Associate Lecturer in History of Art, Materials and Technology (Maternity Cover)

UCL History of Art is seeking to appoint a full-time Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in History of Art, Materials and Technology to cover the maternity leave of a member of academic staff. This full-time teaching position will begin on 1 September 2026 and is expected to end on 30 June 2027.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach a package of modules outlined in the job description. Select Apply Now to view the full advert and job description on the UCL website.

The successful candidate will have a background in art history, conservation, or associated fields. Specialism in modes of making and caring for modern or contemporary art would be an advantage. We encourage applicants whose expertise will complement existing departmental strengths.

About us

UCL History of Art is a successful medium-sized department, based within the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences, with a high international reputation. Academic staff have a wide range of approaches to the history of art across an expanded geography, with particular interests in image cultures, the materials and materiality of art, and visual technologies of all kinds. Presently, in terms of period coverage, we have concentrations of expertise in contemporary art, in art since c.1800, and in medieval and early modern art. The Department’s research was ranked 1st in London for Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory by REF 2021 (overall GPA rankings).

The Department has a large and productive research-student community, with an average of 30–40 research students registered in any one year, and a thriving MA History of Art programme. In 2023 we launched a new MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art & Media at UCL East, our campus in east London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Undergraduate programmes are based in Bloomsbury, and include a single honours History of Art degree and several combined honours programmes. As part of the single honours degree, students can choose to follow a unique degree course in History of Art, Materials and Technology (MAT), which includes a strong component of lab-oriented work for students wishing to explore issues of materiality, technique, technical analysis and object-based enquiry, as well as associated theoretical, historical and ethical questions.

The Department houses the Material Studies Laboratory, based at the Bloomsbury campus, a research and teaching facility consisting of two laboratory spaces, one dedicated to teaching and handling of materials and artifacts, drawn from our teaching collection and our Departmental Cabinet of Obsolete Technologies, and a second focusing on the instrumental analysis of heritage materials. The laboratory is used by UCL academics and researchers in addition to undergraduate students studying on the MAT route. Our laboratory is equipped with portable and bench-top instruments for materials characterisation, complemented by facilities and equipment at UCL East, and in neighbouring departments and institutes. Other relevant local resources at UCL include the Institute of Making, Institute of Archaeology, UCL Art Collections, and the Slade School of Fine Art.

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