Last year we started a hiring process for two new professorships in the Department of Digital Humanities, which was unfortunately interrupted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are delighted to announce that we will be resuming search for these two professorial posts, plus an additional Senior Lecturer/Lecturer position in Digital Culture and Society. As before if there are any enquiries, please do get in touch!
The Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London is looking for two full Professors and one Senior Lecturer/Lecturer to join us. They will contribute to developing research, teaching and collaborations to facilitate “critical inquiry with and about the digital”. The new posts are as follows:
- Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society
- Professor of Critical Digital Practice
- Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society
King’s College London has a long tradition of research in the digital humanities, going back to the early 1970s. Building on the department’s expertise in digital information management, digital research methods and humanities computing from the early 1990s, it has grown to become a world leader in research on digital humanities, culture and society. Following several hiring rounds in the past few years, the department has a diverse community of scholars, undergraduates and graduate students exploring the role of digital technology in society from a humanities perspective, informed by a variety of different fields. This includes our BA in Digital Culture, MA Programmes in Big Data in Culture & Society, Digital Culture & Society and Digital Asset & Media Management, as well as MA/PhD research degrees in Digital Humanities. The two hires will join at an exciting time for the department and will help to shape its future direction and activities.
The department has a new bespoke Digital Humanities Teaching Lab, a state of the art education space with computer facilities for up to 35 students and a larger capacity collaborative teaching area with views of London’s Embankment. It benefits from an array of exciting research projects valued at some £8m as well as collaborations with a wide variety of London-based and international organisations and institutions.
On the new posts, Stuart Dunn, Head of Department, says:
We seek to recruit outstanding individuals who will enable us, and King’s, to continue taking forward the unique contribution that Digital Humanities has to make in the 21st century.
These posts represent a major expansion of the senior academic leadership of the Department of Digital Humanities, in fact it is the largest such expansion in the Department’s history. Situated in one of the leading Arts and Humanities Faculties in the world, they are an opportunity for us to consolidate the strengths we have nurtured in recent years, and connect them with the kind of ground-breaking teaching and research for which the Department has always been known.
Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, comments:
The Department of Digital Humanities at King’s is a nation-leading centre in the field. This search for two new professors sits alongside the College’s provision of a purpose-built digital teaching lab as part of our investment in our world-class standing in this field. This is an amazing opportunity for talented and dynamic scholars to join us at King’s.
We particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic candidates. The closing date is 5th March 2021 for the professorial posts and 7th March 2021 for the Senior Lecturer/Lecturer post. Further details are available on the job pages:
- Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society
- Professor of Critical Digital Practice
- Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society
If you have any questions regarding the posts please email stuart.dunn@kcl.ac.uk.
Professor of Digital Technology in Culture and Society
The post holder will deliver world-leading research, research-informed teaching, and research mentoring and supervision. Applicants will be able to demonstrate an international profile with an excellent publication record and a track record of achieving grant funding. The post holder will build and expand upon the Department’s research, extending into new directions and significant emergent areas.
They will be expected to provide inspiring and innovative teaching and research that explores the social, cultural and intellectual role of digital technology within society, in ways that develop, expand and enrich the digital humanities as conventionally understood. They will be leading thinkers in their field with an outstanding track record of research publications and obtaining research funding. They will teach across the Department’s existing range of options and create new modules of broad interest at both BA and Masters level. They will also seek out new and emerging student markets and contribute to the development of new programmes to meet student demand, including distance learning and professional and executive education.
The post holder will provide excellent management and administrative skills for the Department and Faculty, and will be willing in due course to take on a senior leadership role in the Department, such as Director of Research, Education Lead or Head of Department, and/or in the Faculty/College.
Applications from all areas of the digital humanities, digital culture, and digital society will be considered but we particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research provokes new thinking and crosses disciplinary and domain boundaries. The post holder will join a vibrant and energetic research community in which the Faculty is investing heavily.
The department is committed to building an equitable and diverse academic environment. We therefore welcome applicants from underrepresented communities and those who can demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion in teaching, research, mentoring and service.
Job pack available here.
Professor of Critical Digital Practice
The post holder will have a strong background as a critical practitioner in a field of the digital humanities, broadly defined. They will deliver world-leading research, including, where appropriate, practice-led research, research-informed teaching, and research mentoring and supervision. Applicants will be able to demonstrate an international profile with an excellent publication record commensurate with their expertise, and a track record of achieving grant funding. The post holder will build and expand upon the Department’s research, extending into new directions and significant emergent areas.
They will be expected to provide inspiring and innovative teaching and research grounded in a field of critical digital practice, such as coding, visualization, design or creative methods. They will offer teaching across the Department’s existing range of options, and create new modules of broad interest at both BA and MA level. They will seek out new and emerging student markets and contribute to the development of new programmes to meet student demand, including distance learning. They will also contribute significantly to the Department and College’s vision for practice-led PhD supervision.
The post holder will provide excellent management and administrative skills for the Department and Faculty, and will be willing in due course to take on a senior leadership role in the Department, such as Director of Research, Education Lead or Head of Department, and/or in the Faculty/College.
Applications from all areas of the digital humanities and culture will be considered but we particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research provokes new thinking and crosses disciplinary and domain boundaries, and which engages with practice-based research. The post holder will join a vibrant and energetic research community in which the Faculty is investing heavily.
The department is committed to building an equitable and diverse academic environment. We therefore welcome applicants from underrepresented communities and those who can demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion in teaching, research, mentoring and service.
Job pack available here.
Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society
The Department of Digital Humanities is seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer to contribute to our teaching and research in the area of digital culture and society. The post-holder will have a sound knowledge of the theories and practices in a particular area of expertise within this domain, and will be expected to develop it. As a non-exhaustive list of examples, we are interested in candidates with skills in digital platforms, the development of digital products, the economics of digital culture and society, platform analytics, and data policy and ethics. We particularly welcome candidates who conduct research in areas such as this with computational and/or quantitative approaches, such as digital methods, network analysis, or programming.
We are looking for a range of expertise to support our fast-expanding Masters programmes in digital culture and society, and digital asset and media management, as well as our BA in Digital Culture. Candidates will be expected to provide high quality teaching and research across all levels, including undergraduate, masters, and PhD, to supervise undergraduate and graduate student dissertations, and to engage in excellent research, including the potential for grant capture.
The post holder will be expected to have an active research profile, a publication record appropriate to their field and career stage, and show the ability to make an excellent contribution to the REF. They will complement existing teaching and research in the Department and offer students new opportunities in their studies of digital culture and society. She/he will support student specialisation in their own area, and develop course offerings of their own. A focus on linking practice with recent theoretical approaches both in teaching and research will be particularly appreciated. The successful applicant will also be expected, within reason, to teach outside their own immediate area of expertise.
Successful candidates will also undertake pastoral and administrative duties, including personal tutoring and contribution to Departmental, Faculty and University administration.
Candidates will contribute to the life and reputation of the Department, the Faculty, and the College through taking on an appropriate administrative role, contributing to internal networks and collaborations, taking part in external national and international activities, and undertaking industry and public engagement where appropriate.
The department is committed to building an equitable and diverse academic environment. We therefore welcome applicants from underrepresented communities and those who can demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion in teaching, research, mentoring and service.
Job pack available here.