Lecturer in Global Medieval History (University of Edinburgh)

Lecturer in Global Medieval History (University of Edinburgh)

Employer
University of Edinburgh, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/ School of History, Classics and Archaeology/History
Zipcode
EH8 9AG
Place of work
Edinburgh
Country
United Kingdom
From - Until
01.09.2022 -
Deadline
04.12.2021
By
Connections Redaktion, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Universität Leipzig

There is an exciting opportunity to join the History Department of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology as a Lecturer in global medieval history. Area and period are open, expertise in quantitative methods is desirable.

Lecturer in Global Medieval History (University of Edinburgh)

Ref: 2444

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/ School of History, Classics and Archaeology/History

Full Time- Open Ended / 35 Hours per week

Number of posts: 1

Closing Date: 4/12/2021 17:00

Lecturer in Global Medieval History

The Opportunity:

There is an exciting opportunity to join the History department of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology as a Lecturer in global medieval history. Area and period are open, expertise in quantitative methods is desirable. The successful candidate will develop and teach courses in global medieval history and contribute to teaching and team teaching across all levels of the curriculum, including pre-honours, honours and MSc level courses, as appropriate. They will have a track record of producing internationally excellent research on any aspect of global medieval history. The envisioned start date is 1 September 2022.

Your skills and attributes for success:

- A PhD or equivalent qualification on any aspect of global medieval history.
- Evidence of expertise in any aspect of global medieval history.
- Portfolio of internationally excellent research.
- Teaching and assessment experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. As an equal opportunities employer, we are also committed to the principles of the Race Equality Charter and we would particularly welcome applications from women and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community who are currently under-represented at this level in this area. We are particularly eager to hear from applicants who share our commitment to decolonising the curriculum.

Interviews will be held in December or January.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

Application Process:

Applications should include a cover letter and a CV. Applicants either can submit three letters of reference with their initial applications, or can provide contact details for referees to be contacted only if successful at the shortlisting stage. Applicants who do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made, should indicate this on their application.

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