Lecturer in Modern East Asian History

About us

The Historical past Division at UCL is an inclusive and collegial place to work, attracting students from numerous backgrounds and the world over, 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. Now we have 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 Examine 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 at the moment contains 38 everlasting tutorial employees and16 analysis fellows. Members of the division repeatedly maintain main fellowships and grants for all kinds of initiatives, corresponding 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 function

UCL Historical past is recruiting to fill a place in Fashionable East Asian Historical past on the Lecturer stage. The postholder will probably be required to conduct high-quality, authentic analysis and information change; make an energetic contribution to the planning, growth, supply and coordination of studying and instructing on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges; interact in supervision and evaluation at each the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges; play a task 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 should happen in early June .

About you

We’re looking for candidates who maintain a PhD in an space associated to trendy East Asian historical past. We invite functions from historians engaged on any discipline of East Asian historical past in the course of the eighteenth, nineteenth or twentieth centuries, however notably welcome functions that complement the division’s current strengths in financial and social historical past, histories of data, and international and transnational historical past. In keeping with our 2019 ten-year technique, the division can be eager to encourage candidates with experience referring to histories of atmosphere, (in)equality, and/or race and racialisation. We additionally welcome functions from students whose work seeks to reframe ‘East Asia’ as a geographic class and/or engages critically with the idea of modernity.

What we provide

In addition to the thrilling alternatives this function presents we additionally supply 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.

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