Closes : 17th August 2023

The School of History, Archaeology and Religion wishes to appoint a fixed-term full-time lecturer in Medieval History. The post is for 12 months to cover a period of externally-funded leave. You will be active in research in medieval history with evidence of high-quality teaching at undergraduate level. Scholars with expertise in the period c.600-c.1400 are encouraged to apply.

The School is a dynamic and friendly department with an international reputation in research and teaching.  Within the School, you will contribute to the School’s teaching in medieval history, including teaching on our first-year module Medieval Worlds and our MA module Medieval Empires. You will also be expected to contribute seminar teaching for other core History modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition to teaching, you will act as a personal tutor to students, engage in scholarly research and publication, and participate in administration at a departmental and / or School level as required. You will be provided with office space as well as access to funding for conferences / research travel.

This post is full-time and fixed term (12 months), to start as soon as possible.

Career Pathway: Teaching & Research

For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Professor Clare Griffiths (Head of History), griffithscvj@cardiff.ac.uk or Dr David Doddington (Programme Convenor for History), doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk.

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.


Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at:  Responsible research assessment – Research – Cardiff University

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