We are currently looking for a part-time Associate Lecturer A to teach on a number of Fiction and Drama modules beginning October 2019. This is an exciting opportunity to join our teaching teams on the BA and MA Creative Writing Programmes in the School of Arts at Birkbeck.
The postholder will teach a variety of Creative Writing modules encompassing contemporary fiction and drama at BA and MA level. Modules would include the BA Creative Writing core courses Introduction to Fiction, and Introduction to Drama, a summer-term half-module on reading and writing the short story, and the MA modules Genre and Narrative, and Introduction to Playwriting. The postholder may also supervise BA and MA dissertation students.
Responsibilities will include running writing workshops and seminars, as well as administration and assessment of the modules. The role may also involve the convening of some modules. All teaching takes place within the Department of English and Humanities’ evening timetable, between 6pm and 9pm, and will occur in the autumn, spring and summer terms.
The minimum requirements for selection include:
A Masters degree in Creative Writing or English literature or an equivalent qualification with specific subject knowledge of fiction and drama.
A demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the key practical and critical frameworks that inform the teaching of contemporary fiction and drama.
Relevant teaching experience in fiction, drama, and/or the arts at HE level.
(Job Ref: 387924)
Full details and to apply here
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Julia Bell (jh.bell@bbk.ac.uk) or Dr Richard Hamblyn (r.hamblyn@bbk.ac.uk).
Deadline: 3 June 2019
Interviews will be held on week commencing 17 June 2019.