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Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:50:41 +0100<br>
Thread-Topic: Film Lectureship - Lancaster UK<br>
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From: "Rushton, Richard"
<r.rushton@lancaster.ac.uk><br>
To: "Rushton, Richard"
<rushtonr@exchange.lancs.ac.uk><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear all,<br>
We are looking for a Lecturer A to join the Institute for Cultural<br>
Research at Lancaster University. Please pass this on to anyone
who<br>
might be interested. The further particulars of the position are<br>
attached.<br>
ICR home: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/<br>
Many thanks,<br>
Richard Rushton<br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000"><b>Institute for Cultural
Research<br>
Lancaster University<br>
</b>Lectureship in Film Studies<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
Ref: A652<br>
<font size="-1">Lecturer A (£24,352 - £27,929)<br>
Closing date for applications: 2 June 2006<br>
<br>
<b>Posts<br>
</b>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.<br>
<br>
<b>The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR)<br>
</b>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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
<i>BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies<br>
</i>The undergraduate degree in<i> Media and Cultural Studies</i>
underpins the exciting research taking place in the ICR.<i> Media and
Cultural Studies</i> 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<br>
</font></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u
>http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/degrees/ug/mcs.php</u></font></div
>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u><br>
</u></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000"><i>BA (Hons)
Film and Cultural Studies<br>
</i>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<br>
</font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u
>http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/cultres/degrees/ug/fs.php<br>
<br>
</u></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000"><i>BA (Hons)
American Studies<br>
</i>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:<br>
</font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/amerstud/<br>
<br>
</u></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000">We also offer
three combined degrees:<br>
<i>BA (Hons) Film and Philosophy<br>
BA (Hons) Film and Sociology<br>
BA (Hons) Film Studies and English Literature</i> (from 2007)<br>
<br>
<i>MA Cultural Studies<br>
</i>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.<br>
<br>
<i>MA in American Cultural Studies<br>
</i>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. <br>
<br>
<i>MA Visual Culture<br>
</i>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.<br>
<br>
<i>PhD Cultural Research<br>
</i>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.<br>
<br>
<b>The University<br>
</b>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:</font><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u><br>
</u></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000">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
(</font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/pre-school/</u></font><font
face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000">).<br>
<br>
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be made to the Head of
Department, Professor Fred Botting.<br>
Tel: 01524-592906; e-mail:</font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u> f.botting@lancaster.ac.uk<br>
<br>
</u></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#000000">To apply,
please visit</font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u>
http://www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk</u></font><font face="Tahoma"
size="-1" color="#000000"> or telephone Personnel Services answerphone
(01524 846549), quoting the appropriate reference.</font><br>
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<div><tt><font size="-1" color="#000000">Dr James Donald<br>
Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<br>
Professor of Film Studies, School of Media, Film and Theatre<br>
University of New South Wales<br>
Sydney<br>
NSW 2052<br>
Australia<br>
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