Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham
This appointment offers an exciting opportunity to join the Department of History in the School of History and Cultures at Birmingham. The department seeks a specialist to consolidate and expand their teaching strengths in the field of Medieval History. At undergraduate level the appointee will be expected to contribute teaching to optional second and third year undergraduate modules including Radical Pieties: Militants, Martyrs and Mystics in Medieval Christianity and Islam and 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to the team-taught first year core modules Discovering the Middle Ages and Living in the Middle Ages, the group research project The First Crusade as Seen by Contemporaries, and the medieval history strand of the second year Research Methods modules, as well as to supervise undergraduate and MA dissertations on medieval topics. There will also be opportunities to contribute to the MA Medieval Studies core modules and the Medieval History pathway on the History Distance Learning programme.
The successful candidate will also be expected to participate fully in the administration of teaching by, for example, convening an undergraduate module.
Qualifications and Experience
Higher degree relevant to research and teaching area or equivalent qualifications, or close to completion
High level analytical capability.
Ability to design and deliver teaching materials successfully.
Ability to assess and organise resources effectively.
Understanding of, and ability to contribute to, broader management/administration processes.
Application Deadline: 7 July 2021
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