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Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

Lecturer in Digital History 

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Digital History who will contribute to high-calibre historical research, postgraduate training and undergraduate and postgraduate pedagogy. The successful candidate will have historical expertise in any period within the timespan from ancient to contemporary history in any geographical region or combination of regions. To illuminate this history, they will have demonstrated expertise in deploying digital methodologies and tools such as (but not limited to) data visualization, computational/algorithmic analysis, and/or GIS. They will engage in high-quality research, deliver innovative teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and contribute to the wider academic and administrative activities of the Department.

  • Contract Type: Permanent
  • Location: London, Hybrid
  • Salary: £52,762-£62,035
  • Closing Date: 7 April 2025

Lecturer in Middle Eastern History 

The department boasts strengths in political and intellectual history, global and imperial histories, gender and sexuality, and histories of race, migration, and diasporas. We seek a candidate who will complement and expand these areas. We welcome scholars whose research engages with critical historiographical debates, including environmental, legal, institutional, economic, social, urban, material culture, or science and technology histories in the Middle East. The successful candidate will pursue groundbreaking research on any aspect of Middle Eastern history from 1600 CE onward, focusing on political, social, economic, or cultural themes across the region - including, but not limited to, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and the Arab world. We especially encourage applicants using transnational, comparative, colonial, postcolonial, or global perspectives.

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: £52,762-£62,035
Closing Date: 11 April 2025

Candidates interested in (and eligible for, as per the job description) more than one position should apply to each of them separately.

Call for applications: Funded PhD Studentship at UCL History and Wellcome Collection

We welcome applications for a funded PhD studentship on the project ‘Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France’.

Deadline: 31 January 2025