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University Vacancies MASSEY UNIVERSITY PALMERSTON NORTH LECTURER IN PACIFIC HISTORY (Fixed Term Appointment) APPLICATIONS are invited for this position from suit-: ably qualified persons with 1 teaching and/or research interests in the history and/or politics of the Pacific Islands. The primary responsibility of the appointee will be to teach, for both internal and extramural students, a first year survey course on the history of the Pacific Islands to 19110. There may also be an opportunity to teach a more specialised course at an advanced level or to participate in the teaching of other courses already offered by the Department. The appointment will be for a maximum of two years, preferably from January 1980. Applicants should indicate their availability and fieldis) of interest. Salary: $NZ11,894-$NZ14.615. Further details of the position and of the University I may be obtained from the .undersigned, with whom applications close on July 13. 11979. A. J WEIR, j Registrar. Sl6

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED from suitably qualified persons for appointment to the following positions: RESEARCH SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW/ RESEARCH FELLOW (Two Positions) (Ref. No. 44.04.003) The Department, which is wholly occupied with postgraduate training and research, seeks applicants in the fields of Australian History or modern British and Irish History, or in those aspects of ‘imperial’ history which provide comparison with Australian development. Applications will be welcomed from those who have well-ad-vanced projects which they wish to complete, as well as from others with specific short-term programmes. Appointment will normally be for two years, but this term may be varied in special circumstances. Candidates who are resident in Australia and can obtain leave from their own universities for at least a year will be considered. The posts are available immediately but in any case a successful applicant would be expected to commence duty not later than the beginning of 1980. CLOSING DATE: July 6, 1979. HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTRE DEPUTY DIRECTOR and PROFESSOR OF MODERN EUROPEAN STUDIES The University is seeking to appoint a distinguished scholar with an established reputation in some area or areas of the humanities appropriate to modern European studies. It is looking for a person of broad intellectual sympathies, preferably with a command of two or more European languages. The Deputy Director will be required to pursue research in his or her field of interest and to assist the Director, Professor lan Donaldson, in the administration and long term planning of the Centre. As Professor of Modern European Studies, the appointee will be required to assume responsibility for, and take some part in, the teaching of under-graduate and postgraduate courses in Modern European Studies offered by the Faculty of Arts. The term of office as Deputy Director will be a matter for agreement with the University but is expected to be for seven years initially with the possibility of reappointment. Appointment as professor is until retiring age, i.e. the end of the year in which the professor reaches the age of 65 years, with the option of retiring at any time after age 60. CLOSING DATE: July 16, 1979. Conditions of Appointment Salaries: Salary will be in accordance with qualifications and experience as follows: Deputy Director, Humanities Research Centre $33,061 per annum; Senior Research Fellow $22,049-526,301 per annum; Research Fellow $15,786-$20,606 per annum Australian currency. Other Conditions: Reasonable appointment expenses are paid. Superannuation benefits are available for applicants who are eligible to contribute. Assistance with finding accommodation is provided for an appointee from outside Canberra. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to make an appointment by invitation at any time. Prospective applicants should write to the undersigned for further particulars before submitting applications. G. E. Dicker, REGISTRAR P. O. Box 4, CANBERRA, ACT 2600, AUSTRALIA.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND LECTURER AGRONOMY APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for a tenured lectureship from persons with a professional and research background and interests in the field of crop and/or pasture agronomy. Applicants will be expected to have a Ph D. and/or considerable professional experience. The latter would be an asset in this position as the successful applicant will be expected to integrate the various components of crop and pasture production in a management oriented approach to teaching and research. The Department is involved in teaching in the Faculties of Rural Science and Economic Studies and has research interests in the general area of systems agronomy, including crop adap'ation, plant/water relationships, weed ecology, plant nutrition and soil fertility and management. Further information can be obtained from Professor J. R. McWilliam, Head of the Department of Agronomy and Soil Science. The appointment will be available from February 1, 1980. SALARY RANGE: sAustls,7B6-sAust2o,737 per annum. CLOSING DATE: August 1. 1979. Other conditions include superannuation, assistance with travel and removal expenses, with buying a house and with initial accommodation in Armidale. Applicants in the United Kingdom, Europe and America should forward their applications to the Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities, 36 Gordon Square, London WCIH OPF, England. Applications, including the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent to the Staff Officer, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, prior to the closing date.