Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 -Durham
Durham University
Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE) (HIST21-63)
A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting - Durham is a university like no other.
As part of Durham University, you'll be working with exceptional minds, all with the desire to ask, and answer, the big questions. Access to leading edge facilities and an active contributor to the global research and university community means you'll be part of an international and diverse network of partners spanning the world's best research institutions, organisations and businesses. And all this within the evocative and historic surroundings of the city, county and community that is Durham.
Our aim is to become a truly inclusive and diverse community, with a workforce as diverse as the landscape within which we operate. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in the University. We are committed to equality: if for any reason you have taken a career break or periods of leave that may have impacted on your career path, such as maternity, adoption or parental leave, you may wish to disclose this in your application. The selection committee will recognise that this may have reduced the quantity of your research accordingly.
Durham University's Athena Swan institutional award recognises and celebrates good practice in recruiting and supporting the development of women. We have also signed up to the Race Equality Charter, a national framework for improving the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff and students within higher education.
The Department
The Department of History at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE). We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in Asian, Eurasian, Mediterranean, North African, Islamicate, Byzantine or European history, whose research complements or expands the department's current strengths. Applications from candidates whose research draws connections between multiple geographical regions and who share our commitment to decolonising the curriculum are especially encouraged.
Following recent expansion, Durham University History Department is now one of the largest centres in the UK for the study of History. We are consistently ranked amongst the top departments in the country by the Complete University Guide, the Times and Sunday Times, and the Guardian University Guide. We place research at the very heart of our varied undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, inducting our students into a community of historians from the outset. Our research expertise and teaching provision extend from the early Middle Ages to the present day, and we are home to scholars of Europe (including the British Isles), Africa, East Asia, South Asia and the United States of America and of social, cultural, political, economic, religious, environmental and gender history. We believe that this chronological range and breadth opens up possibilities of transnational, transhistorical and comparative work that tends to be the hallmark of ground-breaking research in our discipline. As a group of researchers, we are alive to the fact that historical questions constantly evolve, and we are committed to developing the intra-and inter-disciplinary breadth to respond to, initiate and shape the discipline and scholarship more broadly defined. This brings us together as historians and makes Durham an exciting place to work, research, and study.
Durham University has an outstanding reputation in the field of medieval studies, and the Department is closely involved in the interdisciplinary Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, which brings together colleagues from across the University. There are also strong links with the Centre for Visual Arts and Cultures, the Centre for Catholic Studies and the Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, and the Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East as well as with the departments of Classics and Ancient History, Theology and Religion, English Studies and with the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (notably with Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French and German). Our postgraduate students and post-doctoral researchers are also active in this interdisciplinary environment. We are currently home to three doctoral training centres: The AHRC Northern Bridge Partnership, the Leverhulme DTC for Visual Culture, and the ESRC NINE DTP.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make use of Durham's excellent and wide-ranging resources for the study of medieval history which include the manuscript collections at Durham Cathedral and the University (which form part of the Priory Library digitisation project), the Cathedral Priory Archive and the collections of the Oriental Museum.
This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our Department pages at https://www.dur.ac.uk/history/
Assistant Professors at Durham
The University is committed to enabling all of our colleagues to achieve their full potential. We promote and maintain an inclusive and supportive environment to ensure that all colleagues can thrive. Academic colleagues are supported to publish world-class research in their area of interest with a focus on quality in high impact journals, rather than quantity. We will fully support your research needs including practical, help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activity, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor. Sitting alongside world class research; teaching quality and innovation is critical to ensure a first class learning environment and curricula for all of our students. You will be supported to develop your teaching expertise and to engage in teaching innovation to embed our student experience.
All of our Assistant Professors are encouraged to focus on research and teaching but also to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, to support their department and wider discipline, and to contribute to the wider student experience.
We are confident that our recruitment process allows us to attract and select the best international talent to Durham. We therefore offer a reduced probation period of 1 year for our Assistant Professors and thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance, you will be confirmed in post.
Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE)
Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the History in the period c. 350-950 CE with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University provides a working and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.
Key responsibilities:
- Pursue research that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with the Department's continuing emphasis on international excellence;
- To be developing clear plans for the pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and end-user engagement;
- Play a role in relevant teaching and research supervision, and contribute to ongoing curriculum development;
- Contribute to enhancing the quality of the research environment in the Department, the wider University and beyond through collaborative research activity;
- Demonstrate a willingness to take contribute to the administrative work, citizenship and values of the Department;
- Offer lectures, seminars and tutorials at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels, with the opportunity to teach more widely within the Department, as well as engaging in related activity such as assessment;
- To fully engage in and enhance the values of the Department;
- To contribute to attracting and supervising research students, and to enhance the Department's commitment to its vibrant and international postgraduate culture.
- Carry out such other duties as specified by the Head of Department.
Person Specification
Candidates applying for a grade 7 post will have recently completed or be concluding their PhD and, while they may have limited direct experience of the requirements for the post, they must outline their experience, skills and achievements to date which demonstrate that they meet or that they have the potential to achieve the essential criteria.
Candidates applying for a grade 8 post must meet all of the essential criteria.
Research
Candidates must have capacity for and be progressing towards the independent development of internationally excellent research that produces high quality outcomes, including some work that is recognised as world class.
Essential Research Criteria - Grade 7
- Qualifications - a good first degree and a PhD in History of the period c. 350-950 CE or a related subject (which for grade 7 candidates may be completed or under examination).
- Outputs - experience, skills and/or achievements which demonstrate experience of or the potential to produce high quality outputs in the history of the period c. 350-950 CE, some of which is recognised as world-class. Candidates are asked to submit two research papers with their application (as outlined in the How to Apply section below). Candidates may additionally choose to submit evidence such as external peer review of their outputs.
- Personal Research Plan - evidence of a personal research plan which supports and enhances the History Department's research strategy.
Essential Research Criteria - Grade 8
- Qualifications - a good first degree and a PhD in the history of the period 350-950 CE or a related subject.
- Outputs - evidence of high quality outputs in the history of the period c. 350-950 CE, some of which is recognised as world-class. Candidates are asked to submit two research papers with their application (as outlined in the How to Apply section below). Candidates may additionally choose to submit evidence such as external peer review of their outputs.
- Personal Research Plan - evidence of a personal research plan which supports and enhances the Department of History's research strategy.
Teaching
Candidates must demonstrate the development and delivery of high quality teaching that contributes to providing a world class learning environment and curricula which enables students to achieve their potential.
Essential Teaching Criteria - Grade 7
- Qualification - candidates must be or have the ability to attain the rank of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship/fellow), which is the national body that champions teaching excellence.
- Quality - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to deliver high quality teaching.
- Innovation - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to innovate in the design and delivery of high quality teaching or assessment of learning including lectures, small group learning and/or using technology or other techniques to enhance learning and/or assessment.
- Strategic - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to engage in the design of excellent teaching programmes which are research informed and led.
Essential Teaching Criteria - Grade 8
- Qualification - candidates must be or have the ability to attain the rank of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship/fellow), which is the national body that champions teaching excellence.
- Quality - evidence of the development and delivery of high quality teaching.
- Innovation - evidence of innovation in the design and delivery of high quality teaching or assessment of learning including lectures, small group learning and/or using technology or other techniques to enhance learning and/or assessment.
- Strategic - evidence of strategic teaching development - engagement in the design of excellent teaching programmes which are research informed and led.
Services, Citizenship and Values
Candidates must actively engage in the administrative requirements of the Department and positively contribute to fostering a collegial environment; as well as demonstrating their commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria - Grade 7
- Collegial contribution - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to participate in the collegial/administrative activities or an academic Department, Faculty or University. (Candidates may choose to evidence departmental or University roles, mentoring activity, engagement with widening participation, involvement in equality and diversity initiatives and membership or engagement with external bodies).
- Leadership - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to engage in activities that contribute to the administrative functioning of an academic Department, Faculty, University and/or discipline including leadership or responsibilities in an academic context. (Candidates may choose to detail any leadership roles which they have undertaken, preferably in an academic context).
- Communication - candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to engage with a range of students and colleagues across a variety of forums.
Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria - Grade 8
- Collegial contribution - evidence of participation in the collegial/administrative activities of an academic Department, Faculty or University. (Candidates may choose to evidence departmental or University roles, mentoring activity, engagement with widening participation, involvement in equality and diversity initiatives and membership or engagement with external bodies).
- Leadership - engagement in activities that contribute to the administrative functioning of an academic Department, Faculty, University and/or discipline including leadership or responsibilities in an academic context. (Candidates may choose to detail any leadership roles which they have undertaken, preferably in an academic context).
- Communication - candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to engage with a range of students and colleagues across a variety of forums.
Desirable Criteria - Grade 7
The desirable criteria for this post (for which candidates should provide evidence of some if not all criteria) are:
- Research Leadership - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to contribute to the leadership of research groups and the mentoring of early career researchers. (Candidates may choose to include information about research group leadership, mentoring of research colleagues, invitations to external events, engagement with international networks or projects).
- PhD Supervision - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to provide excellent supervision for PhD students.
- Research Impact - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to evidence research impact beyond their institution.
- Income Generation - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to develop successful research project proposals.
Desirable Criteria - Grade 8
The desirable criteria for this post (for which candidates should provide evidence of some if not all criteria) are:
- Research Leadership - contribution to the leadership of research groups and the mentoring of early career researchers. (Candidates may choose to include information about research group leadership, mentoring of research colleagues, invitations to external events, engagement with international networks or projects).
- PhD Supervision - involvement in the provision of excellent supervision for PhD students.
- Research Impact - demonstrable evidence of the impact of the candidate's research beyond their institution.
- Income Generation - evidence of engagement in the development of successful research project proposals.
Contact Information
Department contact for academic-related enquiries
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Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE) (HIST21-63)
A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting - Durham is a university like no other.
As part of Durham University, you'll be working with exceptional minds, all with the desire to ask, and answer, the big questions. Access to leading edge facilities and an active contributor to the global research and university community means you'll be part of an international and diverse network of partners spanning the world's best research institutions, organisations and businesses. And all this within the evocative and historic surroundings of the city, county and community that is Durham.
Our aim is to become a truly inclusive and diverse community, with a workforce as diverse as the landscape within which we operate. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in the University. We are committed to equality: if for any reason you have taken a career break or periods of leave that may have impacted on your career path, such as maternity, adoption or parental leave, you may wish to disclose this in your application. The selection committee will recognise that this may have reduced the quantity of your research accordingly.
Durham University's Athena Swan institutional award recognises and celebrates good practice in recruiting and supporting the development of women. We have also signed up to the Race Equality Charter, a national framework for improving the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff and students within higher education.
The Department
The Department of History at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE). We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in Asian, Eurasian, Mediterranean, North African, Islamicate, Byzantine or European history, whose research complements or expands the department's current strengths. Applications from candidates whose research draws connections between multiple geographical regions and who share our commitment to decolonising the curriculum are especially encouraged.
Following recent expansion, Durham University History Department is now one of the largest centres in the UK for the study of History. We are consistently ranked amongst the top departments in the country by the Complete University Guide, the Times and Sunday Times, and the Guardian University Guide. We place research at the very heart of our varied undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, inducting our students into a community of historians from the outset. Our research expertise and teaching provision extend from the early Middle Ages to the present day, and we are home to scholars of Europe (including the British Isles), Africa, East Asia, South Asia and the United States of America and of social, cultural, political, economic, religious, environmental and gender history. We believe that this chronological range and breadth opens up possibilities of transnational, transhistorical and comparative work that tends to be the hallmark of ground-breaking research in our discipline. As a group of researchers, we are alive to the fact that historical questions constantly evolve, and we are committed to developing the intra-and inter-disciplinary breadth to respond to, initiate and shape the discipline and scholarship more broadly defined. This brings us together as historians and makes Durham an exciting place to work, research, and study.
Durham University has an outstanding reputation in the field of medieval studies, and the Department is closely involved in the interdisciplinary Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, which brings together colleagues from across the University. There are also strong links with the Centre for Visual Arts and Cultures, the Centre for Catholic Studies and the Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, and the Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East as well as with the departments of Classics and Ancient History, Theology and Religion, English Studies and with the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (notably with Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French and German). Our postgraduate students and post-doctoral researchers are also active in this interdisciplinary environment. We are currently home to three doctoral training centres: The AHRC Northern Bridge Partnership, the Leverhulme DTC for Visual Culture, and the ESRC NINE DTP.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make use of Durham's excellent and wide-ranging resources for the study of medieval history which include the manuscript collections at Durham Cathedral and the University (which form part of the Priory Library digitisation project), the Cathedral Priory Archive and the collections of the Oriental Museum.
This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our Department pages at https://www.dur.ac.uk/history/
Assistant Professors at Durham
The University is committed to enabling all of our colleagues to achieve their full potential. We promote and maintain an inclusive and supportive environment to ensure that all colleagues can thrive. Academic colleagues are supported to publish world-class research in their area of interest with a focus on quality in high impact journals, rather than quantity. We will fully support your research needs including practical, help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activity, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor. Sitting alongside world class research; teaching quality and innovation is critical to ensure a first class learning environment and curricula for all of our students. You will be supported to develop your teaching expertise and to engage in teaching innovation to embed our student experience.
All of our Assistant Professors are encouraged to focus on research and teaching but also to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, to support their department and wider discipline, and to contribute to the wider student experience.
We are confident that our recruitment process allows us to attract and select the best international talent to Durham. We therefore offer a reduced probation period of 1 year for our Assistant Professors and thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance, you will be confirmed in post.
Assistant Professor of History in the period c.300-c.950 (CE)
Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the History in the period c. 350-950 CE with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University provides a working and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.
Key responsibilities:
- Pursue research that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with the Department's continuing emphasis on international excellence;
- To be developing clear plans for the pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and end-user engagement;
- Play a role in relevant teaching and research supervision, and contribute to ongoing curriculum development;
- Contribute to enhancing the quality of the research environment in the Department, the wider University and beyond through collaborative research activity;
- Demonstrate a willingness to take contribute to the administrative work, citizenship and values of the Department;
- Offer lectures, seminars and tutorials at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels, with the opportunity to teach more widely within the Department, as well as engaging in related activity such as assessment;
- To fully engage in and enhance the values of the Department;
- To contribute to attracting and supervising research students, and to enhance the Department's commitment to its vibrant and international postgraduate culture.
- Carry out such other duties as specified by the Head of Department.
Person Specification
Candidates applying for a grade 7 post will have recently completed or be concluding their PhD and, while they may have limited direct experience of the requirements for the post, they must outline their experience, skills and achievements to date which demonstrate that they meet or that they have the potential to achieve the essential criteria.
Candidates applying for a grade 8 post must meet all of the essential criteria.
Research
Candidates must have capacity for and be progressing towards the independent development of internationally excellent research that produces high quality outcomes, including some work that is recognised as world class.
Essential Research Criteria - Grade 7
- Qualifications - a good first degree and a PhD in History of the period c. 350-950 CE or a related subject (which for grade 7 candidates may be completed or under examination).
- Outputs - experience, skills and/or achievements which demonstrate experience of or the potential to produce high quality outputs in the history of the period c. 350-950 CE, some of which is recognised as world-class. Candidates are asked to submit two research papers with their application (as outlined in the How to Apply section below). Candidates may additionally choose to submit evidence such as external peer review of their outputs.
- Personal Research Plan - evidence of a personal research plan which supports and enhances the History Department's research strategy.
Essential Research Criteria - Grade 8
- Qualifications - a good first degree and a PhD in the history of the period 350-950 CE or a related subject.
- Outputs - evidence of high quality outputs in the history of the period c. 350-950 CE, some of which is recognised as world-class. Candidates are asked to submit two research papers with their application (as outlined in the How to Apply section below). Candidates may additionally choose to submit evidence such as external peer review of their outputs.
- Personal Research Plan - evidence of a personal research plan which supports and enhances the Department of History's research strategy.
Teaching
Candidates must demonstrate the development and delivery of high quality teaching that contributes to providing a world class learning environment and curricula which enables students to achieve their potential.
Essential Teaching Criteria - Grade 7
- Qualification - candidates must be or have the ability to attain the rank of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship/fellow), which is the national body that champions teaching excellence.
- Quality - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to deliver high quality teaching.
- Innovation - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to innovate in the design and delivery of high quality teaching or assessment of learning including lectures, small group learning and/or using technology or other techniques to enhance learning and/or assessment.
- Strategic - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to engage in the design of excellent teaching programmes which are research informed and led.
Essential Teaching Criteria - Grade 8
- Qualification - candidates must be or have the ability to attain the rank of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship/fellow), which is the national body that champions teaching excellence.
- Quality - evidence of the development and delivery of high quality teaching.
- Innovation - evidence of innovation in the design and delivery of high quality teaching or assessment of learning including lectures, small group learning and/or using technology or other techniques to enhance learning and/or assessment.
- Strategic - evidence of strategic teaching development - engagement in the design of excellent teaching programmes which are research informed and led.
Services, Citizenship and Values
Candidates must actively engage in the administrative requirements of the Department and positively contribute to fostering a collegial environment; as well as demonstrating their commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria - Grade 7
- Collegial contribution - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to participate in the collegial/administrative activities or an academic Department, Faculty or University. (Candidates may choose to evidence departmental or University roles, mentoring activity, engagement with widening participation, involvement in equality and diversity initiatives and membership or engagement with external bodies).
- Leadership - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to engage in activities that contribute to the administrative functioning of an academic Department, Faculty, University and/or discipline including leadership or responsibilities in an academic context. (Candidates may choose to detail any leadership roles which they have undertaken, preferably in an academic context).
- Communication - candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to engage with a range of students and colleagues across a variety of forums.
Essential Services, Citizenship and Values criteria - Grade 8
- Collegial contribution - evidence of participation in the collegial/administrative activities of an academic Department, Faculty or University. (Candidates may choose to evidence departmental or University roles, mentoring activity, engagement with widening participation, involvement in equality and diversity initiatives and membership or engagement with external bodies).
- Leadership - engagement in activities that contribute to the administrative functioning of an academic Department, Faculty, University and/or discipline including leadership or responsibilities in an academic context. (Candidates may choose to detail any leadership roles which they have undertaken, preferably in an academic context).
- Communication - candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to engage with a range of students and colleagues across a variety of forums.
Desirable Criteria - Grade 7
The desirable criteria for this post (for which candidates should provide evidence of some if not all criteria) are:
- Research Leadership - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to contribute to the leadership of research groups and the mentoring of early career researchers. (Candidates may choose to include information about research group leadership, mentoring of research colleagues, invitations to external events, engagement with international networks or projects).
- PhD Supervision - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to provide excellent supervision for PhD students.
- Research Impact - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to evidence research impact beyond their institution.
- Income Generation - experience, skills and/or achievements that demonstrate experience of or the potential to develop successful research project proposals.
Desirable Criteria - Grade 8
The desirable criteria for this post (for which candidates should provide evidence of some if not all criteria) are:
- Research Leadership - contribution to the leadership of research groups and the mentoring of early career researchers. (Candidates may choose to include information about research group leadership, mentoring of research colleagues, invitations to external events, engagement with international networks or projects).
- PhD Supervision - involvement in the provision of excellent supervision for PhD students.
- Research Impact - demonstrable evidence of the impact of the candidate's research beyond their institution.
- Income Generation - evidence of engagement in the development of successful research project proposals.
Contact Information
Department contact for academic-related enquiries
Professor Justin Willis: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!