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Faculty of Philology. Position: Assistant Professor, or higher. Deadline: January 13, 2014.

The Higher School of Economics invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor, or higher, in the Faculty of Philology in Moscow, Russia.

 We welcome candidates in all subfields and notably in

  •  Russian and Comparative literature
  •  Russian cultural history
  •  Soviet and post-Soviet cultural studies
  •  Digital humanities
  •  Slavic linguistics
  •  Caucasian languages
  •  Corpus linguistics
  •  Linguistic typology and anthropology
  • Computational linguistics
  • Neuro-/psycholinguistics.

 The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university providing unique research opportunities (http://hse.ru/en, http://philology.hse.ru/en/ )

Work conditions:

  •  Internationally competitive сompensation package, 13% flat income tax rate and  other benefits
  •  Generous travel support and research grants provided by the university’s Centre for Advanced Studies (https://iri.hse.ru/)
  •  Low teaching load; minimal administrative service required
  •  Heavy emphasis on high quality research

Requirements:

  •  Ph.D. in Slavic Languages, Literatures/Linguistics or related fields (e.g., Comparative Literatures, Computational Linguistics, History, Psychology, Neuroscience)
  •  Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is an asset, but not required)
  •  Ability and high motivation to conduct high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals and international university presses

Generally appointments will be made for an initial three-year period and upon successful completion of an interim review, contracts would normally be extended for a further three years until the tenure review.

Please provide a CV, at least 2 letters of reference forwarded directly, a statement of research interest and a recent research paper. All materials should be addressed to Martin Gilman, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies at cas@hse.ru no later than January 13, 2014.


 

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