Job description

College of Arts & Humanities

School of Humanities

Lecturer in Modern US and Global History (LTS Track)

Vacancy Ref: 168891

Salary, Grade 7, £40,497 - £45,413 per annum, pro rata

The History subject area within the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Modern US and Global History (Learning, Teaching & Scholarship Track).

The successful candidate will help deliver an excellent student experience by contributing to teaching, assessment and administration in Glasgow’s large and dynamic History subject within the School of Humanities, which has particular areas of strength including American Studies, Global History, Gender History, Scottish and Celtic Studies, Slavery Studies, and War Studies. The University of Glasgow will host the annual conference of the British Association for American Studies in April 2026, and the post-holder will be able to assist in conference organisation and delivery.  The successful candidate will have expertise in modern or US History in a global context, and their core duty will be to teach the following course, adapted to their own areas of teaching expertise (the date range is indicative):

HIST4279 Imperial States: Race, War, and Expansion in American History, 1860s-1920s

The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute teaching to one or more our pre-honours courses featuring US and/or Global History, supervise dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and may be asked to contribute (depending on expertise) seminar teaching to our postgraduate courses in Global History, Slavery Studies, and/or War Studies.

Job Purpose

To contribute to the delivery of an excellent student experience by contributing to teaching, assessment and administration processes associated with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and to undertake scholarship to enhance learning and teaching in the History Subject within the School of Humanities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Deliver a range of teaching, supervision and assessment activities across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the Subject/School.
Carry out course administration within required timescales ensuring effective communication of information, in particular assessment requirements and criteria and timely and constructive feedback on assessment.
Contribute to the on-going development and design of the curriculum in a manner that supports a research-led and scholarly approach to student learning and assessment in the discipline and/or profession.
Make effective use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, course organisation, feedback and assessment. This may involve blended and/or online provision.
Ensure an inclusive and evidence-based approach to facilitating learning in a range of face to face and potentially online delivery formats such as tutorials, lectures, problem based learning, that promotes student participation and learning outcome attainment.
Engage in scholarship by undertaking methodologically rigorous, educationally relevant, enquiries into student learning and disseminate evidence to enhance your own, and potentially others’, teaching practices. Attend and participate in appropriate seminars and conferences to support research-led teaching, scholarship and/or professional practice in your disciplinary area.
Develop effective working relationships with students and, in partnership with relevant student services teams, respond appropriately to the diverse range of learning approaches and learner needs.
Develop relationships with external stakeholders in support of knowledge exchange, public understanding and appropriate forms of outreach such as widening access.
Participate in local, and potentially overseas, activities associated with student recruitment (e.g. open days), orientation and induction and other School and University initiatives such as support for student transitions, employability and student mobility as appropriate.
Engage in continuing professional development activities as appropriate.
Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Heads of Subject and/or School.
To contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, World Changers Together.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/ Qualifications

Essential:

A1. Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) in History or equivalent professional and/or teaching experience in a similar or related role.

A2. Thorough knowledge and ability to apply policy, practice and procedures including broader University/sector/external (e.g. commercial) awareness.

A3. Up-to-date knowledge and specialist understanding in the field of US History in a global context with an ability to engage the interest and enthusiasm of students to inspire learning and to provide pastoral care to students within the subject area.

Skills

Essential:

C1. Ability to communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature and to be effective both orally and in writing at a level appropriate to the activity.

Experience:

Essential:

E1. Experience of planning and progressing work activities within professional guidelines or organisational policy, applying initiative and independent judgement.

E2. Demonstrated commitment to open research, as appropriate to the discipline, through open data, open code, open educational resources and practices that support replication.

E3. Proven commitment to supporting the career development of colleagues and to other forms of collegiality appropriate to the career stage.

Desirable:

F1. Experience of teaching modern US and/or Global History as part of team-taught undergraduate and/or postgraduate courses

F2. Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation supervision and marking

F3. Experience of large international conference organisation

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 7, £40,497 - £45,413 per annum pro rata.

This post is part-time at 0.7 FTE (24.5 hrs per week) and fixed-term from 1 August 2025 until 31 May 2026.

The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

We strongly endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, including a supportive and flexible working environment, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity. Applications are therefore particularly welcome from women and other under-represented groups. In line with the commitments in the University of Glasgow’s Gaelic Language Plan, we also welcome and value skills in Gaelic language for anyone working within areas where key Gaelic services are delivered, in particular within the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan and the College of Arts.

Please contact Professor Steven Reid (steven.reid@glasgow.ac.uk) with any informal enquiries.

For further information on the College of Arts & Humanities, School of Humanities, please visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/

Closing Date: 2nd April 2025 at 23:45