Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:04:05 +0000 From: John Hunton ______________________________________________________________________ I'd like to bring the attention of the topology mailing list to the following further lectureship position now being advertised in Leicester. This continues a major investment in pure mathematics: recent appointments have been Steffen Koenig, Dietrich Notbohm, Alexander Baranov and Frank Neumann; Ruth Corran and Anne Henke will also be shortly joining the group. John Hunton. UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Lecturer A in Pure Mathematics Ref: A5396 Applications are invited for an open-ended Lectureship (Grade A) in Pure Mathematics. Applicants should have a strong research record in some branch of Pure Mathematics. This position is part of an ongoing and significant investment by the University in Pure Mathematics. Applications are encouraged from all areas of the subject, though preference may be given to applicants whose research is related to that of the existing group. The Pure Mathematics group is currently interested in various parts of algebra and topology and on the relations between these areas and with other parts of mathematics. Techniques from cohomology, homotopy theory, K-theory and triangulated categories are developed and used to study structures of groups, algebras and stable and unstable module/homotopy categories. Combining structure with combinatorial tools, further applications cover topics such as canonical bases of quantum groups, preprojective algebras, C* algebras and dynamical systems. There are active working seminars exploring the overlaps between these areas. All members of Pure Mathematics group are fully engaged in national and international research activities. The group is linked to several EU supported networks. Members of the group are active in running both national and international research meetings such as the Durham Symposium on K-theory and Analysis in July 2000. Summer schools and workshops on various topics are being run on a regular basis. Two national collaborative seminars, supported through the London Mathematical Society Scheme 3 grants are based in Leicester (in Topology with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield, and in Representation theory with the Universities of Bristol and Oxford). Members of the group are also active in UK seminars in Quantum Groups and in K-theory. Leicester is ideally placed for close interaction with many other leading UK Universities; Warwick, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Birmingham all lie within easy daily travelling distance. Further details about the position, as well as information on the Department and its research, can be found on the web pages at http://www.le.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/a5396.html and at http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/. Applications, together with the names and addresses of three persons to whom reference may be made, should be forwarded to reach the Personnel Office (Academic Appointments) not later than 12 JANUARY 2001.