Applications are invited for this post, tenable with effect from 1 October 2009, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Goldsmiths' Chair of English Literature is one of eight statutory chairs in the Faculty of English Language and Literature and is thus one of the Faculty's most senior posts. The Faculty will be seeking to appoint an outstanding scholar who can enhance and develop the Faculty's thriving research culture and provide leadership and direction within the field of English literature of the nineteenth and/or twentieth to twenty-first centuries. The ability to contribute to research and teaching in the fields of American literature and/or World literature may also be an advantage.
The Professorship is held in association with a non-stipendiary Fellowship at New College.
Applications (ten copies, or one only from overseas candidates), naming three persons who have agreed to act as referees on this occasion, should be received not later than 2 February 2009, by Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer, Senior Appointments, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD (email professorships@admin.ox.ac.uk). The further particulars may be found on the University website (http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/) and may also be obtained from Mrs Elaine Eastgate (tel. 01865 280189).
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