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.