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_________________________________________________________________________FACULTY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Job description and selection criteria

Job title Departmental Lecturer in World Literature in English

Division Humanities

Department Faculty of English Language and Literature

Location St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford

Grade and salary Grade 7: 29,249 - 35,938 per annum (pay award pending)

Hours Full time

Contract type Fixed-term - 3 years

Reporting toChair of the Faculty Board

Vacancy reference 105872

Introduction

The University

The University of Oxford is a complex and stimulating organisation, which enjoys an

international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence in research and teaching. It

employs over 10,000 staff and has a student population of over 21,000.

Most staff are directly appointed and managed by one of the Universitys 130 departments or

other units within a highly devolved operational structure - this includes 5,900 academic-

related staff (postgraduate research, computing, senior library, and administrative staff) and

2,820 support staff (including clerical, library, technical, and manual staff). There are also

over 1,600 academic staff (professors, readers, lecturers), whose appointments are in the

main overseen by a combination of broader divisional and local faculty board/departmental

structures. Academics are generally all also employed by one of the 38 constituent colleges

of the University as well as by the central University itself.


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Our annual income in 2010/11 was 919.6m. Oxford is one of Europe's most innovative and

entrepreneurial universities: income from external research contracts exceeds 376m p.a.,

and more than 70 spin-off companies have been created.

For more information please visitwww.ox.ac.uk

Humanities Division

Humanities is one of the four academic Divisions in the University, each with considerable

devolved budgetary and financial authority and responsibility for providing a broad strategic

focus across its constituent disciplines. The Humanities Division brings together the

faculties of Classics; English; History; Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics; Medieval and

Modern Languages; Music; Oriental Studies; Philosophy; and Theology, as well as the

Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. The division has responsibility for over 500

members of academic staff, for over 4,000 undergraduates (more than a third of the total

undergraduate population of the University), and for about 1600 postgraduate students.

The Division offers world-class teaching and research, backed by the superb resources of

the Universitys libraries and museums. Oxfords extraordinary resources facilitate research

at the very highest level. The Bodleian Library, one of the great libraries of the world, has a

continuous history reaching back to the late sixteenth century. Its historical collections are

outstanding, and as a legal deposit library it can claim a copy of every new title published in

the UK. The Bodleian is now second in size only to the British Library. The English Faculty

also has its own library with over 100,000 volumes, including important holdings of pre-1800.

Every college has its own library, many of which have important holdings of their own

(Regents Park College has notable holdings in manuscripts and printed books related toDissenting history).Such historic resources are linked to cutting-edge agendas in research

and teaching, with an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary study.

The Divisions faculties are among the largest in the world, enabling Oxford to offer an

education in Arts and Humanities unparalleled in its range of subjects, from music and fine

art to ancient and modern languages.

For more information please visit:http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/

Faculty of English Language and Literature

The Faculty of English Language and Literature is by far the largest English Department in

the UK, and has a very distinguished research record (awarded the top grade in the last two

research assessment exercises). We were voted the top university for English in the

Independents Complete University Guide 2011, and our teaching has been graded

Excellent in every Quality Assurance review.

The Faculty currently has 80 permanent members of academic staff, including 9 Professors.

This is in addition to a further 100 or so members teaching in the colleges and temporary

members of staff. A list of Faculty members and their research interests is available on the

website. For more information, please visit:http://www.english.ox.ac.uk There are currently

approximately 900 undergraduate students (with roughly 260 admitted each year to thesingle honours school and a further 20 to joint honours school programmes). The Oxford
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English Faculty has the largest graduate school in the country, with approximately 70

Masters students, with a further 170 graduate research students.

World and Postcolonial Literary Study in the Faculty

The study of world, postcolonial or international literatures in English, and of theories related

to this field, has been carried out within the Faculty of English Language and Literature at

Oxford since the early 1990s. We have a distinguished record in particular in the general

theoretical field of postcolonial studies, in global history at the time of empire, in postcolonial

book history, and in South Asian and West, East and southern African literatures in English

(fiction and poetry). The names of the world literature and postcolonial scholars in the

Faculty, Professor Elleke Boehmer, Professor Peter McDonald (St Hughs), Dr Ankhi

Mukherjee and Dr Patrick Hayes, are each prominently linked to at least one of these fields

of investigation. Professor Elleke Boehmers current research is on the literature of

nineteenth-century Indian migration to Britain; Professor Peter McDonald is working onintercultural formations; Dr Ankhi Mukherjee has a book in press on the classic in world

literature. Recent publications include: The Indian Postcolonial (co-edited Boehmer), The

Literature Police (McDonald), and J.M. Coetzee and the Novel (Hayes), as well as a host of

refereed articles and essays. Postdoctoral appointments in the world literature area include

Dr Jarad Zimbler (Wolfson World Literatures JRF) and Dr Lynda Ng (Marie Curie Fellow in

Diaspora Studies).

There is a lively and active graduate research community, with over twenty-five doctoral

students working on topics in colonial, postcolonial and world literatures. One central focus

of this community is the cutting-edge and well-attended seminar in postcolonial theory and

literature, which takes place fortnightly at Wadham College, convened by ProfessorBoehmer and Dr Mukherjee. In recent years the seminar has featured papers by Priya

Gopal, Graham Huggan, Pramod Nayar, Ato Quayson, Emily Apter, and David Palumbo-Liu,

and has also hosted a range of lectures and readings by eminent postcolonial and

international writers, including Amitav Ghosh, Amit Chaudhuri, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Hisham

Matar, Les Murray, and Tayeb Salih. The Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee gave two

memorable readings at the University in 2009, hosted by the English Faculty and Wolfson

College, and in the same year novelist Caryl Phillips was a Visiting Fellow at the Queens

College. Postcolonial conferences have also been organized by colleagues in Modern

Languages, in association with the Maison Francaise, and the African Studies Centre holds

regular seminars also.Recent conferences include: Crafts of World Literature (2012), the graduate conference

Global Journeys (2011), Indian Traces in Oxford (in collaboration with the Bodleian

Library, 2010), and a three-day literary festival in 2009 to commemorate the path-breaking

work of the Zimbabwean modernist Dambudzo Marechera.

Oxford offers exceptional resources for anyone interested in doing substantial research into

the history of colonialism and its aftermath, as well as postcolonial book history. It is home to

the second largest living archive in the United Kingdom, the Bodleian Library and its many

affiliates, including the Centre for the Study of the Book, Rhodes House, the Oriental

Institute Library, and Queen Elizabeth House. With Oxford University Press, Pearson

Education, Macmillan, Wiley-Blackwell, the African Books Collective, Oneworld and James


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Currey all based in the city, Oxford is also one of the major centres of the contemporary

Anglophone publishing world.

Job description

Overview of the roleThis is a three year research and teaching appointment in World Literature in English,

including postcolonial literature and theory, for an outstanding academic at an early stage of

his or her career. It is anticipated that the appointee will take up the post on 1 September

2013.

Responsibilities/duties

1. The main duty of the post will be to deliver up to 36 hours of lectures or classes peryear. Within this, the main focus of the Departmental Lecturers teaching responsibilities

will be the new MSt in World Literatures in English, for which s/he will be expected to

provide up to 16 Faculty classes or lectures (per year). This will include at least one

new C course, the convening and delivery of the B course in Postcolonial Book History,

and at least two seminars on the new A course. (Further information on the structure of

the degree course is given in Appendix 2.)

2 S/he will also be expected to dissertation supervision for the MSt in World Literatures in

English (at least 2/3 dissertations).

3 The DL will also be expected to provide up to six hours (tutorial/class-style)

undergraduate teaching per week, averaged across the academic year. This may begiven in the form of centrally taught options within the Faculty, or as extended essay

supervision for relevant topics. This teaching will focus on World, International and

Postcolonial Literature but will necessarily also encompass nineteenth- and twentieth-

century literature. The teaching will be provided for the Final Honour School paper 7,

Special Authors, in the current syllabus, and paper 6, Special Options, in the new

syllabus being launched from October 2013. (Further details of the two syllabi are given

in Appendix 1.)

In addition to this, the appointee will also be expected to:

Undertake examining duties for the MSt in World Literatures in English and relevant

undergraduate papers.Pursue independent research in the area of World Literature and related subjects,

including colonial literature or empire writing, and postcolonial, diasporic and

international literatures in English.

Further information on the undergraduate and MSt syllabi is available in Appendices 1 and 2.

Selection criteria

Essential criteria:

Have obtained his or her doctorate by 1 September 2013

Have a research and publication record in World Literature and/or related subjects, aslisted above.


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Have experience of undergraduate lecturing and teaching

Have experience of graduate teaching and supervision

Desirable criteria:

Experience of examining and assessing

Working at the University of Oxford

A mentor for the Lecturer will be appointed from amongst the senior, permanent academic

staff of the English Faculty. The mentor will provide advice and guidance to the Lecturer on

the direction and focus of his or her research, on lecturing skills, on tutorial teaching, and on

relevant Faculty practices. The mentor will also be in a position to provide advice to the

Lecturer at the stage when he or she is applying for permanent academic posts.

The Lecturer will be offered a carefully tailored package of professional development. Soon

after taking up the appointment, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to meetwith a professional development adviser from the Universitys Oxford Learning Institute to

define an individual training and development package. The Learning Institute has a well-

developed programme of courses for academic and research staff and fellows will have

access to these. There will also be the opportunity to seek fellowship of the Higher

Education Academy, or to undertake the Universitys Diploma in Learning and Teaching in

HE (seehttp://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/).

For further information about working at Oxford, please see:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/research/

Pay and BenefitsThe Lecturer will be an employee of the University of Oxford. The salary offered will be on

the Universitys Grade 7, which at 1 October 2012 is 29,249 - 35,938 per annum. The

starting point on the scale will reflect qualifications and experience. The appointee will be

eligible to join the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Subject to the Statement of

Pensions Policy, the appointee will be deemed to be in membership of the above pension

scheme until such time as he or she gives notice in writing to exercise the right not to be a

member of the scheme.

The post is subject to a probationary period of six months.

The Lecturer will be entitled to 38 days of paid leave in a full leave year (which runs from

1 October). S/he is not entitled to apply for sabbatical leave.The University encourages links with industry and other outside bodies. Although the holding

of outside appointments such as consultancies must be approved by the head of department

or equivalent, no limit as such is set on the amount of money individuals may receive in this

way. The criterion is the amount of time such appointments take up: a maximum of 30 days

per annum may be spent on such activities before any salary deduction is considered.

The Statutes and Regulationsof the University record the extent of the Universitys claims to

intellectual property, and the proportions in which exploitation revenues are shared with

researchers. Copies of the relevant extracts are available on request.

The University has three nurseries providing 150 places for the children of staff and

students.
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The University also subsidises places for its staff at some other nurseries in Oxford. For

more information and an application form contact the childcare team at the University

Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, tel: 01865 270238, email

[email protected]. Further details can be found on the University website at

http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/child/chc.html.

For school-aged children, the University has an arrangement with a local playscheme thatoffers discounted prices for staff and students. The playscheme runs every school holiday

including half-terms. For details of this and other childcare facilities in Oxfordshire contact

the childcare team as above.

The appointment will be subject to satisfactory completion of a medical questionnaire and

the provision of proof of the right to work in the UK. Applicants who would need work visas if

appointed to the post are asked to note that under the UKs new points-based migration

system they will need to demonstrate that they have sufficient points, and in particular that:

(a) they have sufficient English language skills (evidenced by having passed a test in basic

English, or coming from a majority English-speaking country, or having taken a degree

taught in English); and(b) they have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and any dependents until they receive

their first salary payment.

Further information is available from the Home Office website at:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier2/generalarrangements/eligibility/.

The policy and practice of the University of Oxford require that all members of staff are

offered equal opportunities within employment and that entry into employment with the

University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and

the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the

relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary

consideration. Subject to statutory provisions, no applicant or member of staff will be treatedless favourably than another because of his or her gender, marital or civil partnership status,

sexual orientation, religion or belief, racial group, age or disability.

Where suitably qualified individuals are available, selection committees will contain at least

one member of each sex.

Howto applyIf you consider that you meet the selection criteria, click on the Apply Now button on the

Job Details page and follow the on-screen instructions to register as a user. You will then

be required to complete a number of screens with your application details, relating to your

skills and experience. You will be required to upload a CV (to include a list of publications)and supporting statement. The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the

selection criteria. You are also asked to ensure that two letters of reference are sent

directly [email protected] the deadline of midday on 21 February 2013.

Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that that you

meet the selection criteria outlined above and we are happy to consider evidence of

transferable skills or experience which you may have gained outside the context of paid

employment or education.

Please save all uploaded documents to show your name and the document type.
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All applications must be received by midday on the closing date stated in the online

advertisement. It is anticipated that interviews will be held in the week commencing 11March 2013. All reasonable interview expenses will be reimbursed.

Candidates shortlisted for interview will be asked to submit a sample of written work in

advance of the interviews, and will be requested to give a short presentation as part of theassessment process.

Any enquiries about the application process for the post should be directed to: Dr Lindsay

Rudge ([email protected])

Informal enquiries about the post itself can be directed to Professor Elleke Boehmer

([email protected]).

Information for Priority CandidatesA priority candidate is a University employee who is seeking redeployment owing to the fact

that he or she has been advised that they are at risk of redundancy, or on grounds of ill-

health/disability. Priority candidates are issued with a redeployment letter by their employing

departments and this lettermus tbe attached to any application they submit.

Full details of the priority application process are available at:

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APPENDIX 1

Outl ine of the first y ear cou rse (Prel iminary Examin ation)

1. Introduction to English Language and Literature

2. Early Medieval Literature, c. 650 - 13503. Literature in English 1830 - 1910 ('Victorian')

4. Literature in English 1910 - present day ('Modern')

Outl ine of the second and third y ear cours e (Final Hono urs Scho ol Course I)

N.B. The Faculty is currently in a period of transition between old and new syllabi. In 2013-14 the appointee will teach the old syllabus to third year students, and the new syllabus tosecond year students. From 2014-15, all students will be taught the new syllabus.

A. New Syllabus

Paper 1: Shakespeare

Paper 2: Literature in English 1350 - 1550




Paper 6: Special Options

Paper 7: Dissertation

B. Old Syllabus

Compulsory Papers

1. The English Language (portfolio paper, submitted in 2nd year)

2. Shakespeare

3. English Literature from 1100 to 1509




Optional Papers (two options must be taken)

7. Special Authors - an extended essay on an author chosen from the following:

(a) (i) The Beowulfpoet, or (ii) Alfred, or (iii) The Exeter Book

(b) (i) Chaucer, or (ii) Langland, or (iii) the N-Town Cycle

(c) (i) Spenser, or (ii) Milton, or (iii) Jonson

(d) (i) Marvell, or (ii) Dryden, or (iii) Eliza Haywood

(e) (i) Wordsworth, or (ii) Austen, or (iii) Byron

(f) (i) Tennyson, or (ii) Dickens, or (iii) Wilde


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(g) (i) Conrad, or (ii) Yeats, or (iii) Woolf

(h) (i) Walcott, or (ii) Roth, or (iii) Friel

(i) (i) Emerson, or (ii) Dickinson, or (iii) Faulkner

8. Special Topics - an extended essay on a topic chosen from the following:

(a) An extended essay in any subject area of English Language, or Literature inEnglish.

(b) One of a selected number of course II options

(c) An extended essay, unless otherwise stipulated, on any one of the centrally-taughtSpecial Topics from the list for the year.

(d) Victorian Literature (1832 1900)

(e) Modern Literature (1900 to the present day)

9. Introduction to Medieval Studies: Old English Literature


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APPENDIX 2 MSt in World Literatures in English

A. The Colonial, the Postcolonial, the World: Literature, Contexts and Approaches(Core Course).

This strands A course will be concerned with exploring the keynote themes andmethodologies defining the field, including: the world and the globe (globalization); what wasempire?; nationalism and trans-nationalism; race and race identity; cosmopolitanism andprovincialism; the city and the Global South; hybridity and migration.

The A Course is taught as a weekly seminar that runs over eight weeks in MichaelmasTerm, and is designed to provide a solid foundation for advanced literary study in the field.

B. Bibliography, Theories of Text, History of the Book, Manuscript Studies.

A research methods course taught by practical class and/or seminar, covering the materialhistories of the colonial and postcolonial book.

C. Special Options.

Special Option courses are one-term courses on specialist themes usually relating to thecurrent research interests of the teacher(s).

Options for this strand may include the following:

Literatures of Empire and Nation, Literature and Psychoanalysis, Others and Coetzee,African Literature, The Contemporary Novel, Region- and genre specific courses (forexample, the Anglophone Asian novel), along with options courses offered by other periodstrands such as American Studies and 1900 to the present-day.

Students normally take one Special Option in each of the first two terms, but may take up tofour if they decide to opt out of the B course.

The special option courses present an opportunity for students to develop their own researchinterests.

D. Dissertation.

All students write a 10,000 word dissertation on a subject of their choice, but related to thework they have been doing over the year.