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Job: Teaching Fellow Modern African History
Department of History – University of Warwick
Fixed term contract for 12 months, 29.2 hours per week (0.8 FTE).
The Warwick University History Department is one of the largest history departments in the UK, with teaching and research notable for its disciplinary range and geographical scope. The Department is comprised of 53 academic staff, 17 postdoctoral staff, 10 support staff, 1,000 undergraduate students, and 100 postgraduate students. The Department has a strong international reputation and high rankings in university guides and surveys, and was ranked first in the UK in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) for the proportion of world-leading research activity (4*) in the Department. The Department is committed to maintaining and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion amongst its staff and student community.
The Department of History seeks to appoint a 0.8 FTE Teaching Fellow in Modern African History for a period of twelve months commencing from 1 July 2020. You will be responsible for convening the first-year module ‘History of Africa from 1800’, as well as one of the following final-year undergraduate modules:
- ‘Kenya’s Mau Mau Rebellion’ (final year)
- ‘Politics and Society in Southern Africa (final year)
- ‘Conflict and Memory in Post-Colonial Africa’ (final year)
You will deliver lectures and take seminar groups. You may also be asked to teach occasional lectures for other undergraduate modules as required by the Head of Department and as appropriate to subject knowledge.
You will also be responsible for the supervision of final year dissertations, requiring regular contact with the students as stipulated by the regulations governing the teaching of the dissertation module. In addition, you will hold essay tutorials by offering office hours each week for your students, undertake marking of undergraduate work, monitoring of student attendance in accordance with the Department’s quality assurance practices, provide feedback to students and undertake examination invigilations as required.
You will also act as personal tutor to an assigned group of undergraduate students, providing pastoral support and guidance during the academic year.
You will be actively engaged in research in African History, or a comparable field.
You will possess experience in undergraduate teaching and subject specialism appropriate for research-led teaching in African History. You should also possess a PhD (or equivalent) in History. (In the case of recently completed doctorates, the viva voce examination must have been held and the thesis passed.)
All applications must be accompanied by a CV and a covering letter. Writing samples may be requested from candidates during the latter stages of the recruitment process and should not be submitted with the initial application.
Expected interview date: Early April 2020.
Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick’s jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button following this link.