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Fixed Term American History Lecturer position at the University of Sussex - British Association for American Studies

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Fixed Term American History Lecturer position at the University of Sussex

opportunities

Lecturer in American History Ref: 40668 (Fixed-term)

Location

Brighton, UK

Hours

1 FTE/ 37.5 hours per week. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need)

Salary

Grade 7 starting at £38,249 to £45,413 per annum, pro rata if part time.

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

About the role

The History Department at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in US History (Education Focused) for a fixed term position.

You will contribute to a range of modules in nineteenth- and twentieth-century History and American Studies, including delivering specialist options in twentieth-century US history and politics, and the history of the Civil Rights movement. You will deliver lectures, seminars and dissertation supervision, support students, and engage in marking and assessment.

You will join an innovative and collegial History Department with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary study and with strong links to American Studies as a discipline. Sussex is ranked 20th in the 2025 Complete University Guide for History, and was ranked 4th for Impact in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Please contact the Head of Department, Dr Iain McDaniel (historyhod@sussex.ac.uk), for informal inquiries about the position.

For more details please see the listed URL.