The School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University College London is looking for a LECTURER IN THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPE.
Following the departure of Dr Karin Friedrich in the summer of 2004 to take up a post at the University of Aberdeen, a vacancy has arisen in the area of the Cultural History of Central Europe. By cultural history is understood the study of systems of meanings, the ways by which they are constructed, circulated, shared and challenged, and their relations to the social world (this might include such subjects as ritual and symbol, shared identities and imaginaries, the semantics of material culture and memorialization, although this list is not exclusive). Additionally, the Central European area is understood in a generous sense as encompassing the former territories of the Habsburg Monarchy and Poland-Lithuania, and the German lands. The successful candidate is most likely to have researched and published on the modern period and to have a demonstrated interest in historical theory and method.