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The Music Department at King’s College London invites applications for three 3-year Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRA) to work with Professor Emma Dillon on the project Musical Lives: Towards an Historical Anthropology of French Song, 1100-1300 [MUSLIVE] (a UKRI Frontier Research Grant, previously ERC).

MUSLIVE develops a new methodology for the study of medieval song and poetry within the framework of historical anthropology, drawing practices of historians, musicologists and literary scholars into closer dialogue to better understand how peoples’ lives were shaped by their music. The project centres around a corpus of songs and poetry from the medieval French repertory of trouvère song, c. 1100-1300, and a selection from contemporary traditions including, but not limited to, Arabic and/or Hebrew poetry, as well as an archival investigation of the people associated with these traditions (performers, makers, listeners, archivists). A team of three PDRAs from diverse disciplinary backgrounds will work with Professor Dillon to build two substantial knowledge-bases dealing with, respectively, songs/poems and people. The evidence generated will be the basis of on-going critical assessment by the team, on occasion working also with musicians, to develop new approaches to song and poetry as it pertains to three core concepts of ‘identity’ (coupling musical evidence with a prosopography-orientated study of makers and performers), ‘itinerary’ (relocating French song in a transnational context, particularly in a Mediterranean context, with focus on points of juxtaposition or intersection with other song traditions) and ‘sonic networks’ (examining processes of adaptation and intertextual networking in musical/poetic practice in the context of social networks stretching from Western Europe to the eastern Mediterranean). The research outcomes will include collaborative and single-author publications, performances, and accessible data relating to songs and people.

The first PDRA position is for a candidate with background in musicology, literary studies or related fields. The candidate should have experience working with medieval French songs and/or texts. For further details see: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/070427-research-associate-in-the-department-of-music-musicology-literary-studies-or-related-fields

The second PDRA position is for a candidate with background in medieval history, musicology, literary studies or related fields, with experience working with medieval archival evidence and competence in Latin. For further details see:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/070887-research-associate-in-the-department-of-music-medieval-history-musicology-literary-studies-or-related-fields

The third PDRA position is for a candidate with background in literary studies, including comparative literary studies, or related fields. The candidate should have experience working with medieval Arabic and/or Hebrew literature. For further details see:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/070925-research-associate-in-the-department-of-music-literary-studies-including-comparative-literature-with-medieval-arabic-andor-hebrew

The MUSLIVE team is based in the Music Department at the KCL Strand campus in Central London. The successful candidates will join a dynamic and international community, with opportunities for career development and training. The postholders are required to live in/near London for the duration of their employment and be able to undertake some travel for conferences and archival work.

Closing date for all three positions is on 21 August 2023 with interviews of shortlisted candidates (online) mid-September. These posts will be offered on a full-time, fixed term contract for 36 months starting from 1 January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

For an informal discussion to find out more about these roles please contact Professor Emma Dillon, King’s College London, emma.dillon@kcl.ac.uk