Senior Lecturer/Reader of Film and Screen Media

Applications to the role of Senior Lecturer will be offered at Pay Scale Grade 9: £56,021-£62,595

Applications to the role of Reader will be offered at Pay Scale Grade 10: £64,367-£66,188

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Lecturer/Reader of Film and Screen Media within the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies. 

We are looking for a theorist of international standing. Candidates should have expertise in two or more of the following areas: film theory, film and screen studies, philosophical approaches to film, screen arts, television, video. They should also be familiar with issues of ‘practice as research’ and have some experience of working with art, film and/or media institutions.

The appointee will be expected to provide leadership in the area of film and screen media across the department. Experience of higher education and an ability to contribute to curriculum development, to build on existing synergies between creative practice and critical theory and contribute to the department’s research profile and PhD supervision, are required.