Lecturer/Senior Lecturer- Contemporary Literature

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Contemporary Literature

School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies,

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Wellington, New Zealand

Victoria University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the English Programme.

The successful applicant will be expected to have a primary expertise in contemporary literature; applications are particularly welcome from candidates with a specialist interest in literature and new media, or the gothic, or narrative theory.

The appointee will be expected to have a PhD in English Literature; have a good research record and the potential to attract new postgraduate enrolments; and have experience in teaching at tertiary level. For appointment at the Senior Lecturer level, applicants would need around five years' research and teaching experience in an academic position and successful experience in postgraduate supervision.

For further information, contact Dr Thierry Jutel, Head of School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies, thierry.jutel@vuw.ac.nz or Dr Mark Williams, Programme Director English, mark.williams@vuw.ac.nz or visit www.vacancies.vuw.ac.nz Applications close 15 November 2011.

Victoria University of Wellington is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.