CONTRACT TYPE

Fixed Term Contract
About the role

As Assistant Professor in Drama, Theatre and Performance, you will teach students across theory and practice and contribute to the broader culture of Drama within the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities.

• Drama, Theatre and Performance at Sussex is a department of dynamic researchers, educators and students, specialising in interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary theatre and performance.
• We collaborate closely with the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts on campus, where students are taught, make their own work and encounter a world-class public programme of theatre, dance, music, literature and film.
• We engage with local and regional partners, working across disciplines and sectors, and the department prides itself on its strong sense of community and progressive ethos.
• Part of the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities, Drama faculty work alongside colleagues and students in music, literature, media practice, creative writing, film and art history among other fields.
• Our specialisms include contemporary theatre-making, directing and writing, performance and ecology, popular theatre, dance and the choreographic, anti-racist performance praxis and scholarship, feminist pedagogies, actor training, site-specific theatre and queer theatre and theory.
• As scholars and practitioners, we are committed to socially progressive enquiry and change across all areas of our work.

About you

You will play an integral role in teaching and academic student support across a range of theory and practice modules on our undergraduate programme in Drama, Theatre and Performance.

• You may be an Early Career Academic or a scholar-practitioner, and will be invested in the transformational potential of arts education.
• You will teach and assess students drawing on your research and creative specialisms, including areas such as theatre-making, theatre and performance analysis, directing and performance composition, experimental and collaborative devising, and staging theatre texts.
• You will supervise dissertations and practice-based undergraduate research projects and support students’ creative production processes.
• Through your teaching practice and contribution to broader departmental activities, you will contribute to Drama’s curriculum development and student recruitment, as well as offering new teaching and research areas to complement and expand our existing work.
• First and foremost, we are looking for someone who is committed to collaboration, thinks in innovative and ethical ways about teaching, learning and research, and who understands the challenges today’s students face.

About our Faculty
Full information regarding our Faculty, Department and our Research can be found on our website.
Why work here
Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.
Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.
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Further Key Information
Please contact Joint Heads of Drama Dr William McEvoy and Dr Arabella Stanger at DramaHead@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.
For full details and how to apply see our vacancies page.
The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Applications are particularly welcomed from black and racially minoritised, gender nonconforming, disabled and women candidates, in recognition of the fact that these groups are underrepresented in the sector.
The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.
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• You may be an Early Career Academic or a scholar-practitioner, and will be invested in the transformational potential of arts education.
• You will teach and assess students drawing on your research and creative specialisms, including areas such as theatre-making, theatre and performance analysis, directing and performance composition, experimental and collaborative devising, and staging theatre texts.
• You will supervise dissertations and practice-based undergraduate research projects and support students’ creative production processes.
• Through your teaching practice and contribution to broader departmental activities, you will contribute to Drama’s curriculum development and student recruitment, as well as offering new teaching and research areas to complement and expand our existing work.
• First and foremost, we are looking for someone who is committed to collaboration, thinks in innovative and ethical ways about teaching, learning and research, and who understands the challenges today’s students face