The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) is a centre of excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation for six years, with the possibility of an extension to ten years. It is jointly based at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU in Odense) and the University of York (UK).

We will be awarding four fully-funded PhD Studentships and appointing three Postdoctoral Research Fellows to start in September and October 2012. Deadline for applications is 30 April 2012.

The Centre takes an integrated European approach to the study of Medieval Literature and welcomes applications from those working on the literary cultures of medieval Europe, from Scandinavia to the Middle East. PhD and Postdoctoral projects will fall within the three main research areas of CML: linguistic interfaces between secular and/or vernacular languages, fictionality, and canon formation. The work of CML is interdisciplinary in seeking to study texts as embedded within social relationships.

Two PhD Studentships and two Postdoctoral Fellowships will be available at SDU and two PhD studentships and one Postdoctoral Fellowship will be available in York. Applicants may apply to both or one institution.

The PhD studentships offer fees paid at the EU/UK rate + a stipend of £13,590 per annum.
The postdoctoral salary is £29,249 - £30,122 a year.

Full details of the CML research programme, organization and participation is available on our website: http://www.sdu.dk/cml.

Details on the SDU posts can be found at: http://www.sdu.dk/cml.

Details on the York posts can be found at:
http://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/prospective/funding/studentships-and-research-fellowships/phd/