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Assistant Professor in Modern European History

Dublin City University - School of History & Geography

Location: Dublin - Ireland
Salary: €63,311 to €101,461 or £55,067.65 to £88,250.37 (converted salary*) Appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and in line with current Government pay policy
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 2nd May 2025
Closes: 16th May 2025

The Role

The School of History and Geography at Dublin City University is seeking an Assistant Professor in Modern European History (permanent). 

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to teach in their research specialisation but will also teach survey modules in modern European history. Consequently, the successful candidate will design and teach a combination of core and optional modules on the BA Joint Honours and Bachelor of Religious Education with History programmes, and may teach on other School programmes, such as the MA in History, and Faculty programmes, such as the BA Single Module programme, as deemed appropriate by the Head of School.

The School also offers opportunities to supervise postgraduate students, and encourages and supports applications for external research funding. The School is committed to high quality research, expects its staff to publish regularly in leading journals and with leading university and academic presses, and supports its staff in such work.

For information on the School see https://www.dcu.ie/historygeography

Duties and Responsibilities

For a description of the duties and responsibilities of the position in the areas of Teaching and Learning, Research and Scholarship, and Service and Contribution to the University and Society, and details of how to apply please click on the 'Apply' button above.

Qualifications and Experience:

The qualifications and experience sought are 

Mandatory

  • Applicants must hold a PhD in History or in a closely related field.
  • Applicants’ research specialism must be focused on nineteenth or twentieth-century continental European history.
  • Applicants must possess strong research credentials in the field of European history and a publication record appropriate to their career stage.
  • Applicants must demonstrate how their research complements existing strengths in the School.
  • The successful applicant will have an independent research programme, and have demonstrated the potential to attract research funding from competitive research funding schemes and/or industry.
  • Applicants must have teaching experience at undergraduate level. This experience should encompass innovative pedagogies and/or assessments, and/or online or technology-assisted teaching.
  • Applicants must have a willingness and demonstrated capacity to teach outside their area of research interest.
  • The successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of three years’ relevant post-doctoral experience.
  • The successful candidate must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills consistent with the highest quality of teaching and learning, together with evidence of successful teamwork and a collegial approach. 

Desirable

  • Teaching experience at postgraduate level.
  • Experience of postgraduate supervision.
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