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POST OF LECTURESHIP IN OLD ENGLISH

SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK

The School of English at UCC wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Old English. This will be a two year appointment, from September 2010 to September 2012. The post will be offered on the Lectureship scale (€35,357 - €56,967), depending on qualifications and current salary. The lowest salary to which an appointee with a PhD may be appointed is the 5th point of the scale, €43,708.

The appointee will have an expertise in Old English language, literature, and culture evidenced by a completed doctorate in a relevant area and a strong publication record. He/she will have a demonstrated ability to teach the grammar, language, and literature of the Anglo-Saxon period at all levels, from first-year undergraduate through to MA and doctoral supervision. The candidate should also have experience teaching Old English to small and large groups. Preference will be given to candidates with an interest in one or more of the following:

" The interconnections of literary, visual, and material cultures of the period 600-1400.

" Manuscript studies and the 'new' histories of the book, including palaeography and codicology.

" Digital humanities.

" The representation of the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval periods in later writing and culture, including film.

" Critical theory and its application to Old English writing.

" Old Norse and/or Old Icelandic language and literature.

Experience in the following is also desirable:

" The delivery of undergraduate lectures.

" Innovative approaches to teaching earlier period literatures to undergraduates, especially those learning ab initio.

" MA teaching and dissertation supervision.

" PhD supervision.

A record of applications for external research funding, or the willingness to do so, commensurate with the level of the post and the experience of the applicant, will also be expected.

For a full list of duties and selection criteria please see the particulars of post on http://www.ucc.ie/hr/vacancies/academic

For further information on the School of English, please see http://www.ucc.ie/en/english

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Andrew King (a.king@ucc.ie) or Prof. James Knowles (j.knowles@ucc.ie).

Please note: Interviews will be held in early September 2010, and the appointee will be expected to be available to teach by late September 2010.

To Apply:

Completed application forms must be returned to: Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Ireland (+353-21-903073; fax: +353-21- 4271568; recruitment@per.ucc.ie). The closing date is 12 pm, Friday 13th August 2010.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent upon University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

The goal of the Senato Secreta project is the publication of the four initial volumes of the Secreta of the Venetian Senate in a format compatible with the volumes of the Misti published by the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. The volumes will be published by the Istituto Veneto under the sponsorship of The Renaissance Society of America. The Delegate to the Istituto for this project is Gherardo Ortalli; the Secreta editor is Alan M. Stahl. We are seeking four individuals (of any nationality) with appropriate training and experience as volume editors. We are seeking funding from a variety of sources; the availability and amount of stipends for the volume editors will depend on the success of these efforts. Applications are due September 1, 2010. For an application and further information, please contact Alan Stahl (amstahl@optonline.net).

The University of Cyprus announces two (2) academic positions at the rank of Assistant Professor or Lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology: one position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Lecturer in the following fields of study: "History of Art: Medieval Western, Renaissance, Baroque," and one position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Lecturer in the following fields of study: "European History (15th–18th Century)" For all academic ranks, an earned doctorate from a recognized University is required.

Requirements for each academic rank depend on the candidate's years of academic experience, the research record and scientific contribution, involvement in teaching and in the development of high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula. The minimum requirements for each academic rank can be found on the web page (http://www.ucy.ac.cy/goto/hure/el-GR/Odigoi.aspx).

The official languages of the University are Greek and/or Turkish. For the above positions knowledge of Greek is necessary. Holding a citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus is not a requirement.

The annual gross salary for these positions (including the 13th salary) is:

Assistant Professor (Scale A13–A14) €55.688,36–€75.105,68

Lecturer (Scale A12–A13) €47.029,58–€68.877,77

Interested individuals must submit the following items by Friday 6h of August 2010.

I. A letter stating the academic rank or ranks for which the applicant is interested in, the field of study and the date when he/she may be able to assume duties in the event of selection.

II. A Curriculum Vitae (6 copies)

III. A brief summary of previous research work and a statement of plans for future research (up to 1500 words - 6 copies)

IV. A list of publications (6 copies)

V. Copies of the three most representative publications (6 copies)

VI. Certified Copies of Degree certificates.

VII. Ph.D. thesis (6 copies)

In addition, the applicants must ask three academic referees to send letters of recommendation directly to the University. The names and addresses of these referees must be submitted with the application. Additional confidential information may be sought. The letters of recommendation must reach the University by Friday 6th of August 2010. The Curriculum Vitae and the statement of previous work and plans should be written in Greek and/or in Turkish and one international language, preferably English.

Applications, other documents and reference letters submitted in the past will not be considered and must be re-submitted. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

All application material must be submitted to:

Human Resources Service

University of Cyprus

Council/Senate Anastasios G Leventis Building

P.O. Box 20537

1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

Tel. 22894155/4158

For more information, contact the Human Resources Service (tel.: 00357 22894155/4158) or the Department of History and Archaeology (00357 22 892180).

The school of English at Trinity College Dublin will soon be advertising a five year lecturing post in Medieval English. It is envisaged that this will become a permanent job. Details are available through http://www.tcd.ie/vacancies/

FACULTY POSITION School of Historical Studies Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey. The Institute for Advanced Study intends to make a professorial appointment in the field of the European Middle Ages within the School of Historical Studies. Only candidates with distinguished scholarly accomplishments will be considered.

Applications and nominations, including bibliography and curriculum vitae, should be sent by 10 October 2010 to the Administrative Officer, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. All communications will be held in strict confidence. The Institute is an equal opportunity employer.

Par suite d'une défection inopinée, l'Université de Namur recherche de toute urgence un(e) jeun(e) chercheur(-euse) maîtrisant le latin, la paléographie, la codicologie et même la diplomatique, afin de le (la) faire bénéficier d'une une bourse de doctorat (4 ans) dans le cadre du programme "Le livres d'archives dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux à la fin du Moyen Âge : formes, fonctions, usages" dirigé par Xavier Hermand et Jean-François Nieus. La description de ce programme est jointe à ce message. Pour toute information complémentaire, veuillez contacter xavier.hermand@fundp.ac.be

LE LIVRE D'ARCHIVES DANS LES PAYS-BAS MÉRIDIONAUX À LA FIN DU MOYEN ÂGE : FORMES, FONCTIONS ET USAGES

1. Problématique

Depuis une trentaine d'années, les disciplines érudites (paléographie, diplomatique, codicologie) ont profondément transformé le regard que les historiens portaient sur les documents médiévaux : considérés jadis comme de simples véhicules de textes qui, seuls, étaient dignes d'attention, ces documents sont désormais considérés en eux-mêmes, comme des objets d'histoire susceptibles d'interrogations multiples, visant à mieux les situer dans leur contexte de production, d'utilisation et de conservation, au cœur d'une histoire culturelle et sociale de l'Occident médiéval. Dans cette perspective, toutes les caractéristiques du document - forme, support, dimensions, type d'écriture, décoration, mise en page, langue, … -, même celles qui semblent a priori les plus banales, sont dignes d'intérêt, car les choix effectués par les scribes sont largement dictés par les finalités assignées au document et son contexte d'utilisation. En d'autres mots, elles sont des sources pour l'historien, au même titre que les contenus textuels eux-mêmes.

Jusqu'à présent, ce sont les livres médiévaux conservés aujourd'hui dans des bibliothèques, ceux contenant des " œuvres " (qu'elles soient littéraires, théologiques, historiques, …), qui ont été les principaux bénéficiaires de ce renouvellement. Le foisonnement des enquêtes en la matière et les innovations méthodologiques qu'elles ont suscitées - songeons à la naissance de la " codicologie quantitative " - ont contribué à faire de l'histoire du livre, des bibliothèques et des pratiques de lecture l'un des secteurs les plus féconds de la recherche médiévale, et ont placé la codicologie parmi les sciences auxiliaires fondamentales du médiéviste, au même titre que la paléographie et la diplomatique.

Paradoxalement, en matière d'archives, les effets de ce changement de perspective se font encore attendre. Il est vrai que les actes médiévaux ont suscité ces dernières années des enquêtes attentives à leur matérialité, leur décoration, leur présentation graphique ou leur langue, et les résultats obtenus ont confirmé l'intérêt de ces approches. Mais les chartes ne constituent qu'un pan, certes essentiel, des archives que le Moyen Âge nous a laissées. On trouve également des rouleaux et, surtout, des codices - des livres, au sens technique du mot, soit un ensemble de cahiers reliés entre eux, constitués de feuilles assemblées et pliées. Les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge, particulièrement, voient se répandre et se multiplier ces codices d'archives, indispensables au bon fonctionnement des administrations ecclésiastiques, princières et seigneuriales ou urbaines. À partir du XIIe siècle, en effet, l'usage de l'écrit se généralise et se diversifie dans les différents secteurs de la société ; prolifèrent alors les livres d'archives, dont la typologie, les caractéristiques codicologiques et paléographiques ainsi que les fonctions, n'ont guère encore retenu l'attention des historiens : parmi ces " livres d'administration ", seuls les cartulaires ont bénéficié d'un intérêt soutenu, visant à en mieux comprendre les fonctions -pratique, liée à la gestion des archives, mais aussi mémorielle - au sein des institutions productrices. Les autres documents, eux, sont restés dans l'ombre : comptes, obituaires, censiers, registres, inventaires de tout type, … ont été exploités, mais de manière classique, pour les informations qu'ils donnent explicitement, sans que l'on s'interroge vraiment sur les stratégies et les motifs qui avaient présidé à leur composition, à leur mise en forme et à leur conservation, et sans que l'on envisage spécifiquement leurs fonctions et leurs usages concrets. En somme, sans que l'on place la source d'archives au centre même du questionnaire.

Le projet de recherche ici présenté a pour ambition de défricher ce champ d'investigation, en lançant une vaste enquête sur le livre d'archives, dans toutes ses dimensions, au cours des derniers siècles du Moyen Âge.

2. Objectifs

En la matière, les instruments de référence manquent cruellement : alors que toute étude consacrée aux manuscrits " de bibliothèques " peut aujourd'hui s'appuyer sur une série d'enquêtes globales concernant la plupart des caractéristiques des codices, c'est en vain que l'on chercherait des travaux similaires portant, par exemple, sur les supports, les dimensions ou les systèmes de repérage textuels (tables des matières, index) des livres d'archives. Ce constat a orienté la perspective générale du projet, qui a pour principale ambition de planter les premiers jalons d'une histoire de cet ensemble documentaire dans les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge. Concrètement, l'enquête sera articulée autour de trois axes de recherche :

Typologies. - Qu'est-ce qu'un livre d'archives au Moyen Âge, sur le plan de la forme, du support, des dimensions, mais aussi de la langue et de la typologie textuelle ? La question est d'autant plus pertinente qu'en ce domaine, les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge ont vu se produire plusieurs mutations majeures : diversification des types documentaires et de leurs utilisateurs, diffusion du registre au détriment du rouleau et de la feuille volante (mais peut-être pas dans toutes les niches documentaires), réapparition de l'écriture cursive, substitution du papier au parchemin, etc. Ces divers phénomènes sont certes connus, mais ils n'ont pas encore fait l'objet d'une véritable investigation historique, qu'il s'agisse d'en dessiner les grandes lignes et d'en souligner les moments-clés, d'en identifier les facteurs explicatifs, de mieux cerner les milieux innovants ou, au contraire, conservateurs.

Mise en page et " mise en texte ". - On sait comment, à partir du XIIe siècle et sous l'influence de la scolastique, la consultation se répandit au sein de la communauté des lecteurs médiévaux comme pratique de lecture habituelle, engendrant la mise au point et la diffusion de nouvelles techniques de mise en page et d'instruments para-textuels destinés à faciliter le repérage de l'information (rubriques, tables des matières, index, …). Bien étudié en ce qui concerne les manuscrits " littéraires ", le phénomène n'a jamais été analysé dans le champ des archives. Or ce mode de lecture utilitaire est particulièrement bien adapté à ce type de documentation. On se propose donc d'étudier les techniques mises en œuvre par les copistes afin de faciliter l'organisation du texte d'archives sur la page, en tirant parti des ouvrages parus ces dernières années relatifs aux manuscrits " de bibliothèques ", qui fourniront tout à la fois les outils méthodologiques d'analyse et d'utiles points de comparaison.

Fonctions et usages. - À quoi servaient les livres d'archives ? Comment étaient-ils, concrètement, mis en œuvre ? De quelles stratégies documentaires se font-ils l'écho ? Que nous disent-ils sur les groupes qui les ont produits et utilisés ? À ces questions et à bien d'autres, les documents répondent rarement de manière explicite. Il convient donc d'exploiter, dans cette perspective, l'ensemble des indices qu'ils fournissent ; on pointera, par exemple, les notes marginales, les traces de (ré)utilisation, la réunion de dossiers documentaires sous une même reliure, …

3. Justification de l'engagement d'un chercheur

La rareté des enquêtes aujourd'hui disponibles sur ces questions commande la stratégie à mettre en œuvre. Dans un premier temps, il conviendra de travailler à partir des inventaires d'archives disponibles, en procédant à un relevé de l'ensemble du corpus documentaire. Pour des raisons pratiques, il est prévu, dans un premier temps au moins, de limiter ce recensement au matériel aujourd'hui disponible dans les dépôts des Archives de l'État en Région wallonne, l'ensemble fournissant un échantillon suffisamment diversifié des milieux producteurs et utilisateurs de livres d'archives à la fin du Moyen Âge. Sous l'angle politique, l'espace géographique envisagé se répartit principalement entre les comtés de Namur et de Hainaut, les duchés de Brabant et de Luxembourg, et la principauté épiscopale de Liège ; du point de vue ecclésiastique, il correspond aux anciens diocèses de Liège, Cambrai, Tournai et Trèves. Chacune des pièces recensées devra être décrite selon une grille d'analyse qui pourrait comporter les éléments suivants : date, support, dimensions, langue, contenu (en bref), type d'écriture et de mise en page, présence d'index ou de tables des matières, … C'est principalement à ce stade de l'enquête qu'interviendrait le travail du chercheur à engager.

La base documentaire ainsi rassemblée constituera un outil de recherche de premier ordre. Elle sera le point de départ d'enquêtes diversifiées, selon les trois axes dont il a été question : analyses pointues de dossiers documentaires bien déterminés (une abbaye, une collégiale ou une administration princière, par exemple), enquêtes plus vastes à l'échelle d'une typologie bien particulière (obituaires, censiers, comptes, inventaires, …) ou centrées sur une caractéristique spécifique du document (support, aides à la lecture et à la consultation, " mise en recueil ", …).

The Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) announces the vacancy of a permanent full-time position in Medieval History at the level of (Senior) Lecturer/Assistant Professor. We are looking for an inspiring teacher and multi-faceted researcher, whose main expertise is in the field of Cultural History. The Medieval History section shares responsibilities for the History BA and MA curricula with five other history sections in the department. It also contributes to related curricula such as the Research Master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies. The Medieval History research programme is part of the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) and participates in the Netherlands Research School for Medieval Studies.

(http://www.rug.nl/corporate/vacatures/jobOpportunitiesRUG)

The candidate will be expected:

* to contribute actively to the History programme at BA and MA levels (including research master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies). Course co-ordination; lectures; tutorials; seminars; essay and examination marking; supervising Bachelor and Master theses

* to publish scholarly works in the appropriate fora; to help develop the research profile of the Medieval History section by the development of national and international grant proposals and the implementation of projects

* to contribute fully to the research culture and teaching activities within the department and to take on various administrative responsibilities.

We are asking for

* a PhD in Medieval History with a special interest in cultural history

* a track record of research and publications (preferably evident from post-doctoral experience); further research potential and plans

* an internationally visible profile that complements and enhances the Medieval section's profile in research and teaching. Hence your research and teaching should relate to the following aspects:

1. cultural history of the High and Late Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the intellectual, scientific and religious developments in that period 2. historiography and methodology of Medieval History 3. comparative and interdisciplinary outlook.

In addition expertise on the following fields is recommended:

1. historiography and theory of Cultural History in general

2. the medieval Mediterranean and Arab world.

* confirmed experience in academic teaching, at various levels and in various formats as well as ability to perform teaching duties outside the own specialisation, including the willingness to develop this

* oral as well as written fluency in English

* excellent social, communicative skills, collegial attitude in sharing administrative tasks

The University of Groningen offers a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience starting from a minimum of € 3,195 gross per month (salary scale 11) to a maximum of € 4,970 gross per month (salary scale 12) for a full-time position, excluding 8% holiday pay and 8,3% end-of-year gratification and participation in a pension scheme for employees. This is a tenure position; the decision on tenure will be taken on the basis of a formal assessment after two years.

The hiring procedure may include a lecture or presentation.

The starting date for this appointment is 1 August, 2010 (with the prospect of starting teaching from 1 September 2010). The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates of non-Dutch origin are expected to master the Dutch language within a two-year time span.

For further information contact: Prof. Catrien Santing, chair Medieval History, Univ. of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (+31 50 3636117 /; +31 6 50415180; c.g.santing@rug.nl)

Post-doctoral researchers in the history of medieval law

The Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin (MSH, Nantes, France) is recruiting four post-doctoral researchers for work on the project “RELMIN: The legal status of religious minorities in the Euro-Mediterranean world (5th–16th centuries)”. RELMIN is funded for five years (2010–2015) as part of the Ideas programme of the European Research Council’s Seventh Framework Programme. It is based at the MSH and is directed by John Tolan, professor of history at the University of Nantes and director of the MSH.

Project summary. European religious diversity has its roots in the practice of medieval societies. Medieval European polities, Christian and Muslim, granted protected and inferior status to selected religious minorities. RELMIN will collect, publish and study legal texts defining the status of religious minorities in pre-modern Europe. The corpus of texts includes Roman law (in particular in the legal codes of Theodosius and Justinian), canon law (acta of Church councils, the Decretum attributed to Gratian, the Decretales), national or royal law (from “barbarian” law codes of the early Middle Ages to national compilations such as the Siete Partidas of Alfonso X of Castile in the thirteenth century), urban law (particularly the fueros in the Iberian peninsula and hisba manuals in Andalusia), rabbinical responsa, and fatwa collections. The database will contain texts in their original languages and translations into English and French, as well as an annotated bibliography on the subject. This will become a major reference tool for research in the history of minority law and of interreligious relations.

The project will also hold semi-annual workshops and a major international conference on Religious diversity in pre-modern Europe. A series of comparative thematic studies on specific aspects of interreligious relations will allow us to compare responses to similar issues in diverse societies, from seventh-century Córdoba to fifteenth-century Krakow. The goal is to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary work by scholars from different countries with varying linguistic skills, to encourage new innovative research that cuts across traditional divides. The project will publish three major works in the field: the proceedings of the international conference, a sourcebook of selected legal texts (with translations, commentaries and annotated bibliography), and a monograph on the legal status of minorities in pre-modern Europe.

Qualifications. Each of the four post-doctoral researchers should have a recent Ph.D. in history, law, language, religion or literature, with a specialisation related to the themes of RELMIN. She or he should have a high level of competence in several medieval languages and should have experience editing documents in at least one of the languages. Specialists in medieval Arabic and Latin texts are particularly sought; the project is also interested in texts in Hebrew, Greek, Castilian and other languages. We seek specialists in a variety of legal texts, including (but not limited to) canon law, imperial and royal law, municipal and trade law, fatwas and responsa. Since the project’s working languages are English and French, researchers should be conversant in both (or at least in one, with a willingness to quickly learn the second).

Responsibilities of the four post-doctoral researchers. The post-doctoral researchers will be part of a research team based in Nantes. Their primary responsibilities will be editing the project database and participating in the organization of the semi-annual workshops. Each researcher will be given a specific thematic area corresponding to his/her particular expertise. In this area his/her tasks will include:

· Bibliographical research:

— Identifying medieval legal texts to include in the database

— Identifying important secondary scholarship in the field and providing annotated bibliographical notices for the database

· Database management:

— Writing and editing entries on specific medieval texts

— Identifying specialists in the field and inviting them to contribute to the database

· Participating in regular team meetings (including periodic seminars and workshops)

· Organizing a thematic workshop in her/his area of expertise

Conditions of employment. Each of the post-doctoral researchers will be hired for three years on a non-renewable contract (French CDD: contrat à durée déterminée). Starting dates are flexible, but will be no sooner than 1 September 2010 and no later than 1 September 2011. Each researcher will be expected to reside in Nantes for the period of employment and will be provided with office space at the MSH.

Application procedures. Applicants should send a preliminary application, consisting of a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three references, to John Tolan, Directeur, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Ange Guépin, 5 Allée Jacques Berque, BP 12105, 44021 Nantes cedex 1, France. All documents should be sent in PDF format to: john.tolan@univ-nantes.fr. Examination of applications will begin on 31 March 2010 and will continue until the four positions are filled (http://www.msh.univ-nantes.fr).