The Department of History seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in History and Literature for a fixed-term period of 12 months on a full-time basis commencing on 1 September 2022. The successful applicant will teach on the joint BA English and History degree alongside colleagues from the department of English and Comparative Literary Studies and will cover a period of leave of absence of an academic member of staff who has been successful in obtaining a fellowship abroad.

The Warwick University History Department is one of the largest history departments in the UK, with teaching and research notable for its disciplinary range and geographical scope. The Department is comprised of 50 academic staff, 12 postdoctoral staff, 11 support staff, ~900 undergraduate students, and ~100 postgraduate students. The Department has a strong international reputation and high rankings in university guides and surveys and was ranked first in the UK in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) for the proportion of world-leading research activity (4*) in the Department. The Department is committed to maintaining and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion amongst its staff and student community.

We seek an outstanding scholar who specialises in the historical embeddedness of literature and culture – socially and materially – and who is keen to provide innovative teaching in this area. The successful candidate will engage with the intersection of history and literature in both their research and teaching.

You will undertake lecturing, seminar teaching, essay tutorials, office hours, marking of undergraduate work and monitoring of student attendance in accordance with the Department’s quality assurance practices. You will also act as personal tutor to an assigned group of undergraduate students, providing pastoral support and guidance during the academic year. You will be actively engaged in research in the area of History and/or Literature or a related field.

We welcome applications from early career researchers, please note that the PhD must be awarded by the job start date of 1 September 2022.

Application Deadline: 1 May 2022 

More details on the role are available here