Lecturer in Middle Eastern 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 department, which dates back to 1830, is one of the best in the world for historical research and teaching. There are 770 undergraduate and 107 Masters and around 50 research (PhD) students in the Department.

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 of History seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Middle Eastern History who will contribute to high-calibre historical research, postgraduate training and undergraduate and postgraduate pedagogy.

Full details on how to apply can be found in the 'Job Description and Person Specification' document on this page.

About you

The successful candidate will be expected to conduct world-class research in any period of Middle Eastern history from 1600 CE onward, with a focus on any thematic, political, social, economic, or cultural aspects of the region’s history. We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in any part of the Middle East, including but not limited to the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and the Arab world. Candidates working on transnational or comparative approaches, as well as those engaging with colonial, postcolonial, and global perspectives, are particularly encouraged to apply.

What we offer

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