FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Senior Lecturer: (Archival Programme)
Department of Historical Studies
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a research-led institution recognised nationally and internationally for its sustained contribution to democratic change in South Africa.
The Faculty of Arts & Humanities seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in a permanent position in the Department of Historical Studies. The Department is a vibrant space with an expansive cohort of postgraduate student and a record of innovative research and teaching in the fields of African History, Public & Visual History, Museum & Heritage Studies, Forensic History, Activism & Archives, Oral History, Experimental Writing.
This specific position is linked to the university’s archival programme (New Archival Visions) designed to support the activation and development of UWC’s research archives, and to stimulate public programmes in the new Archive Precinct. The position’s duty will be divided equally between research and teaching duties in the Department of Historical Studies, and archival development and activation.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Carry out research and publish.
- Contribute to the learning and teaching programme at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Supervise postgraduate students.
- Actively participate in departmental, faculty, and university administration.
- Participate in community engagement.
- Contribute to archival activation programmes with regard to important research collections.
- Contribute to collaborative processes with regard to digitisation priorities and the development of UWC’s digital infrastructure.
- Contribute to the development of institutional partnerships and internship programmes.
- Work with the relevant archive governing body (and related committees) to develop the long-term preservation plan, collections management policies, and human resource plan for the UWC archive.
