Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track)

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and is open ended.

The History subject in the College of Arts and Humanities is seeking to appoint a Research and Teaching Track lecturer in Medieval History. The postholder will undertake field leading research in European medieval history (c.800 CE to 1500CE), ideally through either a comparative transnational perspective (e.g. Europe’s links with medieval Islam, non-Islamic Africa, and wider Eurasia), or through a set of interdisciplinary lenses that opens medieval history to substantive research collaborations beyond the traditional humanities (e.g. medical humanities, environmental humanities).

The post-holder’s research and teaching interests will complement rather than duplicate those of current staff on opened-ended contracts (these can be viewed on the History staff page). Through both individual and team-taught modules, and in collaboration with colleagues in the History subject areas, they will provide high-quality teaching and administrative service in a range of roles.

In any given year the post-holder can expect to be asked to contribute a mix of the following teaching activities:

• Seminar teaching and lectures for History 1A (the core pre-Honours Medieval History course for the undergraduate degree in History).
• A 60-credit fourth-year special subject across the entire academic year
• 1 to 2 20-credit Honours modules for a class of up to 36 students,
• Provide UG/PG dissertation supervision
• PGT teaching (either as part of a team or as an individual), both in their own field of interest and in the skills and methodologies of medieval history scholarship.
• The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the ongoing development of cross-discipline Medieval research and teaching collaboration.

A core expectation of the post-holder will be to provide engaging and high-recruiting teaching and UG, PGT and PGR supervision on Medieval History.

The postholder will be expected to pursue their own research as a third of their contracted time.

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Andrew Mackillop:

Email Andrew.Mackillop@glasgow.ac.uk

For more about the History subject area at Glasgow, see www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/history

Closing date: 5^th August 2026 at 23:45

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