Teaching Fellow: Department of History

Designation: Teaching Fellow

Job Purpose: The Department of History at Ashoka University is looking for two (02)

Teaching Fellows (TFs) to assist in two Foundation courses on Indian Civilisations

for the Monsoon 2021 semester beginning on Monday 30th August 2021.

The courses will be conducted online until 8th October 2021. The University will

inform in advance about the teaching mode in the second half of the semester,

between 18th October and 3rd December 2021.

Duties and responsibilities:

TFs will be expected to:

• Attend the two weekly lectures of 90 minutes each and if needed, help set up these

lectures via the university’s learning management system (LMS), record them and

post them.

• Hold discussion sessions (DS) for a minimum of 3 hours every week.

• Be available for office hours every week.

• Meet the course instructor at least once a week to consult on the objectives and

lesson plan for the week’s discussion sections.

• Assist the course instructor with logistical support for the lectures, including

grading student performance, photocopying and distributing ancillary set of

readings, setting up technological equipment such as laptop and projector for

PowerPoint presentations.

• Do the readings assigned for the course.

• Help the students with their assignments and provide comments on all tutorial

work submitted by them.

• If required, grade in timely fashion all student assignments, quizzes and exams the

course instructor might assign during the semester.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should ideally have completed their MPhil or PhD degree. They should

demonstrate an interest in the historian’s craft, and possess a deep intellectual

curiosity.

• Those with a First class MA and doing M Phil or PhD may also apply.

• Those with PhD and research/teaching experience will be given preference.

How to Apply:

• Interested candidates should send their application by Wednesday, 25th August

2021 to [email protected].

• The application should include (1) one writing sample that demonstrates the

candidate’s critical thinking ability (2) a covering letter on why they are interested in

this position (3) a resume with the names and contact details of two references.

• Shortlisted candidates will be called for an online interview on Friday, 27th August

2021. The timing for the interview will be communicated to individual candidates.

• All selections will be made by the faculty members of the Department of History

and will be final.