Department: School of Languages, Linguistics & Film
Salary: £ 40,223 per annum
Reference: 1374
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 12 March 2024
Closing date: 9 April 2024
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Overview
About the Role
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work closely with Principal Investigator on an ERC funded project entitled “Digital Al-Andalus: Radical Perspectives Of and Throught Al-Andalus”. The post-holder will undertake research and impact activities connected to the study of digital cultural artefacts linked to the project’s themes particularly understanding how has digital media provided a space in which to memorialise Al-Andalus in collaboration with, and under the supervision of the PI.
This is a fixed-term and full-time post available due to research grant funding.
About You
You must hold a PhD in Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Digital Cultures, or other relevant subject in Humanities and Social Sciences. You must have prior experience in planning and delivering public engagement or outreach activities, data collection and analysis, and writing up research results. Your English writing skills must be accessible, accurate, and engaging, and you should have a high level of proficiency in Spanish and/or Arabic. You should have excellent communication and organisational skills, and maintain a high level of accuracy in your work. You should be able to work both independently and as part of a team, and possess strong interpersonal skills to deal professionally with people at all levels.
About the School
Further details about the School can be found here.
The post is full-time, fixed-term appointment for 36 months, with an expected start on 1st June 2024 to 31 May 2027 and available due to research funding. The salary will be £40,223 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.
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