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Department of Languages, Literatures, and CulturesFall 2025 term

Course: GERM 373-001 Weimar German Cinema. (3 credits)

Course start/end dates: August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025

Contract dates: August 27, 2025 to January 2, 2026

Location: WONG 1050
 

Course details: Weimar Cinema brought to the screen a world populated by monsters, lunatics, workers, vamps, strangers, and doubles. These figures embodied the tensions and fears of the Weimar period (1919-1933) in a manner that continues to attract audiences today. This course explores the cultural and political history of the Weimar period through Weimar cinema. It aims to introduce the student to the fundamentals of film analysis, especially formal analysis and textual analysis.

Salary: $11,479

A Course Lecturer assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:

a) preparation of the Course and Course plan; 
b) delivery of the Course; 
c) evaluation of students; 
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades; 
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff; 
f) upon request, review of their students’ grades; 
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements; 

Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.

Application deadline: August 20, 2025

Teaching Qualification Requirements: 

Education: Ph.D. in German or ABD registered in the German Studies graduate program at McGill. 

Experience: A minimum of two semesters as instructor of a course at a similar level or to be PhD student in German Studies at the ABD level in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University.
Other: Native fluency in English required.

Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course
, and 3.a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline). References and previous course evaluations upon request.

McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hiring Unit:

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Course Title:

Weimar German Cinema.

Subject Code:

GERM 373 001

Location:

Wong 1050

Schedule:

Tuesday and Thursday, 1:05-2:25 pm

Deadline to Apply:

2025-08-20

McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@mcgill.ca.