Lecturer in  Environmental History

About us

The Historical past Division at UCL is an inclusive and collegial place to work, attracting students from various backgrounds and internationally, in any respect levels of their careers. We’re uncommon each for the innovation of our work and for our chronological breadth. Members of the division focus on durations from 3000 BCE by way of to the current, with distinctive geographical strengths within the Americas, Africa, the Center East and South Asia, in addition to Europe and Britain. We’ve formed all kinds of fields, from mental and cultural historical past, medieval historical past, early trendy British historical past, to histories of the British Empire, transnational and comparative historical past, and materials historical past. Our work has performed main roles in debates about slavery and the British empire and public historical past, not ably by way of the Centre for the Research of the Legacies of British Slavery. We additionally lead work at UCL on the local weather disaster by way of UCL Anthropocene.  T he Division presently consists of 38 everlasting tutorial workers and16 analysis fellows. Members of the division frequently maintain main fellowships and grants for all kinds of initiatives, similar to the 2 main ERC-funded initiatives: ‘Fragments of Roman Republican Antiquarians (FRRAnt)’ (Valentina Area), ‘African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB)’ (Benedetta Rossi) and the £10m philanthropically funded Iraq-based analysis community ‘Nahrein’ (Eleanor Robson). As well as, UCL Historical past has been a longstanding springboard for early profession students holding analysis fellowships from the British Academy, Leverhulme Belief, European Analysis Council and elsewhere.

In regards to the position

UCL Historical past is recruiting to fill a place in Environmental Historical past on the Lecturer degree. The postholder will likely be required to conduct high-quality, authentic analysis and information alternate; make an energetic contribution to the planning, growth, supply and coordination of studying and educating on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges; interact in supervision and evaluation at each the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges; play a job within the growth of the division’s doctoral programme; and undertake administrative and administration duties as required and supported by the Head of Division.

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Interview : It is going to happen in early June .

About you

We’re looking for candidates who maintain a PhD in an space associated to environmental historical past. We invite functions from historians engaged on environmental historical past between 1500CE and the current. We outline environmental historical past extensively to embody the assorted relationships between people and non-human phenomena. It may embrace local weather historical past, histories of useful resource use and vitality, histories of animal-human relations, chemical histories, oceanic histories, rural and concrete histories, and histories of science and drugs. We welcome candidates engaged on environmental historical past in any geographical area or areas, and/or from comparative, transnational or international views.

What we provide

In addition to the thrilling alternatives this position presents we additionally provide some nice advantages together with 41 Days vacation (together with 27 days annual depart 8 financial institution vacation and 6 closure days), please see our web site for extra data.