5 fellowships in translation research training: deadline 31 January 2011

This may be of interest to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Translation Studies:

TIME (Translation Research Training: An integrated and intersectoral model for Europe)  is offering 4 Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Fellowships (2011-2014) and 1 Experienced Researcher (ER) Fellowship (2011-2013)

Coordinator: Reine Meylaerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Partners: Yves Gambier (University of Turku, Finland), Anthony Pym (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain) and Christina Schaeffner (Aston University, UK)

Associated partners: Amnesty International Vlaanderen, Lionbridge International, Logoscript and Observatoire social européen

Subprojects

*   Subproject 1: Translation Technologies: For a Humanization of Efficiencies and Usability
*   Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain)
*   Subproject 2: Multimedia and Multimodal Translation: Accessibility and Reception [a+b]
*   University of Turku (Finland)
*   Subproject 3: Translating for the Minorities: Linguistic Diversity and Integration in Europe
*   K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
*   Subproject 4: Transformation through Translation: Media Representation of Political Discourse in Europe
*   Aston University (UK)

Applications for one of the positions should consist of:

·         Reading carefully the criteria for eligibility (http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/eligibility.html)
·         Filling in the application form (http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/applicationform.html)
·         A letter of motivation
·         A curriculum vitae
·         A letter of recommendation and/or the name and contact details of at least two academic references

You can send your CV, letter of motivation, letter of recommendation and/or the names and contact details of at least two academic references by email to steven.dewallens at hubrussel.be.

Application deadline: 31 January 2011

Further information
Candidates:
·         are invited to visit http://www.kuleuven.be/cetra/TIME/index.html and are asked to read carefully the criteria for eligibility;
·         can contact Reine Meylaerts (reine.meylaerts at arts.kuleuven.be), Yves Gambier (gambier at utu.fi), Anthony Pym (anthony.pym at urv.net) or Christina Schaeffner (c.schaeffner at aston.ac.uk) for further information.