[csaa-forum] Fwd: Film Lectureship - Lancaster UK
James Donald
j.donald at unsw.edu.au
Thu May 18 08:16:24 CST 2006
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>Subject: Film Lectureship - Lancaster UK
>Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:50:41 +0100
>Thread-Topic: Film Lectureship - Lancaster UK
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>From: "Rushton, Richard" <r.rushton at lancaster.ac.uk>
>To: "Rushton, Richard" <rushtonr at exchange.lancs.ac.uk>
>
>Dear all,
>We are looking for a Lecturer A to join the Institute for Cultural
>Research at Lancaster University. Please pass this on to anyone who
>might be interested. The further particulars of the position are
>attached.
>ICR home: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/
>Many thanks,
>Richard Rushton
>
Institute for Cultural Research
Lancaster University
Lectureship in Film Studies
Ref: A652
Lecturer A (£24,352 - £27,929)
Closing date for applications: 2 June 2006
Posts
The Institute for Cultural Research seeks to
appoint a well-qualified colleague to join its
team of academic researchers and teachers.
Candidates are expected to hold a doctorate in a
relevant discipline, be an active researcher
beginning to publish in an appropriate specialist
field, and possess some teaching experience in an
institution of Higher Education. Teaching duties
will centre on the delivery of core and
specialist modules on the Film and Cultural
Studies undergraduate degree scheme, including
courses on documentary cultures, film cultures
and film theory. An ability to contribute to the
other degree schemes offered by the ICR (Media
and Cultural Studies; American Studies) may be an
advantage as would an ability to contribute to
the development of the Institute's broader
research interests. The postholder will also
contribute to postgraduate teaching and
supervision in the Department.
The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR)
The Institute for Cultural Research is an
exciting and expanding centre for the study of
culture, media and film at Lancaster, and is part
of a 5* RAE unit of assessment (2002). The ICR is
noted for its vibrant, collaborative,
interdisciplinary research environment and
appointees will have the opportunity to work
alongside colleagues in other departments
(Sociology, Women's Studies, English, History,
and the Contemporary Arts) who contribute to our
research events and teaching programmes. This
collaborative ethos is widely admired outside
Lancaster where it is recognised as one of the
factors which contributes to the University's
overall strength in teaching and research.
Cultural research at Lancaster occurs across the
Faculties and covers a wide and diverse range of
work in the Arts and Social Sciences. Areas of
particular and developing research strength in
the ICR include cultural theory, new media,
gender studies, American popular culture, Asian
and global culture, visual culture, and film
theory.
Granted Departmental status in 2000, the ICR has
been administered by a dedicated team of
academics who also teach the core courses of the
undergraduate degrees in American Studies, Film
and Cultural Studies, Media and Cultural Studies.
This is in addition to our various graduate
studies programmes which include an MA in
Cultural Studies, an MA in American Cultural
Studies, an MA in Visual Culture, and an MA in
Literary and Cultural Studies, taught jointly
with the English Department. We also offer a PhD
in Cultural Research. We are currently developing
MA teaching links with Guangdong University of
Foreign Studies in China.
BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies
The undergraduate degree in Media and Cultural
Studies underpins the exciting research taking
place in the ICR. Media and Cultural Studies is
an interdisciplinary programme. Our students
follow specially designed core courses, convened
and taught by a central team of dedicated staff,
which currently combine theoretical academic
study with practical options in documentary film
making. Media and Cultural Studies has around 60
majors a year. More details can be found at
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/degrees/ug/mcs.php
BA (Hons) Film and Cultural Studies
The BA in Film and Cultural studies is a new
degree scheme that provides a broad foundation in
the study of Film and Cultural Studies, whilst
also providing for increased specialisation and
concentration in its second and third years. The
degree aims to educate students in a range of
different academic approaches to the study of
Film and cultural studies. It has core courses in
Film Cultures and Film Theory. ICR staff offer
key option courses in Film, Modernism and the
Avant-Garde, Silent Cinema and the Cultural
History of American Film; a wide range of other
options in European cinema are also available.
The degree has a small optional practical
component which has the specific aim of further
informing critical understanding of film making
processes. This degree scheme currently has an
intake of around 20 students a year. More details
can be found at
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/degrees/ug/fs.php
BA (Hons) American Studies
The ICR began administering the BA (Honours) in
American Studies in 2003 when its core members
joined this department. The degree was launched
in 1990, however, and now admits some 40 students
a year. Like the other ICR degrees, the course is
grounded in an excellent record of
interdisciplinary research and teaching,
integrating the approaches of different
traditional disciplines, particularly Cultural
Studies, English, History, and Politics. The
degree includes a second year abroad in the
United States or Canada. In contrast to
programmes in American Studies elsewhere in the
UK, this course counts fully towards the degree.
Core third year courses in American Studies are
provided by the staff in the ICR while further
options are offered in the departments of
English, History, Politics, and Sociology. More
details at:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/amerstud/
We also offer three combined degrees:
BA (Hons) Film and Philosophy
BA (Hons) Film and Sociology
BA (Hons) Film Studies and English Literature (from 2007)
MA Cultural Studies
The ICR's MA in Cultural Studies addresses
cultural studies in the broadest sense of the
term. It differs from other MAs in the field in
being more broadly interdisciplinary; more
generally theoretical, fully international -
thematizing social and cultural processes on a
world scale - and rooted in more recent themes in
cultural analysis.
MA in American Cultural Studies
This MA offers an advanced course in the
interdisciplinary study of the culture of
twentieth and twenty-first century American
society. The programme focuses on key cultural
problems such as representation, urban culture,
film, memory, music, ethnicity, gender, race,
nationalism, modernisation and globalisation, and
demonstrates the relevance of these themes to the
broader, global study of media, culture and
society.
MA Visual Culture
This interdisciplinary course takes as its object
of study the visual cultures which have developed
in, and have come to dominate, the twentieth
century. It focuses on expressions of visuality
and/or technologies of vision across a range of
media, including photography, cinema, television,
video and digital art, and aims to develop
theoretical understandings of the forms,
aesthetics and the cultural impacts of these
media and technologies.
PhD Cultural Research
Research students work on a wide range of topics
across the spectrum of cultural research.
Researchers at the ICR normally work with two
supervisors, and their progress is reviewed
annually. Students normally complete their
studies within four years (full time) and eight
years (part time). A wide range of research
training opportunities is available within the
University, the Faculty of Arts and Social
offering Research Training Programmes comprising
a wide range of elective courses. Graduate
students across several departments organise a
regular series of seminars on culture. The ICR
offers its own workshop on planning and
organising a project in cultural research.
The University
Lancaster was classed as one of the top ten
research universities in the UK in the first two
Research Assessment Exercises, and nearly every
department maintained or improved its position in
RAE 2001. Research in the ICR contributed to the
'culture cluster' in Sociology's 5* RAE rating.
The ICR is part of the new Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences that was launched in 2005. This
Faculty includes the departments of Applied
Social Sciences, Educational Research, English
and Creative Writing, European Languages and
Cultures, History, Law, Linguistics, Politics,
Philosophy, Religious Studies and Sociology, and
Institutes for Women's Studies, Contemporary
Arts, Health Research as well as Cultural
Research. More details about the Faculty can be
found at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/
The University is situated on a modern campus
with excellent facilities in an attractive part
of Northwest England, very close to the Lake
District, with good road and rail links and
within easy reach of Manchester International
Airport. House prices are very reasonable
compared with those in many parts of the country,
and local schools are excellent. The University
also has an excellent pre-school centre
(http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/pre-school/).
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be
made to the Head of Department, Professor Fred
Botting.
Tel: 01524-592906; e-mail: f.botting at lancaster.ac.uk
To apply, please visit
http://www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk or telephone
Personnel Services answerphone (01524 846549),
quoting the appropriate reference.
--
Dr James Donald
Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor of Film Studies, School of Media, Film and Theatre
University of New South Wales
Sydney
NSW 2052
Australia
Telephone (02)9385 4858
Mobile 0433 126445
Facsimile (02) 9385 6812
International
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