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[James Donald]

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>Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:50:41 +0100
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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

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