Sessional Instructional Assistant: HIS103Y1-Y, L0101, Strategy and Statecraft
Top Benefits
About the role
Date Posted: 08/05/2025
Req ID: 44601
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of History
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Sessional Instructional Assistant
Course Title: HIS103Y1-Y, L0101, Strategy and Statecraft: War, Diplomacy, and the Development of the International System, 1600–1945
Course Description: This course explores the history of the international state system, encouraging students to consider how this system has been constantly adapting and evolving for hundreds of years as states compete for power. It examines how wars between European states, along with diplomacy, empire-building, and the quest for wealth, led—unintentionally in many ways—to a broader, international system not confined only to European “great powers.” Students will study themes such as strategy and war, empire and imperialism, and trade, diplomacy, and state-building to understand the rise and fall of major states and empires over the centuries.
Key events include the Thirty Years War in Europe; the global implications of the Seven Years War and Napoleonic Wars; and the roles of non-European regions like China, India, Japan, and the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. The course also considers the effects of imperial competition in Africa and Asia, both for the imperial powers and the peoples and states of those continents; the diplomacy and competition that led to the First World War; and the global impact of the Second World War, with the rise of “superpowers” and the collapse of the European and Japanese empires.
Dates of Appointment: September 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026
Minimum qualifications: Minimum M.A. in History required: good knowledge of subject matter.
Preferred qualifications: Previous experience or training with Quercus.
Duties:
Lead tutorials, grading assignments and exams; consulting with supervisor/students; invigilating final exams; other duties as needed in consultation with instructor.
Estimated course enrolment**:** 275
Estimated hours per position**:** 172 hours
Lecture: Tuesdays 13:00-15:00
Tutorials**:** Tuesdays 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 15:00-16:00, 16:00-17:00; Wednesdays 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 13:00-14:00
Rate of Pay: $54.27 per hour plus 4% vacation pay
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.
Application Process:
Applications should be emailed to history.cupeapplications@utoronto.ca and should include a cover letter, C.V., including previous teaching evaluations (if applicable), a completed CUPE Local 3902 Unit 3 Employment Application Form and one letter of reference that addresses your teaching skills, sent directly by your referee.
Closing Date: Friday, August 22, 2025
Closing Date: 08/22/2025, 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.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
About University of Toronto
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve of our faculty, students, alumni, and supporters.
We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, bringing together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to collaborate on the world’s most pressing challenges. As a catalyst for discovery, innovation, and progress, we prepare our students for success through an outstanding global education and commitment to inclusive excellence.
The ideas, innovations, and actions of more than 660,000 graduates advance U of T’s impact on communities across the globe.
Sessional Instructional Assistant: HIS103Y1-Y, L0101, Strategy and Statecraft
Top Benefits
About the role
Date Posted: 08/05/2025
Req ID: 44601
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of History
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Sessional Instructional Assistant
Course Title: HIS103Y1-Y, L0101, Strategy and Statecraft: War, Diplomacy, and the Development of the International System, 1600–1945
Course Description: This course explores the history of the international state system, encouraging students to consider how this system has been constantly adapting and evolving for hundreds of years as states compete for power. It examines how wars between European states, along with diplomacy, empire-building, and the quest for wealth, led—unintentionally in many ways—to a broader, international system not confined only to European “great powers.” Students will study themes such as strategy and war, empire and imperialism, and trade, diplomacy, and state-building to understand the rise and fall of major states and empires over the centuries.
Key events include the Thirty Years War in Europe; the global implications of the Seven Years War and Napoleonic Wars; and the roles of non-European regions like China, India, Japan, and the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. The course also considers the effects of imperial competition in Africa and Asia, both for the imperial powers and the peoples and states of those continents; the diplomacy and competition that led to the First World War; and the global impact of the Second World War, with the rise of “superpowers” and the collapse of the European and Japanese empires.
Dates of Appointment: September 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026
Minimum qualifications: Minimum M.A. in History required: good knowledge of subject matter.
Preferred qualifications: Previous experience or training with Quercus.
Duties:
Lead tutorials, grading assignments and exams; consulting with supervisor/students; invigilating final exams; other duties as needed in consultation with instructor.
Estimated course enrolment**:** 275
Estimated hours per position**:** 172 hours
Lecture: Tuesdays 13:00-15:00
Tutorials**:** Tuesdays 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 15:00-16:00, 16:00-17:00; Wednesdays 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 13:00-14:00
Rate of Pay: $54.27 per hour plus 4% vacation pay
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.
Application Process:
Applications should be emailed to history.cupeapplications@utoronto.ca and should include a cover letter, C.V., including previous teaching evaluations (if applicable), a completed CUPE Local 3902 Unit 3 Employment Application Form and one letter of reference that addresses your teaching skills, sent directly by your referee.
Closing Date: Friday, August 22, 2025
Closing Date: 08/22/2025, 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.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
About University of Toronto
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve of our faculty, students, alumni, and supporters.
We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, bringing together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to collaborate on the world’s most pressing challenges. As a catalyst for discovery, innovation, and progress, we prepare our students for success through an outstanding global education and commitment to inclusive excellence.
The ideas, innovations, and actions of more than 660,000 graduates advance U of T’s impact on communities across the globe.