Lecturer in Twentieth Century Latin American Economic History

Reference: HUM-025550
Salary: £40,521-£56,021 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: History
Hours Per Week: 1 FTE
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 20/05/2024
Contract Duration: Fixed term until 31 August 2026
School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the University of Manchester invites applications for a full-time lectureship post in Twentieth Century Latin American History within the Department of History, tenable for two years, starting from 1/9/2024.

The appointment will be for a post in Latin American economic history of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on financial history. We are interested in applications from those specialising in any aspect of twentieth century Latin American history, with strengths in financial history. The successful candidate will be contributing to core courses on capitalism and teach a specialist Level 3 module on ‘Democracy and Authoritarianism in Latin America’s Twentieth Century’, as well as contribute to other UG and PGT teaching as assigned. They will have close alliances with teaching groups in economic history and history of the Global South in the department. We are a highly successful Department ranked 5th in REF 2021 (GPA 3.5) with a strong record of attracting external research funding. The successful applicant will join a department with a thriving community of postdoctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate students.

The University of Manchester is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. Women and people of BAME heritage are under-represented among the staff at Manchester and female and BAME candidates are especially encouraged to apply.  

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.    

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Professor Anindita Ghosh, Head of History

Email:  anindita.ghosh@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website - click on the 'Apply' button above to find out more.