College Lecturer Anthropology

Anthropology at St John’s

Anthropology at St. John’s is taught to undergraduates on two degrees: the BA in Archaeology & Anthropology, and the BA in Human Sciences, totalling 5-6 students per year across both degrees. These students make up a vibrant community together with postgraduate students, early career researchers and tutors across the range of subjects that comprise these degrees.

About the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (SAME)

SAME is a leading academic department that provides high-quality teaching and research in anthropology, archaeology, museum ethnography, and human sciences. It supports a diverse international community of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research students and is dedicated to delivering an excellent student experience. The lecturer will become a member of the lively intellectual community of the School, including being part of the early career/fixed term researcher community.

Further information about the School is available at https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/

Main duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required:

Duties in St John’s College:

(i) to provide up to an average of 6 hours of tutorial teaching in Anthropology and revision support during each week of Full Term, as directed by the Senior Tutor. This will primarily be for the Honour Moderations (first-year) paper Introduction to Anthropological Theory, as well as the Finals (second- and third-year) papers Social Analysis and Interpretation, and Cultural Representations, Beliefs and Practices. Further tutorial teaching may be agreed with the Tutors for Human Sciences for undergraduates on that degree, not exceeding the 6-hour stint;

(ii) to contribute to pastoral care and administration for students on the BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, and to contribute to the delivery of the subject and needs of the College as directed by the Senior Tutor and Tutors in Archaeology and Anthropology, and/or take on other College duties as required;

(iii) to set (and mark) start of term collections (i.e. internal, College exams) as required;

(iv) to participate in the undergraduate admissions process in College, including interviews;

(v) to contribute as appropriate to the College’s access and outreach initiatives;

(vi) to conduct scholarship commensurate with their career stage.

Duties in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography:

(i) to lead a postgraduate seminar accompanying the lecture series on Theories, Approaches and Themes in Social Anthropology taught by Dr. David Pratten;

(ii) to supervise MSc or MPhil students in Social Anthropology if required, as agreed with the Course Director and Director of Graduate Studies;

(iii) to contribute to the postgraduate admissions process, postgraduate examining, and administration for the MSc/MPhil in Social Anthropology as required;

(iv) to contribute one or two lectures to the core lecture series for the degree.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary is based on a 1 FTE of point 1 of the University scale, grade 7, currently £39,424 per annum (inclusive of Oxford weighting) and is dependent on experience and qualifications; this figure will be adjusted to the equivalent of university scale point 1, grade 6 for candidates who do not hold a doctorate.

Further details and how to apply please see here.

Both applications and references should reach the College no later than 12pm on Friday 26th June 2026.