Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History in Newcastle upon Tyne

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University invites applications for the fixed-term post of Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, supervision and advising of undergraduate students. The post is full time and is expected to commence on 1 September 2026 and will continue for a period of 18 months.

You will be expected to deliver high-quality, scholarship-informed teaching on early modern British and European history. This will include a second-year module called “Reformation and Revolution: Tudors to Georgians”, and a section on the Renaissance within a third-year historiography module. In addition, you will supervise undergraduate dissertations on a wide range of topics beyond your research field, teach research-skills and historiography modules, and serve as an academic adviser to undergraduate students.

Your application should demonstrate a track record of excellent teaching and a reflective, flexible approach to teaching research skills beyond your immediate area of scholarly specialization. You should have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate effectively and engagingly to students, staff and external audiences. You will work within a diverse teaching and research environment and must be able to demonstrate a commitment to inclusive work practices, equality and diversity.

• Deliver high quality teaching and learning materials, resources and activities to undergraduate students in line with School and Faculty teaching objectives and timetable requirements.
• Provide individual academic advising to undergraduate students, and sign-post students with more complex wellbeing needs to appropriate support services.
• Contribute to the delivery, planning, design and development of modules and programmes to improve teaching across the School.
• Evaluate own practice and undertake continuing professional development in teaching.
• Plan, organise and carry out the work programme for own scholarship, to ensure that teaching is informed by new knowledge, insight and impactful innovation.
• Participate in organised programmes of outreach/public engagement, as appropriate.
• Promote the University’s values in relation to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and support widening access to our programmes and facilities to people who have historically had little involvement in universities.
• Undertake a range of administrative tasks to support own area of teaching, and/or scholarship, and/or engagement.
• Take responsibility for contributing to management or administrative role as appropriate to a lecturer in a fixed-term post.
• Fulfil other tasks appropriate to the level of Temporary Lecturer as required by the Head of School.
• Comply with University policies, including financial regulations, equal opportunities policy, Health & Safety policy, race equality policy, information systems security policy, data security, intellectual property rights and safeguarding policies.
• Engage in personal, professional and career development, to enhance both specialist and transferable skills in accordance with desired career trajectory.

• A strong record of scholarship in early modern history, demonstrating international standards of excellence in terms of originality, significance, and rigour commensurate with career stage.
• Experience in high-quality scholarship-informed university teaching in early modern history, and enthusiastic, reflective and creative pedagogy.
• Experience of giving students individual academic guidance and sign-posting students with more complex wellbeing needs to appropriate services.
• Experience of design or delivery in technology-enhanced learning.
• Experience in, or demonstrable potential for, impact in scholarship and engaging with external stakeholders.
• A record of high-quality scholarly outputs appropriate to career stage.

• High level of initiative and organisation.
• Track-record of working as a good colleague and academic citizen.
• Ability to work collaboratively, across disciplines, and with external partners.
• Willingness to undertake administrative duties as required.

• Completion and award of a PhD in History.

Newcastle University is a global university that treats everyone with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we provide a safe place for those fleeing violence and persecution. We are committed to being a fully inclusive university that actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity, celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent. We are a proud equal-opportunity employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We hold a Gold Athena Swan award for good employment practices for gender equality and a Race Equality Charter Bronze award. We are a Disability-Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. We are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.