Emergency Sessional Lecturer: HIS350H1S Top. in Europe History: Digital Approaches to Pre-Mod Europ

Emergency Sessional Lecturer - HIS350H1 S -  Topics in European Histories: Digital Approaches to Pre-Modern Europe

Course Description:
How can digital technologies help us learn about life in pre-modern (1000-1800 CE) Europe? This course revolves around this central question. Each week, we will learn about a different geographic region through a Digital Humanities (DH) project (or projects) focused upon that region. In doing so, we will examine the social, political, and cultural dynamics of premodern communities while observing how scholars have employed digital technologies to study them. Our weekly digital projects will introduce you to a variety of tools, such as ArcGIS, OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, html, and TEI (Text Encoding Initiative). You will engage critically with these digital tools and assess how they have been applied to historical research.  , OpenStreetMap, html, and TEI (Text Encoding Initiative). You will engage critically with these digital tools and assess how they have been applied to historical research.

Through weekly active learning tutorials and workshops, you will build knowledge and skills across a range of digital media, including Wordpress, Storymaps ArcGIS, and Audacity Audio Software, and learn to effectively incorporate these tools into your own projects. The combination of theoretical and practical knowledge accumulated in this course will present you with new ways of looking at big questions surrounding identity, politics, society, and culture in pre-modern Europe. This course will also prompt you to investigate some of the challenges facing Digital Humanities-based research.

Minimum qualifications:
Master of Arts in History or related field required. Mastery of the subject area as related to the course description above required.

Preferred qualifications:
PhD in History preferred. Demonstrated evidence of superior undergraduate teaching preferred. Previous experience teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

Description of duties:
Developing a syllabus; course preparation; lecturing one two-hour classes weekly; in-person lectures; marking; there will be 24 hours of lectures in this course and one office hour per teaching week.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.

Sessional Dates of Appointment: January 1, 2027 – April 30, 2027

Estimated Course Enrolment: 45 students
Estimate of TA Support: N/A
Schedule: Friday 11:00-13:00 (online synchronous)

Rate of Pay:

H1 Courses

Sessional Lecturer I: $9,997.48
Sessional Lecturer I, Long term: $10,699.22
Sessional Lecturer II: $10,699.22
Sessional Lecturer II, Long term: $10,953.96
Sessional Lecturer III: $10,953.96
Sessional Lecturer III, Long term: $11,228.90

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Application instructions:

- Applicants should fill out the following form CUPE Hiring - Sessional Lecturer: HIS350H1S (Winter Term 2027) – Fill out form (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/kMMeDEb7Z4)

- Upload your documents here: https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/ArtSci-HIS-L4/IgDbMJBd5HDiRJQXgQS1BOkkAfbE0U-M9BmQS7wGYFNxadQ

- CUPE Unit 3 application form: https://www.history.utoronto.ca/sites/www.history.utoronto.ca/files/Application%20Form%20for%20Unit%203%20Fillable.pdf

- Cover letter

- CV

- teaching evaluations

- Two letters of reference, sent directly from your referees, that address your teaching skills to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

If you have any issues with submitting your application through the form above, please contact Christine Leonardo [email protected] . Subject: HIS350H1-S SL Application.

Closing Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026