[Commlist] Job: Research Associate - (Mis)Translating Deceit after the Cold War: Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic

Stephen Hutchings want to draw your attention to a full-time 
postdoctoral researcher position connected to a new 3-year project on 
disinformation that has just been advertised at the University of 
Manchester.

Details are at this link:
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=25981

Informal enquiries may be made to (stephen.hutchings /at/ manchester.ac.uk)


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Research Associate - (Mis)Translating Deceit after the Cold War: 
Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic


Job reference: HUM-022543
Salary: £35,308 per annum
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Modern Languages and Cultures
Hours Per Week: Full time
Closing date: 13/07/2023
Contract Duration: For 24 months from 1 October 2023, or as soon as 
possible thereafter
School/Directorate : School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
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A Research Associate is required to support Professors Stephen Hutchings 
and Vera Tolz who, with colleagues from Leeds and Loughborough 
Universities and The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham 
House, are beginning a major 3-year, AHRC-funded project 
‘(Mis)Translating Deceit after the Cold War: Disinformation as a 
Translingual, Discursive Dynamic.’

The Manchester Research Associate will support Hutchings and Tolz 
(Manchester) and Dr Neil Sadler (Leeds) with the creation of large 
datasets of print and digital sources, and discourse, historical and 
political analysis of these sources. The Research Associate will 
(co-)author articles and other publications. In the second year, the 
PDRA will also work alongside a second Research Associate based at 
Loughborough University in gathering other research sources and will 
assist colleagues at Chatham House with producing reports for our 
non-academic partners.

Available from 1 October 2023, or as soon thereafter as possible, the 
post is for 2 years full time. The PDRA should have completed a PhD in 
Media Studies, Russian and East European Area Studies, Politics, 
International Relations, or History of the Cold War/Contemporary 
International History. We will also consider applicants with PhDs in 
Translation Studies, particularly those with experience of analysing 
corpus data, and in other relevant fields. Native or near native command 
of English and an excellent knowledge of the Russian language are 
required. The ability to work with sources in one or more of the 
following -- Arabic, Chinese, German and Spanish -- will be an 
advantage. Knowledge of other languages may also be considered.  A 
familiarity with web network location and visualization software and web 
corpus curation tools is desirable, but not essential (relevant training 
will be offered, if necessary).

What you will get in return:

    Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
    Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an 
Employee Assistance Programme
    Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
    Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
    Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all 
sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender 
identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender 
status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out 
more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or 
applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed 
to (People.Recruitment /at/ manchester.ac.uk).

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Hutchings at 
(Stephen.Hutchings /at/ manchester.ac.uk), and Professor Tolz at 
(Vera.Tolz /at/ manchester.ac.uk)

General enquiries:

Email: (People.recruitment /at/ manchester.ac.uk)

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home​​​​​​​;

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
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