Lecturer in Modern History (Teaching and Scholarship)

Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK

Interview date: Monday 28^th July 2025

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a new Lecturer in Modern History (Teaching and Scholarship).* This is a 0.8FTE, one-year fixed term post, starting on 1 September 2025. The candidate should have experience of undergraduate teaching, and ideally experience of postgraduate teaching as well. The candidate should have an active programme of scholarship and / or research. The successful applicant will be expected to have completed their PhD, or be within an anticipated 12 months of award. 

The successful candidate will be required to teach on a range of undergraduate, and possibly postgraduate-taught, modules. In addition, the candidate will make a more general contribution to History teaching programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, for example by contributing to team-taught modules and supervising dissertations. The successful candidate may be expected to assume responsibility for various administrative tasks and will be expected to play a full role as a member of the History community at Lancaster.

We warmly welcome all applicants regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be made to the Head of the History Department, Dr Thomas Mills, e-mail: t.c.mills@lancaster.ac.uk. 

The Department of History’s webpage can be visited at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/history

Lancaster University is highly ranked and research-led and situated near the historic city of Lancaster. The North West of England offers high standards of living, beautiful countryside, including the Lake District, and excellent national and international transport connectivity. For more information, see Jobs - Lancaster University.

*From 1 August 2025 the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Lancaster University becomes the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (FHASS).  For posts advertised with a start date after 1 August the advert text will be expressed in terms of the new structure e.g. disciplines within Schools/FHASS, as this reflects the context in which the role will be appointed to.

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