Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor (Grade 11) in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture

The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (MMLL) seeks to appoint a full-time Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor (Grade 11) in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture from 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The appointment may be made at any grade between Assistant Professor (Grade 9), Associate Professor (Grade 10) and Professor (Grade 11). Applications are welcome at all levels, and the eventual grade of appointment will be commensurate to the appointee's experience and standing in the field.

Candidates will have a record of, or clear potential for, outstanding research in Italian Medieval Literature and Culture, along with a broad-based knowledge of the current state of Italian literary and cultural studies and Medieval studies. We welcome candidates whose research and/or teaching demonstrate the potential for collaborative or cross-disciplinary work.

The appointee will contribute at undergraduate (BA) and postgraduate (MPhil and PhD) levels to the teaching and examining of Medieval Italian Literature and Culture, and generally contribute to teaching and administration of the Italian Section and the Faculty.

The teaching of Italian Medieval Literature has a long and distinguished history at Cambridge, and the appointee will be expected to take an active and leading role in sustaining and re-imagining-according to their own specialist area(s) of research-this history.

The role includes an active contribution to the administration of the Section's and Faculty's activities. We welcome applicants with a record of excellence in research, commensurate with career stage, and a strong trajectory.

Candidates will have relevant teaching experience, have successfully completed a PhD in a relevant field, collegial engagement or potential in research, teaching, administration and outreach in Italian Studies. A fluent or near-fluent command of both Italian and English is essential.

The appointee will undertake core teaching and supervision, as well as and teaching and supervision underpinned by research in their own field.

For your application to be considered please ensure that you upload the following documents to your online application:

•  A covering letter
•  A Curriculum Vitae, including a full list of publications and the names of three referees
•  An article-length example of your written work, in English (max 8,000 words, e.g. a previous publication or thesis/dissertation chapter)

References will be requested at the longlisting stage.

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Thursday 2 January 2025. We plan to hold interviews and selection activities in person in early March 2025, subject to change.

Prospective candidates are welcome to seek more information beyond the Further Particulars by contacting Professor John David Rhodes, Co-Chair of MMLL, at jdr42@cam.ac.uk. On questions of procedure, please contact the Schools HR team on MMLLPersonnel@admin.cam.ac.uk.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

Please quote reference GP44082 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background for this vacancy, as people from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented at this level in our Faculty.  Details of some of the family-friendly policies operated by the University are at: https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/pay-benefits/cambens-employee-benefits/family-friendly

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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