Ancient Greece

University of Guelph; Toronto; On-site; CAD 6,500 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Guelph Humber, Toronto campus, is seeking a Sessional Lecturer for Unit 2 in Winter 2027. The position will be in-person, with assignments including teaching assistants and graduate service assistants duties, and a focus on Ancient Greece-related content.

Responsibilities include orientation, office hours, preparation, student consultations, invigilating exams, and grading. Applicants should have a PhD and demonstrated prior teaching experience in higher education, with strong

Qualifications

• PhD in the relevant field with expert level knowledge of the course content.
• Prior teaching experience at college or university level is required.
• Substantive knowledge at the intersection of classics and the digital humanities.

Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Office Hours
• Preparation
• Student Consultation
• Invigilating Exams
• Grading
• Course website training (as needed)

Skills

Substantive knowledge

Teaching experience

Education

PhD

Job description

Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2

for Teaching Assistants, Graduates Service Assistants & Sessional Lecturers

Academic Unit

Guelph Humber Programs

Semester(s) of Assignment(s)

Winter 2027

Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections

1

Level of Work Assignment(s)

1

Right of First Refusal (RoFR)

A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?

A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course

Yes

Number of Assignments that Carry the Right of First Refusal

1

Course Format

In-Person

Course Description

See Course Calendar

Other Course Description or Assignment Information

- This course examines Ancient Greece from Bronze Age Crete to the Macedonian expansion under Alexander the Great. Focusing on mythology, ritual practice, warfare, religion, and material culture, students explore how Greeks understood their world through stories, sacred spaces, and social traditions. Literary texts, archaeological evidence, and visual material are used to reconstruct daily life, religious belief, and political identity across the Greek past.- To view course outlines from previous offerings of this course (if available), please visit: https://www.guelphhumber.ca/academic-services/course-outlines-Classes held on University of Guelph-Humber campus (Toronto).

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Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities

• Orientation-Training
• Office Hours
• Preparation
• Student Consultation
• Invigilating Exams
• Grading

Other Duties

• Instructor may be required to participate in course website training.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Degree: PhD and expert in course content
• Prior Teaching Experience: Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
• Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: Substantive knowledge in the course content area, including experience the intersection of classics and the digital humanities

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Teaching Experience: Other
• Demonstrated teaching experience related to course content
• Research Experience: Quality and or Recent Research activity in related field demonstrating knowledge of current developments in course content.
• Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: Candidates should provide in their application evidence of prior teaching experience and teaching success/excellence related to course content, which may include a dossier, teaching philosophy, examples of teaching innovations, course developments, evaluations of previously taught courses (e.g., peer evaluations and/or student feedback), reference letters, and any other relevant information they wish to have evaluated by the selection committee (some documents on file in the department or program, such as UofGH Student Feedback Questionnaires of courses taught on UofG contracts, may also be used).

Days Required and Wages

Days and Times Required

Section 01: Tuesday 4:15 PM - 6:55 PM

Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date)

January 7, 2027 to April 30, 2027

Other Posting Information

Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day)

Friday, November 13, 2026

Posting Email Contact

[e-mail]

Hiring Contact Information

[e-mail]

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.

SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: [e-mail]).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must perform their work in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.