Polly Hember

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I’m putting together a guide for first time teachers in HE and would love your recommendations 💛 what are you favourite texts on pedagogy? Especially interested in any texts that focus on student centred learning, and on decolonising / uncolonising the curriculum. Thank you!

Lecturer in History at Birmingham Newman University Recruiting now: Lecturer in History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Amazingly, there's a permanent university job available in History! It's 'only' part-time, and as the only non-fixed term contract in the entire UK available right now will probably see a queue form many hundreds long, but it'll be great for someone: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO275/l...

I'm teaching a module on critical theory this term. I'd love to know what your favourite books/articles are on critical theory - if there was one text you'd encourage students to read first, what would it be?

Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol 19 August 2025 Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students) The School of Humanities has ...

Please help. Please sign. I work on a part-time degree for mature students to study for a BA in English Literature & Community Engagement. Its direct access and designed for those who didn't or couldn't go to Uni at 18. Bristol plan to close it. We want to save it.

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Stipendiary Lecturer in English at University of Oxford Discover Stipendiary Lecturer in English jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Stipendiary Lecturer in English at Exeter College, Oxford www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ137/s...

Research Fellow - AR3181 at University of St Andrews Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow - AR3181 on jobs.ac.uk!

Research fellow at St Andrews, working on AHRC project ‘Histories of Hope? Museum Redevelopment at Camp Nelson National Monument’. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOI436/r...

Lecturer in English Literature (LTS) at University of Glasgow Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in English Literature (LTS) on jobs.ac.uk!

0.16FTE Lecturer in English Literature @ University of Glasgow, focusing on science fiction, literature and medicine, and/or post-war lit. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK805/l...

Starting back to work again after the bank holiday weekend

CBCP Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing This symposium brings together leading scholars and practitioners in modernist textual criticism and scholarly editing. Organised by Dr Buxi Duan and Lawrence Jones at the Centre for Book Cultures and...

Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - looks phenomenal! research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

Call for papers for new edited collection: Bureaucratic Modernism, edited by Alexandra Irimia and Jonathan Foster - deadline for submissions November 15 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...

How do you search for academic jobs in a broken job market? A rant, some advice & a mini-roundup of current vacancies in the arts & humanities

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry) Part-Time, Permanent (0.5 FTE)Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Creative Writing in the English Department, to start September 2025. Creative writing is expanding at RHUL. Joining t...

Lecturer in Creative Writing (poetry) at Royal Holloway 💛 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Hmm, this seems like a wise and sensible take on UK university finance until and unless you’re willing to question the austere and impoverished neoliberal logics underpinning its core premises. 🧵 1/7

I'm very happy to answer questions by email or chat to anyone who's interested in this job, in our brilliant, friendly @chppc.bsky.social team at @ihr.bsky.social. Send me a direct message or drop me an email via my IHR address. And please share!
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment

Me launching my substack

Tarot card image of the empress with a crown of stars. Text reads Weird Modernisms BAMS/ MSA 1- 4 July 2026 Loughborough University, UK

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

I'm currently looking for visiting lecturing/tutoring work for the autumn 💛 I've worked in English, Media Arts and Liberal Arts departments, and have taught poetry, literature, film, television and critical theory. If you know of any vacancies, or anyone that might be looking, please let me know 😊

I wrote about how drawings document the dizzying number of relationships in The Bloomsbury Group for Art UK. Read it here 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

"trust the process" i whisper as i make a complete and utter mess of things

Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley at University of Sheffield Recruiting now: Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

New job listing: Research Associate working on Percy Bysshe Shelley at Sheffield! Sounds amazing. Applications close 18th August. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA409/r...

Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship at University of Cambridge Apply now for the Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge working in:
Classics
History (restricted to work that falls substantially within the period c. 700–c. 1450)
Music
Politics & International Studies
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Lecturer - Creative Writing - Poetry (Part-time) at Bath Spa University Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer - Creative Writing - Poetry (Part-time) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

New opportunity for poets! Part-time Lecturer in creative writing/poetry at Bath Spa. Applications close 11th Aug ✨ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB269/l...

Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) at University of Warwick Recruiting now: Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) (110677-0725) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

New temporary job post: Maternity Cover for Teaching Fellow in Translation and Transcultural Studies at Warwick, applications close 17th August www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB494/t...

What no one tells you about finishing a PhD (& also, welcome!) The hidden costs of Early Career Researcher Life & why I wanted to start this newsletter

I (like everyone else on the internet) started a substack! This post contains a rant about the academic job market, and my rationale for sharing this 💛 open.substack.com/pub/pollyhem...

my mom's version of "touch grass" is every time i mention doing something academic she asks "do you get paid for it?"

when i'm asked to review the revised version

Centre Administrator (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge Discover an exciting academic career path as a Centre Administrator (Fixed Term) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Sounds amazing! New job listing: Centre Administrator at Cambridge, working with the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre within the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ✨ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNZ645/c...

Oh that would be amazing! Thank you so much.