Teaching Fellow in British Colonial History 1600-1900

Location: Leeds - Main Campus

Contract type: Fixed term (until 31/07/2027 where cover is required for a member of staff on leave/absence)

Are you passionate about helping to deliver an exceptional student experience in a top-ranked Russell Group University? Can you provide excellent teaching in BA History and our postgraduate degrees?

The School of History is seeking to employ an individual who is passionate about inspiring and supporting our students with research led teaching. 

 We are looking for an individual who can teach across a wide range of modules across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with the expertise to teach both specialist modules in British colonial and South Asian history, and other modules across our BA History and postgraduate degrees. The successful candidate will be responsible for convening and teaching HIST3392 Eastern Subjects: British Attitudes to India 1757-1857, HIST2315 Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: ‘Company Raj’ in India 1600-1857, and HIST3100 Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900, and seminar teaching in history more broadly such as and HIST1510 Global Empires and HIST2025: History in Practice. The successful candidate would also supervise undergraduate dissertations/final year projects.

What we offer in return 

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year! 
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary 
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls. 
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team. 
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available. 

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor Laura King, Head of School (Interim)

Email: l.king@leeds.ac.uk 

 or

Professor Simon Hall, Director of Student Education

Email: s.d.hall@leeds.ac.uk

Advert information