Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History

Fixed term contract - Seventeen months from 1^st August 2025

Full Time - 35 hours per week

We are looking for a Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History

The opportunity:

There is an opportunity to join the History department of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology as a fixed-term Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History. The role requires expertise in any aspect of Black British History. The successful candidate will teach courses at the honours level and will contribute to team teaching across all levels of the curriculum, including pre-honours, honours and MSc level courses, as appropriate. The successful candidate will also conduct research under their own direction.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of age, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, nationality and citizenship status, religion, sexual orientation or transgender status. We wish to particularly encourage applications from women and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this level within our School.

Our School is committed to Athena SWAN principles. All appointments will be made on merit.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• A PhD submitted in Black British History (successful viva and any corrections submitted)
• Evidence of expertise in teaching Black British History at university level
• Ability to teach Edinburgh University’s existing courses Carnival in the Atlantic World and Representations of Blackness in Britain and Europe, 1800-1950
• Ability to produce internationally excellent research
• Demonstrable commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education

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