Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Old and Middle Irish Job at Maynooth – Ireland Full Time

The Role

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Old and Middle Irish. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students. They will also be expected to take a leading role in the administration of the Department.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile that supports the University’s research strategy, including affiliating to the Research Institute, where appropriate, and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard. 

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• A PhD in Early Irish and Celtic Studies;
• Excellent competence in Old and Middle Irish, and expertise in at least one of the following: Old and Middle Irish philology; Irish palaeography and codicology; Medieval Irish literature; comparative Celtic linguistics.
• A strong academic record in teaching and research;
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality, demonstrating potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
• Experience of and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, programme development and academic innovation;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills. 

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