Stephen Knight Lecturer in Medieval Literature

**Job no**: 0062934
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Fixed-term for 5 years
**Faculty**:Arts
**School**:School of Culture and Communication
**Salary**:Level B - $119,231 - $141,581 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Contribute to the ongoing excellence of Medieval Literature studies within the Faculty of Arts at Melbourne**:

- **Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families**

**About the Role**
Join us as the Stephen Knight Lecturer in Medieval Literature, a position made possible by a generous donation from the Pimlico Foundation, honouring Professorial Fellow Stephen Knight’s remarkable contributions to teaching, research, and public engagement in medieval and modern literary studies. This role aims to build on the University’s distinguished record of innovation and excellence in medieval literature.

As a Lecturer, you will undertake teaching and supervision at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate levels, making an important contribution to the teaching excellence within the Faculty of Arts.

Your research efforts will aim to produce high-quality publications and other scholarly outputs, carried out independently or as part of a collaborative team.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Subject coordination, including the supervision of sessional tutors (administrative and academic)
- Curriculum design and innovation, including cross-disciplinary approaches
- Scholarly outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, creative works, and editing.

**Who We Are Looking For**
You are a dedicated educator with a completed PhD in a relevant discipline, possessing a strong research record and an emerging publication profile in late medieval English language and literature.

Your experience teaching at the tertiary level reflects your commitment to fostering an inclusive student learning environment and your capability in supervising honours theses and postgraduate research degrees. You demonstrate excellence in multidisciplinary and collaborative research, with a proven ability to attract research grants and consultancies.

For more detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements of this role, please refer to the attached PD.

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is available for this position**.

**Your New Team - School of Culture and Communication, English and Theatre Studies**
Recognised nationally and internationally for innovative teaching, scholarship and research, English and Theatre Studies at Melbourne boasts one of the oldest literature programs in the world. Today, as a joint program, it is a leading research hub for critical thinking about literature and performance across genres and historical periods. Key research extends our work into interdisciplinary areas such as the history of the emotions; ecological thinking; literary and critical theory; textual editing; Asia-Pacific performance; Irish literature; theatre history; digital humanities; and world literature, including diasporic literatures and migrant fiction.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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- **Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience**:

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