We are looking for a historian holding a doctoral degree and specialising in Middle Eastern history who is at the beginning of their career.

Workplace and subject

The successful candidate will divide their time between the Department of History and the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies.

The Department of History has three divisions: History, Human Rights Studies and East and South-East Asian Studies. The position is in the History division, which has about 60 teaching staff and researchers and is the centre for the National Graduate School of Historical Studies. Research at the division includes cultural history, history of knowledge and global history, and moves chronologically from the late Middle Ages to the present day.

The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports, coordinates and expands interdisciplinary research on the Middle East at Lund University.

The position is linked to the strategic research area The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) coordinated by Professor Karin Aggestam and Professor Ronny Berndtsson at CMES. The research area includes more than 30 researchers from four different faculties at Lund University and is coordinated by CMES. The MECW programme is organised into four research themes: 1) Environment and sustainable development; 2) Security and sustainable peace; 3) Democratisation, migration and sustainable socio-economic development; and 4) Religion, identity and culture.

What we offer

As Associate Senior Lecturer you develop your qualifications and may then be promoted to permanent employment as a senior lecturer. As part of your appointment, you will be offered a mentor and five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education.

We support you in your move to Sweden and give you the opportunity to learn Swedish through the University’s Swedish language courses for new international staff. If you have a family, they will find new contacts and support through Lund’s International Citizen Hub.

Lund University is a public authority which means that you receive special benefits, generous annual leave and a favourable occupational pension. The University applies individual salary-setting. Read more about being employed at Lund University here:  Work at Lund University | Lund University.

Duties

The successful candidate will mainly carry out independent research linked to the overarching theme of the MECW and choose research questions, develop theoretical ideas and apply research methods most appropriate. The successful candidate will also be expected to provide high-quality teaching at all levels of history and to take an active part in the research and educational development of the Department of History.

The successful candidate will also be expected to learn Swedish at a level required to perform common duties in research and education.

Qualifications for employment as an associate senior lecturer

You hold a doctoral degree or have corresponding research expertise in history that is of value in view of the subject matter of the position and the duties that it will involve. We will primarily prioritise those applicants who have been awarded a doctoral degree after 18 May 2018. If there are documented special grounds, such as parental leave, military service or illness, after graduating that have prevented you from working as a researcher, the doctoral degree in the subject can in such cases have been awarded earlier.

Requirements

• A good ability to initiate, develop and implement high-quality research as demonstrated by:
  • the ability to teach and publish in English
  • research qualifications and professional development in historical research and research on Middle Eastern history, as assessed on the basis of submitted publications
  • the ability to independently plan, develop and conduct high-quality research in collaboration with other researchers in national and international contexts
  • the ability to contribute to the overarching objectives of the MECW research programme: to conduct groundbreaking research and undertake external engagement that promotes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, approaches and methodologies related to the Middle East.
• The ability to collaborate
• Teaching ability

In addition to the above requirements, it is desirable if you have the ability to obtain competitive research funding.

Assessment criteria

• A good ability to develop and carry out high-quality research
• Teaching skill.

Instructions for the application

Your application must conform to the instructions that can be downloaded at Instructions for applicants | The joint faculties of humanities and theology. Applicants are responsible for submitting a complete application through the University’s recruitment portal by the application deadline. More information on the recruitment process can be found here: Recruitment process for research staff that teach | Lund University

Form of employment

Fixed-term position, 4 years, in accordance with Chapter 4, Section 12a of the Higher Education Ordinance, with the opportunity for promotion to permanent employment as a senior lecturer.

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Promotion

As an associate senior lecturer, you may apply for promotion to permanent employment as a senior lecturer. You will undergo a special assessment to determine whether you fulfil the Faculty’s requirements for employment as a senior lecturer. You may only apply for promotion once and you must apply for promotion at least six months before the end of your employment as an associate senior lecturer.

When you apply for promotion, you will be assessed based on whether you have:

• developed within your field during your time as an associate senior lecturer. In relation to the doctoral thesis, you should have clearly broadened your academic record and demonstrated good progress. This is documented by an output equivalent in scope to at least one additional doctoral thesis.
• good national and international standing as a researcher
• ability to initiate new approaches to research and to plan and start new research projects.
• good teaching ability, which means a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities at different levels and using a variety of teaching methods
• completed at least five weeks of teaching and learning in higher education or have equivalent knowledge acquired by other means
• ability to participate in supervision of doctoral students to achieve a doctoral degree
• ability to participate in supervision of doctoral students to achieve a doctoral degree
• ability in other contexts to lead and develop activities
  • demonstrated the ability to develop, lead and conduct training and research and/or commitment and responsibility for departmental tasks
• a knowledge of Swedish at a level required to perform standard research and teaching duties
• demonstrated the ability to apply for competitive external research funding
• demonstrated the ability for collaboration