Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Medieval 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.  Th e 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 department, which dates back to 1830, is one of the best in the world for historical research and teaching. We are committed to small group teaching (alongside, where appropriate, larger group lectures). Th ere are 770 undergraduate and 107 Masters and around 50 research (PhD) students in the Department. Like UCL as a whole, we are a highly diverse and international community of students and academics. Most undergraduate students take a BA in History, and we also offer Ancient History and History with a Year Abroad. Our taught masters degrees are MA in History, MA in Ancient History, MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, MA in the History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, and MA in Public History, the latter based at the UCL East campus.  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

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The Department seeks to appoint an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Medieval History for the period 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028 (in the first instance).

This post is to provide cover for an academic colleague who will be taking leave for the period.

About you

Applicants must have a doctorate in Medieval History; competence in medieval Latin, and in scholarly languages such as French and German; previous experience of teaching undergraduate students in this period and specialism; previous experience of small group teaching; a commitment to high-quality teaching, and fostering an inclusive and positive learning environment.

Interview date: 11/04/2025

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