Lecturer in  Ancient History 

About us

The History Department at UCL is an inclusive and collegial place to work, attracting scholars from diverse backgrounds and across the world, at all stages of their careers. We are unusual both for the innovation of our work and for our chronological breadth. Members of the department specialize in periods from 3000 BCE through to the present, with distinctive geographical strengths in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, as well as Europe and Britain. We have shaped a wide variety of fields, from intellectual and cultural history, medieval history, early modern British history, to histories of the British Empire, transnational and comparative history, and material history. Our work has played major roles in debates about slavery and the British empire and public history, notably through the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery. We also lead work at UCL on the climate crisis through UCL Anthropocene. 

The Department currently includes 41 permanent academic staff, 8 teaching staff and 8 research fellows, all supported by a Professional Services team. Members of the department regularly hold major fellowships and grants for a wide variety of projects, such as the one major ERC-funded projects: ‘African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB)’ (Benedetta Rossi) and the £10m philanthropically funded Iraq-based research network ‘Nahrein’ (Eleanor Robson). In addition, UCL History has been a longstanding springboard for early career scholars holding research fellowships from the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, European Research Council and elsewhere. 

UCL History routinely receives very high ratings in university rankings and in Research Excellence Framework exercises. 

For further information, please see our website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history

About the role

UCL History Department seeks to appoint a Lecturer to undertake research and teaching at all levels (undergraduate, taught postgraduate, and eventually also research student supervision) in the history of Rome and the Mediterranean in the period c. 500 BC to AD 100, in order to complement the department’s existing chronological and thematic strengths.

Interview: week beginning 24/03/2025.

About you

Applications are invited from scholars from a broad range of teaching and research interests, especially those that challenge a narrative of Roman exceptionalism and look beyond an exclusively Romano-centric perspective to encompass the histories and cultures of the islands and shores (European and African) of the western Mediterranean region and contiguous lands in the period of Roman expansion. Desirable specialisms might include (but are not confined to) the history of religious cultures, environmental change, human migration, intellectual and cultural exchange, the digital humanities. An ability and interest in contributing to our distinctive MA programme in Public History will be an advantage.

What we offer

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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