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Lecturer in Social Anthropology (Education)

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£38,826 - £45,649 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
13 Jul 2022

Job Details

Job description

The Department of Theology and Religious Studies welcomes applications for a fixed-term position as Lecturer in Social Anthropology (Academic Education Path). This position is to cover for Dr Katherine Swancutt who is currently on Research Leave as PI for the ERC project ‘Cosmological Visionaries’.  The subject field is open, though we particularly welcome applicants who have interests in the global South, Asian or other non-Western societies, and/or in Black/minority ethnic and religious experience within Europe or North America.

 

Social Anthropology, and in particular the Anthropology of Religion, is a thriving subject in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at King’s. Anthropology is central to both our undergraduate programmes – BA in Religion, Politics & Society and BA Religion Philosophy & Ethics – and our MA in Religion. You will have the opportunity to draw on your existing research expertise and expand your teaching skills.  You will also be able to contribute to dissertation supervision at undergraduate, postgraduate and, potentially, doctoral levels. You will gain experience in being a personal tutor to students and in having an administrative and research role within a collaborative and friendly Department.

 

You may be asked to teach modules including but not limited to:

 

Undergraduate modules:

Introduction to the Anthropology of Religion

Religion in Ethnographic Perspective

Anthropological Approaches to Religious Innovation and Questions of Being

 

Postgraduate (Masters) modules:

The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation

Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions

 

This position is part of an Academic Education Path, which is appropriate for early career academics who would like to advance their professional knowledge and skills by focusing on education. You will be expected to devote approximately 60% of your time to teaching, 20% to teaching-related research and 20% to administration.

 

The Department of Theology and Religious Studies supports an inclusive culture and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students. We look forward to welcoming applicants from all cultures, sub-cultures and abilities, supported by flexible and varied working arrangements. We encourage applicants from all parts of the world and from people who may have been marginalized on any grounds covered by the UK Equality Act (2010).

 

About the Faculty:   https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums

 

About the Department of Theology and Religious Studies:    https://www.kcl.ac.uk/trs

 

This post will be offered on a full-time, fixed term contract for 36 months starting from 1st September 2022.

 

Key responsibilities 

  • Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Social Anthropology and the Anthropology of Religion and contributing to co-taught modules in the Department as needed  
  • Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations 
  • Participation in assessment and examination processes as appropriate and providing effective, timely and appropriate feedback to students to support their learning 
  • Personal tutorship of undergraduate and postgraduate students  
  • Making a contribution to the research culture of the Department and University 
  • Contributing to the administration of the Department 
  • Engaging in professional development as appropriate 
  • Undertaking any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of Department  

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria  

1.      PhD in a relevant subject 

2.      Ability to engage students in insightful, empathetic, and intellectually stimulating thinking about religion from a Social Anthropological perspective 

3.      Experience in teaching in the Anthropology of Religion or similar subjects 

4.      Collaborative spirit and ability to work with others in a supportive manner in the context of a friendly and collegial department organised into small teams 

5.      Administrative and organisational skills  

6.      Demonstrated research and publications in the Anthropology of Religion or similar subjects, in line with career stage  

7.      Willingness to contribute to the care of students, and to accommodate and support students with a wide range of different backgrounds and identities. 

 

Desirable criteria

1.       Academic interests which include a focus on the global South, Asian, diaspora or other non-Western societies and cultures  

2.       knowledge of a relevant language(s) 

3.       Engagement in relevant communities of practice. 

 

Further information 

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in the last week of July. The selection process will include a short presentation to the interview panel followed by an interview.  

 

To assist in the shortlisting process, applicants are asked to include a copy of an article or chapter (either published or intended for publication) as well as a CV and supporting statement.  

 

Candidates should make it clear in their supporting statement how they meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of their skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, voluntary activities, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants).

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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