Teaching Associate in Modern Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies

The Spanish and Portuguese Section in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a full-time Teaching Associate in Modern Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies. The post is fixed term until 30 September 2027, with a start date of 1 January 2025. The Section commits to providing career development and mentoring for the successful candidate.

The Teaching Associate will be expected to contribute to the teaching and examining of undergraduate and Masters' courses, and to the administration of the Section's activities. We particularly welcome applicants who, in addition to having a strong formation in Latin American literature and culture, have research or teaching interests in Film and Visual Culture.

Candidates will have relevant teaching experience, hold a PhD in a relevant field and be able to demonstrate active, collegial engagement in research, teaching and outreach in Spanish and Latin American Studies. A native or near-native command of both Spanish and English is essential.

Further information about the Faculty is available at http://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk.

For your application to be considered please submit:

• A covering letter
• A curriculum vitae including a list of publications
• The names and addresses of two referees who are familiar with your work
• A writing sample related to your research of no more than 8,000 words

Please ask your referees to submit their references directly to references@mmll.cam.ac.uk by the closing date.

Candidates are welcome to seek more information beyond the Further Particulars by contacting Professor Geoffrey Kantaris at egk10@cam.ac.uk. If you have any questions on the application process, please contact the Schools HR team on MMLPersonnel@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is midnight (BST) on Thursday 12 September 2024. It is expected that interviews will be conducted on 2 or 3 October 2024, subject to change.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the Apply button above.

Please quote reference GP42652 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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