Teaching Fellow in Architectural History

Fixed-Term 12 Months - Part Time: 0.6 FTE 21 hours per week

The Opportunity:

The Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) invites application for a 0.6 FTE Teaching Fellow in Architectural History for the period of 12 months.

The post-holder will provide teaching support in the history, theory, and heritage of architecture and urbanism across the BA/MA (Hons) Architecture, MA (Hons) Architectural History & Heritage, and MSc Architecture, Landscape, and Environment programmes within ESALA and ECA. The post-holder will contribute to courses taken by Level 10 (third- and fourth-year undergraduate) and Level 11 (postgraduate) students. The post-holder will also deliver lectures in the first- and second-year survey courses, which offer a foundational survey of the histories of architecture and the city. We are particularly interested in candidates who are able to teach architectural history covering the period ca. 1400 – ca. 1800, from a global perspective. 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• A postgraduate degree in the history of architecture, or cognate discipline
• Demonstrable experience in teaching and assessing degree-level student work in architectural history, art history and heritage studies, or cognate discipline. 
• Ability to plan and organise the delivery of effective learning and teaching of architectural history and heritage in complex academic frameworks
• Ability to work as part of a team in delivering courses in architectural history and heritage across a number of degree programmes, covering topics that primarily complement existing staff expertise. 
• An ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• A demonstrable commitment to supporting equality, diversity, and inclusion in education.

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