject to
satisfactory completion of a probationary period of six months.

Further particulars can be found at
www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/slavra_fps.pdf

You are welcome to seek further information by contacting Professor
Simon Franklin, e-mail: scf1000@cam.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 8 September 2011.
Interview Date: 3rd or 4th week of September 2011, to be confirmed.

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