Associate Professor (or Professor) of Literature in English

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: Oxford, ENGLAND
Deadline: 15 Jan 2024

Magdalen College and the Faculty of English Language and Literature invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for a Tutorial Fellowship in English and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Literature in English, to be appointed with effect from 1st September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will be both an Official (Tutorial) Fellow in English at Magdalen, and a member of the Faculty of English Language and Literature. They will be part of a lively and intellectually stimulating research community which publishes at the highest international levels, and they will have access to the excellent research facilities which Oxford offers.

Applications for this post are invited from well-qualified candidates with research expertise in early modern literature in English, particularly those whose research focuses on drama and performance in the early modern period. You will be required to enthuse and inspire students at both undergraduate and graduate level through tutorials, classes, lectures, and supervision. The papers which you will be required to teach are specified in the further particulars.

You should have received a doctoral degree in English or a closely related subject; have an outstanding record of original, important, and rigorous published research; have the ability to provide excellent undergraduate teaching and excellent postgraduate teaching and supervision in the required areas, along with the personal qualities needed to encourage a high level of achievement in undergraduate and graduate students. The full selection criteria in the further particulars should be consulted before applying.

The Faculty of English Language and Literature is an Athena Swan Bronze Award holder. Applications are particularly welcome from women and from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in senior academic positions in Oxford.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon GMT on Monday 15 January 2024. Interviews will be held on the afternoon of Thursday 29 February 2024 and the morning and afternoon of Friday 1 March 2024.


Enquiries about the post should be address to Miss Liz Howdill, Academic Administrator at Magdalen College, on 

[email protected]

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