As part of an ongoing programme of investment and development, the School of History, Archaeology and Religion is pleased to offer an exciting new opportunity to join our dynamic and friendly team as a Lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern History. The role is to deliver high-quality, research-led teaching (and activities related to teaching), developing, delivering and evaluating undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study. In addition to teaching, you will act as a personal tutor to students, engage and contribute to research in your field through participation in relevant events and activities, and carry out academic administrative duties within the School as required. You will also supervise and support postgraduate research students. You will pursue excellence in research, teaching and enterprise and inspire others to do the same. You will be provided with office space as well as access to funding for conferences and travel to pursue developments in research activity. 

We are seeking candidates who complement and enhance our current teaching and research programme and existing areas of expertise. You will contribute to the continued development of the School’s teaching in Ancient History and Religious Studies, with a focus on the ancient Near East, Judaism and Semitic languages. You will also be expected to contribute to jointly-taught core modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to supervise projects and dissertations. Additionally, you may be involved in providing interdisciplinary modules within the School. While developing your own research portfolio, you will be expected to build postgraduate research within your areas of expertise.  

You should be able to demonstrate PhD (or equivalent), and teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level, in Ancient History, Religious Studies or related subjects.  Applicants should also have excellent communication and IT skills, to include the ability to present complex and specialist concepts clearly and confidently to others, using high-level skills and a range of media.  

You will join our lively and dynamic School which is internationally recognised for its research and teaching. The School of History, Archaeology and Religion is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and was recently awarded an Athena SWAN bronze award. Appointments will always be made on merit. 

Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6). 

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week). The post is available immediately and is open-ended. 

Career Pathway: Teaching & Research.

For informal enquiries regarding this post, please contact Professor James Hegarty, Head of School ([email protected]) or Dr Ruth Westgate, Head of Section: Ancient History & Religion ([email protected])  

This post has previously been advertised to employees of Cardiff University only.  We now invite external applications.

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. 

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment.

Application deadline: 25th September 2021

For more information on the role and to apply, visit: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CJA717/lecturer-in-ancient-near-eastern-history