Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History
Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History
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Job Description
Grade UEto 48149 per annum
CAHSS / School of History Classics & Archaeology / History
Fulltime: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 12 months
The Opportunity:
There is an opportunity to join the History department of the School of History Classics and Archaeology as a fixedterm Teaching and Research Fellow in Imperial and Global History due to the success of a colleague in securing research funding from the Leverhulme Trust. The role requires expertise in Imperial and Global History with preference for candidates who have research experience on the history of Western perceptions of China. The successful candidate will teach courses at the honours level and will contribute to team teaching across all levels of the curriculum including prehonours honours and MSc level courses as appropriate. The successful candidate will also conduct research under their own direction.
This post is fixed term for 12 months 1st September 2025 31st August 2026 and fulltime 35 hours per week
The salary scale for this post is UEto 48149 per annum. This post will be appointed at Grade UE07 Step 1 which is 40497 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- A PhD submitted in an aspect of Imperial and Global History (successful viva and any corrections submitted by start date of post)
- Evidence of expertise in teaching Imperial and Global History at university level
- Ability to teach Edinburgh Universitys existing courses Chinese Whispers: China in Western Minds since 1300 and The White Mans Burden: Race Gender and the Victorian Empire
- Ability to produce internationally excellent research
- Demonstrable commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
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Application Information
Applications should include a cover letter and a CV.
Applicants either can submit three letters of reference with their initial applications or can provide contact details for referees to be contacted only if successful at the shortlisting stage. Applicants who do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made should indicate this on their application.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to workwebpages
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is25 April 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held shortly after closing date.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
