One-Year Assistantship in Irish Studies & Distinctive Collections

 The Graduate Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Falvey Memorial Library have established an assistantship in Irish Studies and Distinctive Collections, tenurable for one year by a student admitted to the Masters program in one of the following departments or programs: Classical Studies, Communication, Counseling, Education, English, History, Human Resource Development, Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Theatre, or Theology.

The Assistantship has been created to attract to the Graduate Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences outstanding students committed to Irish Studies and to recognize the strength of the Graduate Division’s faculty resources in Irish Studies across the humanities and social sciences. Because the Center for Irish Studies at Villanova University emphasizes the links between theory and practice, academic learning and its application, we expect the holder of the assistantship to be a knowledgeable and active participant in the Irish Studies community. Candidates should also have strong work habits, demonstrable administrative skills, including knowledge of programs like Microsoft Word, as well as historical transcription and digital projects. Preference given to applicants with prior experience in transcribing and/or translating historical documents. Proficiency in the Irish (Gaelic) language is also desirable but not necessary.

The Irish Studies and Distinctive Collections Graduate Assistant will pursue a Masters in a department or program while providing twenty (20) hours per week transcribing, translating, and researching digitized Irish and Irish-American resources. The Assistant will receive remission of tuition for all courses taken in the Graduate Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences while holding the assistantship.

Further information can be found in the job posting. The deadline is officially rolling, but the sooner you apply, the better!