Research Fellow - Leeds, United Kingdom - University of Leeds

University of Leeds
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Research Fellow:


Are you an ambitious researcher looking for a new challenge? Do you have expertise in Mehri poetry and its relationship with the natural environment? Do you want to further your career by making an important contribution to this ambitious and exciting research project with the opportunity to work with leading researchers in the UK?


The University of Leeds is looking for a Research Fellow, with a PhD in Mehri linguistics and a strong background in Mehri poetry to fill an international fellowship position funded by the British Council International Fellowship scheme.

The fellow will be required to come to the University of Leeds for a period on 9 months in 2023.


Project:
Heritage protection, sustainable development and resilience through traditional ecopoetics in al-Mahrah, Yemen.

This fellowship programme will examine the ecopoetics of traditional Mehri poetry produced by women and/or men.

The aims of the fellowship are:

  • To create an openaccess, communityfriendly archive of traditional Bahīn, Haff and Danadon recorded from men and women from alMahrah that address the humannature relationship in the desert, the mountains, the coastal region and the sea, to analyse the metaphorical language of traditional ecopoetics;
  • To collaborate with men and women local community members to revalue and produce ecopoetry in Bāhīn and in Danadon hemistich forms.
  • To host two online poetry workshops for the Mehri communities in alMahrah. The aim of the online poetry workshops is to encourage younger generation speakers to disseminate traditional Mehri ecopoetry, to produce poetry of other types relating to the current environment, and to reflect on the effects of biocultural loss.
  • To facilitate online collaboration between women poets in alMahrah and women poets in the Yemeni diaspora in the UK, to ensure that women's voices are heard, responded to, and promoted.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:


Location:


  • Leeds
  • Main Campus
    Faculty/Service:
  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures
    School/Institute:
  • School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
    Category:
  • Research
    Grade:
  • Grade 7
    Salary:
- £35,333 to £42,155 p

a pro rata
Working Time:

  • 100%
    Post Type:
  • Full Time
    Contract Type:
  • Fixed Term (9 months, due to funding)
    Release Date:
  • Tuesday 28 February 2023
    Closing Date:
  • Tuesday 14 March 2023
    Reference:
  • AHCLC1203
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