Tutorial Fellow in History and Associate Professor (or Professor) of Modern European History

Salary: Salary on scale within the range £58,265 to £77,645 p.a., plus a College housing allowance of £14,677 p.a. An additional allowance of £3,199 is payable upon award of Recognition of Distinction (i.e. the title of Professor).

Start Date: 1 October 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter)

 Balliol College and the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford are seeking to recruit a Tutorial Fellow in History and Associate Professor of Modern European History effective from 1 October 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter).

The successful candidate will have a research specialism focussed on the period 1870-1945 but with the ability to teach widely across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

On appointment, the successful candidate will be a Tutorial Fellow in History at Balliol and a member of the Faculty of History. They will be part of a lively and intellectually stimulating research community which publishes at the highest international levels, and they will have access to the excellent research facilities that Oxford offers. The appointee will have, or be on the way to establishing, a record of internationally recognised research and will be required to provide a high standard of research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the supervision of research students.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon GMT on Friday 2 January 2026 and interviews will be taking place on 12 and 13 February 2026. Details of how to apply are in the Further Particulars.

The University of Oxford is committed to equal opportunity, and to being a place where everyone belongs and is supported to succeed. We recognise how the diversity of our community enriches our ability to deliver on our academic mission.

We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds, including those under-represented within higher education. No applicant or members of staff shall be unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined according to personal merit and the application of criteria related to the duties and conditions of the post. In all cases, the primary consideration will be the ability to perform the job.

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