The University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. It opened its doors in 1904 on the Bloemfontein Campus with a mere six students in the Humanities. Since then, our institution has grown to more than 34 127 students, spread across seven faculties over three campuses. https://www.ufs.ac.za/about-the-...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1-Year Contract, Renewable up to 2 Years) (Job ID: 5910)
Conduct innovative research as part of a research team.
Travel to conduct fieldwork and collect data from two news agency bureaux on the African continent and the African desk of Agence France Presse (AFP) in Paris.
Prepare conference papers and present at international conferences.
Author/co-author at least one (1) publication output per year in the form of DHET–accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books. The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the UFS.
Eligibility criteria
Graduated with a PhD in a relevant discipline within the last five years. Relevant disciplines include but are not limited to translation studies; news translation; news/media and language; ethnography; digital humanities; discourse analysis; pragmatics; and/or sociolinguistics
Fluent in at least English and French.
May not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
Must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant must spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS.
Have a strong socio-political knowledge of Africa.
Recommendations
Knowledge of and experience in qualitative research methodologies.
Qualitative data analysis software.
Prior experience in presenting research papers at conferences and/or seminars.
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