Lecturer in Medieval Literature

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The Role
The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Medieval Literature (Teaching and Scholarship). This is a full-time (1 FTE) fixed-term appointment for 10 months: the start date is 1 September 2026 and the end date is 30 June 2027.

You will have a PhD in a relevant subject area and proven experience in teaching Old English and Middle English literature to undergraduate students; experience of working with taught postgraduate students is desirable.

The successful candidate will be expected to co-teach two key stage 2 modules, SEL2242: ‘Medieval Worlds' and SEL2219: ‘Monsters, Misery and Miracles' as well as contribute to our core Stage 1 module SEL1034: ‘Beginnings' and to supervise and provide second marking for stage 3 dissertations. They will also act as Academic Advisor to a group of undergraduate students and to take on administration and support tasks appropriate to their role.

A record of high quality research-led teaching in the period is essential; the ability to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research students working on medieval literature is desirable.

Particular strengths in early literatures relevant to this post include Dr James Cummings' work on medieval drama and digital textual studies and Dr Adam Mearns's work on Old English language and its history. A shared interest in material cultures links medieval with early modern research in the School. Early modern studies at Newcastle has a well-established track record in scholarly editing and recent projects include a Complete Works of Thomas Nashe (de Rycker) and a Complete Poetry of Ben Jonson (Connolly).

The successful candidate will also be embedded in the thriving interdisciplinary community of Medieval and Early Modern scholarship via MEMS (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/mems/).

For further enquiries, please contact Professor Jo Robinson, Head of School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics (jo.robinson2@newcastle.ac.uk), or Dr Kirsten MacLeod, Head of the English Literature Subject Group (kirsten.macleod@newcastle.ac.uk).

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