Assistant Professor (Education) in Modern British History

Contract Sort: Fastened Time period Contract as much as August 2024

Function Abstract

This fixed-term Assistant Professorship appointment comes about as a result of award of a Leverhulme main analysis fellowship inside the Division of Historical past within the Faculty of Historical past and Cultures at Birmingham. The division has a world popularity for excellence in analysis and instructing, together with being ranked within the prime ten nationally once more in REF2021. The appointee may even profit from interdisciplinary engagement throughout and past the Faculty, significantly by way of the Birmingham Analysis Institute for Historical past and Cultures and our numerous analysis centres.

We search a specialist to assist ship and develop our portfolio in Trendy British Research. We’d particularly welcome candidates with an present analysis give attention to the historical past of Britain, Empire and battle throughout the twentieth century. We significantly invite functions from historians whose analysis instantly hyperlinks with the Division’s established strengths in fashionable British research and army historical past, broadly conceived. 

This appointment displays the division’s identification of Trendy British Research and Navy Historical past as precedence areas throughout our core actions of training, analysis, impression and public engagement. The profitable candidate will likely be anticipated to help and improve our instructing provision in these areas. The appointee will doubtless contribute to the next modules: The Making of the Modern World; Britain and her Troopers; Pandora’s Field: Europe and the First World Conflict; Eye of the Storm: Europe and the Second World Conflict; and The International Chilly Conflict, along with different survey and expertise modules as required (together with Distance Studying and UG and PGT Dissertation Supervision). The power to vary throughout the historical past of Britain, Empire and battle within the twentieth century is vital.

The profitable candidate will likely be supported to utilise, develop and customise present course supplies whereas bringing their very own specialisms to core and team-taught modules. The division and Faculty has a thriving group of early profession students and the appointee will be capable to profit from a variety of profession growth alternatives inside a number one Russell Group College.

Particular person Specification

• Usually, the next Diploma related to the self-discipline space (often PhD) or equal {qualifications}.
• In depth instructing expertise and scholarship inside topic specialism.
• Confirmed potential to plan, advise on and handle studying.
• Abilities in managing, motivating & mentoring others.

Casual enquires could be made to Dr Tara Hamling, Head of the Division of Historical past: [email protected]

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