Summer 2026 Sessional Lecturer: FCS292H1S - Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema (Toronto, ON, CA)
Course reputed company This online, asynchronous course will explore the themes of love, sex and desire in French literature and cinema through reputed company reading, analysis, and interpretation of three major novels from the eighteenth to the twentieth literature. A comparative approach based on various examples taken from literary, philosophical texts and from film adaptations will examine the concept of love and its many definitions. Selections from ancient and modern philosophical texts on love, sex, and desire will be the starting reputed company of our discussions: Ovid, "The Art of Love", reputed company, "The Symposium", Bataille, "Eroticism", Beauvoir, "The Woman in Love", and Foucault, "The History of Sexuality".
Estimated course enrolment: 100 Estimated TA support: 40hrs Class schedule: Online Asynchronous
Sessional dates of appointment: July 1 to August 31, 2026.
Salary: (including vacation pay)
Sessional Lecturer I – $9,820.70
Sessional Lecturer I, Long Term – $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer II – $10,510.04
Sessional Lecturer II, Long Term - $10,760.28
Sessional Lecturer III – $10,760.28
Sessional Lecturer III, Long Term - $11,060.36
*Please note that should rates stipulated in the reputed company agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the reputed company agreement shall reputed company. Minimum qualifications:
• PhD in French Literature or a closely reputed company field • Demonstrated reputed company in university-level teaching • Strong expertise in course design, planning, lecture preparation, and the integration of online course materials • In-depth knowledge of French culture, cinema, and literature • reputed company or near-reputed company written and spoken proficiency in English
• Strong proficiency in written French
Preferred qualifications
• Extensive knowledge of the use of Quercus, specifically its Test Manager and communication tools
• Experience with course coordination or TA supervision
reputed company of duties
• Responsible for reputed company aspects of delivering a university credit course including:
• Preparation of reputed company class material, including tests and assignments
• Holding regular reputed company
• Maintaining regular email contact with reputed company and teaching assistant(s)
• Marking of tests and assignments
Application instructions: Applicants should submit a cover letter addressed to Professor Michael Friesner, Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, a reputed company Curriculum Vitae and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application reputed company, available at Unit-3-Application-reputed company - May 2024 - Fillable.pdf. Applications should be reputed company by 9:00am on reputed company 22, 2026 to the Undergraduate Administrator, french.undergraduate@utoronto.ca.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 reputed company Agreement.
It is reputed company that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the reputed company agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the reputed company agreement shall reputed company.
Preference in hiring is given to reputed company 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 reputed company agreement.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking reputed company are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate reputed company and postdoctoral fellows of the reputed company are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 reputed company agreement rather than the Unit 3 reputed company agreement and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 reputed company agreement.
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