[Commlist] Postdoctoral fellowship in News Translation - now also inviting applicants beyond South Africa

*Postdoctoral fellowship in News Translation - now also inviting 
applicants beyond South Africa



This is a re-advertisement for a *two-year postdoctoral fellowship 
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Translation 
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the University of the Free State (UFS) in *South Africa*, but we now 
also invite applicants beyond South Africa to apply.

The postdoc will be hosted by the UFS and participate in an 
international research project titled “*South-North flows of information 
through translation in the global news agency AFP 
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The principal investigators are Marlie van Rooyen (UFS) and Lucile 
Davier (University of Geneva), and the project is funded by the South 
African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swiss National 
Research Foundation (SNSF). The UFS-appointed postdoc will be based in 
Bloemfontein, South Africa, and supervised by Marlie van Rooyen.

The successful applicant must be fluent in *English *and *French*, must 
have graduated with a *PhD *degree in a relevant discipline *within the 
last five years *must have a strong *socio-political knowledge of 
Africa* and not hold full-time salaried employment during the 
fellowship. We invite applicants with knowledge of and experience in 
research related to

  *
    translation studies
  *
    news translation
  *
    news/media and language
  *
    discourse analysis
  *
    pragmatics
  *
    and sociolinguistics.


Experience in qualitative research methodologies, such as ethnography, 
is recommended.

Please read the full advertisement for all the requirements and the 
expected duties and responsibilities of the successful applicant.

Annual salary: R300 000
Closing date: 6 October 2024

Commencement date: 1 January 2025
If you want more information about the project, or have any other 
questions, please email Marlie van Rooyen directly: 
(vanrooyenm1 /at/ ufs.ac.za) <mailto:(vanrooyenm1 /at/ ufs.ac.za)>
Please share as widely as possible.
Kind regards,


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