About the Role

The Department of English in the School of English and Drama in Queen Mary’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks to appoint a full-time (1.0fte) Lecturer in Early Modern Literature. This 60-month fixed-term Lectureship is to provide cover while Professor Warren Boutcher is on European Research Council -funded research leave, and also to contribute to our general teaching provision where appropriate. The successful applicant will be able to contribute to the development and delivery of team teaching in the early modern period, be able to teach well-known and lesser-studied early modern texts and be able to demonstrate that they have an innovative approach to the current state of early modern studies.

About You

The successful candidate will hold a PhD (or equivalent) in English, Early Modern Studies or a related field, and must have a growing or established research profile and substantial plans for future research. They will join a Department committed to an interdisciplinary and global approach to Anglophone literary studies, and with significant expertise in early modern literature. Experience in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels in large and small group settings is an essential requirement. Applicants who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic or Global Majority are strongly encouraged to apply as these groups are underrepresented at this level in the Department.

Application deadline: 17 July 2021

For more information and how to apply, visit:

https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobRef=QMUL25037