Department: College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS)

Contract type: Service contract

Job location: Yerevan, the capital of the Republic of Armenia

Application deadline: 02/28/2026

Description

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is requesting proposals for providing on-call written translation services to the University.

About the American University of Armenia: Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia is committed to providing excellent education at the graduate and undergraduate levels. AUA’s mission is to bring American education to Armenia, preparing Armenian citizens and those of the region to address the needs of sustainable development in an environment that values academic excellence, free inquiry, integrity, scholarship, innovation, leadership, and service to society. AUA is accredited by the US Department of Education, through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) regional accrediting body, and it benefits from a formal affiliation with the University of California system, which has significantly influenced its academic development and offers legal and investment support. 

Project background: ETICA is a Horizon Europe ERA Chair project that will run from March 2025-February 2030. The core mission of ETICA is to create a comprehensive ecosystem of research, training, and outreach on pressing ethical issues in the public domain in Armenia. It is based on four academic pillars: Research & Internationalization, Teaching & Training, Public Outreach, and Structural Reforms in Higher Education. The project’s ultimate goal is to establish ETICA as a national and international hub for excellent research, training, and outreach in ethics in the public and professional arenas. To this end, the Center will hold regular international conferences and workshops, publish peer-reviewed articles, create teaching resources and opportunities in English and Armenian, and engage the Armenian public, including youth, in deliberations on key ethical issues. The project also aims to introduce measures to support researchers at AUA and other Armenian higher education institutions to achieve further success with Horizon Europe funding applications and project management.

The Horizon Europe project ETICA, at the AUA Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, is seeking qualified translators for the Armenian translations of the following books:

1. Boghossian, P. A. (2006). Fear of Knowledge. Clarendon Press.
2. Coady C.A.J. (2008).  Messy Morality:  The Challenge of Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
3. Coeckelbergh, M. (2020). AI Ethics. MIT Press.
4. Fricker, M. (2007). Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing. Oxford University Press.
5. Gilligan, C. (1982). In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Harvard University Press.
6. Gosseries, A. (2023). What is Intergenerational Justice? Polity Press.
7. Scanlon, T. M. (2018).  Why Does Inequality Matter? Oxford, Oxford University Press.
8. Wolff, J. (2012). Ethics and Public Policy. Routledge.

* Agreements with the international publishers are at advanced stage, however the final list of the books is subject to change.

The Armenian translations will be published by the Yerevan State University Press, with Dr. Arshak Balayan serving as the series editor.

AUA invites expressions of interest from experienced translators with strong grounding in technical philosophical language in Armenian and English.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A strong command of philosophical terminology in both Armenian and English.
• Commitment to present ongoing work on the translations to the colloquia of academic philosophers organized by ETICA.
• Commitment to work closely with the authors of the books and with the series editor
• To complete the translation by March 30 2028.

Desirables

• Familiarity with or expertise in contemporary (analytic) philosophy
• Ability to provide translator annotations
• Experience in translating (analytic) philosophy to Armenian

How to apply:

To apply, please send the below mentioned documents to jobs@aua.am email address with the subject line as "Written Translation Services - ETICA".

• CV
• Letter of Interest (including the book(s) you are interested in translating, with a maximum of three titles listed in order of preference, depicting working language(s), specific area(s) of expertise as well as payment rates)
• Certificates of professional trainings (if applicable)
• Translation samples
• Contact information of at least three referees

Incomplete application will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview and asked to send a 2-3-page sample translations from one of their selected books.

The books are published open access online and distributed free of charge to libraries, universities, and individual academics.

 

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an active non-discrimination program within the institution

 

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