Sessional Lecturer for CIN340H1F – Cinemas of Solidarity

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Date Posted: 06/11/2025

Req ID: 43428

Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science

Department: Cinema Studies

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course code and title: CIN340H1F – Cinemas of Solidarity

Course description: This course investigates ways that lens-based media, film festivals, and art institutions have historically reinvigorated traditions of militancy and solidarity, and the role of media technologies in shaping the cultural production—or probing the possibility of—international, interclass, interracial, intergenerational, and interspecies forms of solidarity today.

Estimated course enrolment: 40 students

Estimated TA support: N/A

Class schedule: Friday 10:00 – 14:00

Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.

Salary:

Sessional Lecturer I: $18,915.79

Sessional Lecturer I, Long Term: $19,861.58

Sessional Lecturer II: $20,243.53

Sessional Lecturer III: $20,725,52

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum qualifications:

  • MA in Cinema/Film required; PhD in Cinema/Film strongly preferred.
  • At least 5 years of experience teaching cinema at the university level, with a concentration on film history, theory, and/or analysis.
  • At least 5 years of experience marking undergraduate essays in cinema.
  • Evidence of recent teaching effectiveness.
  • Ability to teach online if public health issues require.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Strong track record of scholarly and editorial work on subjects of solidarity and militant cinema.

Description of duties: The Sessional Lecturer will follow the broad outline of the syllabus that has been established for the course, using any textbooks/films that may have been ordered. Revisions and/or updates to the curriculum should be discussed with the Director. They will lecture, grade assignments, hold office hours each week, and answer queries by email or appointment.

Application instructions: Those interested should email a curriculum vitae (PDF) and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form to: Cinema Studies Institute HR.

Closing Date: 07/03/2025, 11:59PM EDT

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

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