Contract Instructor Opportunities Fall/Winter 2024-25
Carleton University, Department of English Language & Literature
Pursuant to Article 16 of the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applications are invited from members of the CUPE 4600-2 bargaining unit and other interested persons to teach the following Department of English Language & Literature courses during the 2024/25 Fall/Winter Term.
- ENGL 1609 (0.5 credit): Introduction to Drama Studies (Fall Term)
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An introduction to drama studies, combining attention to theatre history, conventions, and devices, with attention to theatrical practice, and interpretation of selected dramatic texts. Students will develop a vocabulary for speaking and writing with confidence about theatrical productions, theatre practice, and dramatic texts.
Lectures three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline. Candidates must demonstrate research and/or teaching experience in the subject area of drama studies.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must have university-level experience with teaching lecture courses.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should have recent scholarly publications (within the last 5 years) in English literary studies and should have recent theatrical experience within the last 5 years in staging plays (directing, stage managing, or acting).
| Designated Modality: In-person |
Anticipated TA Support: Yes |
Anticipated Enrolment: 65 |
- ENGL 3105A (0.5 credit): History of Literary Theory (Winter Term)
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Introduction of ideas about literature, aesthetics, authorship, and readership as these have circulated in periods before the twentieth century.
Lectures three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must demonstrate evidence of teaching experience in literary theory and criticism.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should have scholarly publications, which demonstrate proficiency and knowledge of literary and cultural theory.
| Designated Modality: In-person |
Anticipated TA Support: No |
Anticipated Enrolment: 30 |
- ENGL 4609 (0.5 credit): Global Stages and Theories / ENGL 5900 (0.5 credit): Selected Topic in English Studies I (Fall Term)
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An advanced study of dramatic texts from transnational, postcolonial, or European contexts. This course will offer sustained attention to specific theatre traditions, theatrical practice, and interpretation of texts.
Topic may vary from year to year.
Seminar or lecture three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must demonstrate previous teaching experience in the subject area.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should have recent scholarly publications and/or research in the subject area.
| Designated Modality: In-person |
Anticipated TA Support: No |
Anticipated Enrolment: 16 |
Application Procedures and Deadline:
All applicants must apply to the Department Head in writing and in relation to each course for which they wish to be considered:
Professor Grant Williams
Chair (Interim), Department of English Language & Literature
Carleton University
1125 Colonel by Drive, 1812 Dunton Tower
Ottawa, ON. K1S 5B6
Send application directly to judy.katz@carleton.ca
The deadline for receipt of applications is June 21, 2024.
As per Article 15.3 of the current CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applicants are required to submit an up-to-date CV, including a complete listing of all courses taught within the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 bargaining unit at Carleton University. Candidates who have already contacted the department and submitted a CV recently need only indicate their interest in particular courses. NOTE that when applying to classes for which they have incumbency, applicants shall not be required to (re)submit documentation beyond their updated CV.
Disclaimer: All contract instructor positions are subject to budgetary approval. Advertisement is not a guarantee that a particular course will be offered.
A note to all applicants: As per Articles 16.3-16.4 in the CUPE 4600 (Unit 2) Collective Agreement, the posted vacancies listed above are first offered to applicants meeting the incumbency criterion. A link to the current CUPE 4600 (Unit 2) Collective Agreement can be found at the Academic Staff Agreements webpage on the Carleton University website.