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Organization: The University of Tromsø

Location: Tromsø, Norway

Field: Cultural studies

Requirements:

The successful applicant must document knowledge at Master's level, and the project description must be within one of the literary disciplines of the department: Comparative Literature, English, Finnish, French, Nordic, Russian, Saami, Spanish or German - alternatively within Art History or Documentation Science.

Further, the successful applicant must fulfil the requirements for admission to the faculty's PhD programme, cf. §6 of Regulations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at The University of Tromsø, English translation and the faculty's supplementary regulations.

Applicants must have a good command of Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

The normal period of appointment is four years. The PhD study is standardized to three years. The fourth year consists of teaching or other duties for the university, organized according to a distribution formula of 25 % per year, cf. Directive for duties for research fellows (in Norwegian only)

A shorter period of appointment may be given if the research fellow has already completed parts of his/her researcher's education, or when previous appointments to educational positions (research fellow, research assistant or equivalent) are counted as part of the duration of the research fellowship, so as the combined duration of the researcher's education is three years.

Abstract:

The position is attached to the research project Arctic Discourses, which started up in 2006 and was initially financed by the Norwegian Research Council. Arctic Discourses is a collaboration between literary scholars in English, Nordic, Comparative Literature, Sami, French, Russian and German at the University of Tromsø, in addition to partners from the universities of Umeå, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and University College, London

Description:

The position is attached to the research project Arctic Discourses, which started up in 2006 and was initially financed by the Norwegian Research Council. Arctic Discourses is a collaboration between literary scholars in English, Nordic, Comparative Literature, Sami, French, Russian and German at the University of Tromsø, in addition to partners from the universities of Umeå, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and University College, London. For further information about the project see this web-site:  http://uit.no/humfak/arkdisk/4, the book Arctic Discourses (Cambridge Scholars, 2010) and Nordlit nr. 22 og 23.

 
Applicants must submit a list of all their scientific works including details of possible publication.

The application is to be submitted electronically on the application form available at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=72907

In addition, the application, including CV, certified copies of diplomas and references, application for admission to the PhD study and the list of scientific works, are to be sent in 5 copies within the closing date for applications, directly to:

The University of Tromsø
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
N-9037 Tromsø
Norway

THE SCIENTIFIC WORKS - published or unpublished - the applicant wishes to be taken into consideration during the evaluation process must be submitted in 3 copies arranged as 3 complete sets.
The scientific works are to be sent, within the closing date for applications, directly to:

The University of Tromsø
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
N-9037 Tromsø
Norway

Applicants shall also refer to "Supplementary regulations for appointment to elementary positions (research fellows) at the University of Tromsø" (in Norwegian only) and "Regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment for the posts of postdoktor (post-doctoral research fellow), stipendiat (research fellow), vitenskapelig assistent
(research assistant) and spesialistkandidat (resident):
uit.no/poa/vitenskapelige-stillinger

Questions concerning the organisation of the working environment, such as the physical state of the place of employment, health service, possibility for flexible working hours, part time, etc. as well as questions concerning the PhD study may be directed to the telephone reference.

According to personnel policy objectives that the staff shall reflect the composition of the population in general, both with respect to gender and cultural multiplicity, women and persons with a minority ethnic background in particular are encouraged to apply.
The University of Tromsø is an IW (Inclusive Workplace) enterprise, and will try to adapt the working conditions for employees with impaired capacity.

Personal data given in an application or CV will be processed in accordance with the Act relating to the processing of personal data (the Personal Data Act).
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, section 25, 2nd paragraph, the applicant may request not to be registered on the public list of applicants.
The University may nevertheless decide that the name of the applicant will be made public. The applicant will be notified beforehand in the event of such publication.

In case of discrepancies between the Norwegian and the English version of this description, the Norwegian version takes precedence.

UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ
N-9037 Tromsø

Deadline: 07-03-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://uit.no/humfak/arkdisk/4

Email: cathrine.theodorsen@uit.no

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