Lecturer In Anthropology

Description:

UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures is re-imagining and addressing the complex and intertwined societal, environmental and political challenges faced across the world. These include social and gender-based inequalities, geopolitical shifts, migration, health and climate change and the urgent need to foster a more caring and liveable world for all. The imperative to develop more collective and social visions of the future is more pressing than ever. By driving innovative, critical, theoretical, participatory and community-engaged research, UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures will foster excellence in social research to understand, re-envision and enact our collective social futures.

Applications are invited for the Lectureship in Anthropology based in the Department of Archaeology within the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences. This is an opportunity to join one of Ireland’s leading universities and an academic unit with a strong record of teaching and research. Applicants should have qualifications and experience in the field of biological/physical anthropology with a background knowledge of archaeology. The successful applicant will be required to deliver foundation and advanced teaching in biological/physical anthropology in the BA degree in Anthropology and also in postgraduate courses.

Candidates should hold a primary degree in Anthropology, as well as a doctoral qualification in Archaeology or Anthropology, from a recognised University at the time of application. They should have post-doctoral research experience, as well as publications in the field of biological/physical anthropology. The holder of this post will be a coordinator in the BA Anthropology degree, with responsibility for curriculum management, timetables and assessment. S/he will also contribute to the academic administration of the Department and College, and will engage with external bodies in areas relating to Anthropology.