Associate Lecturer in Italian Culture

Are you looking for a teaching opportunity in Italian culture? Birkbeck, University of London, has an excellent opportunity for an Associate Lecturer to teach this coming academic year.

The School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication is looking to recruit a part-time, Associate Lecturer to deliver lectures, seminars, and associated assessment supervision in 2025/2026.

As Associate Lecturer you will teach the modules:

• Transformation, Transgression and Tradition: German and Italian Culture Across the Centuries, 9 hours undergraduate teaching (Tuesdays 6-9pm, Term 1, 3 sessions).
• Sex, Survival and ‘La Dolce Vita’: Neorealist to Contemporary Italian Film, 30 hours undergraduate teaching (Wednesdays 6-9pm, Term 2, 10 sessions).
• Word and Image: Creative Encounters across Cultures and Media, 3 hours undergraduate teaching (Tuesdays, Term 3, one session only).
• Culture and Text: 'Imagined Communities', 6 hours undergraduate teaching (Mondays 6-9pm, Term 2 and Term 3, one session in Term 2, repeated in Term 3).
• MA Modern Languages and Comparative Literatures: 4.5 hours of MA teaching, 1.5 plus 1.5 hours for 'Imagining the Nation' module (Tuesdays, 7.30-9pm, Term 2, 2 sessions); and 1.5 hours for ‘Memory and History’ module (Wednesday 6-7.20pm, Term 3, 1 session).

You will ideally have native or near-native knowledge of Italian language and experience of teaching Italian literature and film at both undergraduate and MA level, and will be qualified to the corresponding level of the award as required to teach (or demonstrate equivalent professional/industry level experience).

Further to the person specification, essential requirements for this role are that you are native or have near-native knowledge of Italian language and experience of teaching Italian literature and film at both undergraduate and MA level.

You will also have experience of assessment and marking and you will have experience of teaching Italian literature in translation and in the original.

Please refer to the person specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for further selection criteria.

If you have knowledge in these areas, and you are an excellent and innovative teacher with a track record of student engagement, and want to contribute to an impactful educational experience - apply with us at Birkbeck today.

Remuneration
Payment is based on an hourly rate depending on length of continuous service with the College (starting rate £69.68 per hour inclusive of pro-rata London Allowance and holiday pay) for contact hours worked. This hourly rate is based on the starting point of Grade 7 and is inclusive of a ‘Duties Related to Teaching Multiplier’ at 2.5 which covers preparation, teaching, administration, assessment marking and other examining duties in connection with the course.

Contract:
Fixed-term from Sept 2025, part-time contract. Please submit a CV and statement for consideration. Closing date: Friday, 5 September 2025, interview date: Monday, 15 September 2025.

Enquiries:
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Dr Ann Lewis, Subject Lead, Languages and Linguistics, at a.lewis@bbk.ac.uk.

If you have difficulty using the recruitment portal, please contact jobs@bbk.ac.uk providing your name and the job reference number of the position. While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered.

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award and operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.

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