Lecturer in Global Economic History

Job reference: HUM-028924

Salary: £41,671 to £45,413 per annum, dependent on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: History

Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/06/2025

Contract Duration: 12 months

School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

This post will be located in the History Department at the University of Manchester. The University of Manchester has an international reputation across the range of scholarly disciplines, and a mission for the pursuit of excellence through the advancement of research, scholarship, teaching and learning. Its outstanding facilities include the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum as well as the renowned John Rylands Library. In History, we have excellent partnerships with Manchester City Art Gallery, the Museum of Science and Industry, the National Trust in the northwest and other cultural bodies.

Manchester is a historically iconic city which draws cultural energy from its past. Rich in the knowledge of its contribution to the development of the modern world, it is an exciting place in which to be a historian. The University has an extraordinary range of historical expertise, some of which lies outside the History Department itself, though in the same School of Arts, Languages and Cultures. This offers exciting opportunities for collaborative research. The History department has two Professors of Public History, Professor David Olusoga, historian of Black British culture, and the documentary film historian Professor Michael Wood.

Staff in history have developed innovative undergraduate and MA teaching and assessment methods to place alongside long trusted ways of challenging students. We place a strong emphasis on introducing undergraduates to original historical research through project and thesis work, and offer a broad range of cultural, economic, political, and social history, taught across a time span beginning about 400AD and covering America, Africa, Eastern Europe, China, the Middle East and India in addition to Europe and the British Isles. History teaching at Manchester is research-led, and all colleagues are expected to imbue their teaching with their research, particularly in third-year undergraduate and MA courses.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Phil Roessner

Email: Philipp.roessner@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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