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Each year, the existing members of the HOTCUS steering committee stand down. The vacant positions are then subject to a new nomination and – if necessary, election – process.

All HOTCUS members are eligible to nominate themselves for all positions on the committee. Their nomination application form is available on the site and must be seconded by another HOTCUS member, and submitted to the committee secretary (Miguel Hernandez – [email protected]) by 5:00pm, Friday 16 May 2025. Where ballots are required, they will take place online between 30 May and 13 June 2025. The new committee will then be presented to the membership at the HOTCUS AGM at the annual conference at Lancaster University.

The eight committee positions are:

• Chair (1-year term)
• Vice-Chair (1-year term)
• Committee Secretary (1-year term)
• Treasurer (1-year term)
• Membership Secretary (1-year term)
• Events Secretary (1-year term)
• Early Career Secretary (1-year term)
• Postgraduate Secretaries x1 (2-year terms for those currently registered as PhD students)

This year we are particularly encouraging nominations for the following positions:

• Events Secretary
• One Postgraduate Secretary

Descriptions of the responsibilities of each committee position are available on our website. As well as completing their duties, committee members are expected to participate in 4 committee meetings per year over Zoom, and to help judge the annual HOTCUS prizes and other awards.

HOTCUS is dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusion and equality in our organizational structure. We seek to develop an intellectual and organizational environment built on the premise of equity in terms of gender, age, race, sexuality, disability, career stage, and employment status.

If you have any questions about the nomination and election process, please contact Miguel Hernandez at the address above.

The History Department at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in US History (Education Focused) for a fixed term position.

You will contribute to a range of modules in nineteenth- and twentieth-century History and American Studies, including delivering specialist options in twentieth-century US history and politics, and the history of the Civil Rights movement. You will deliver lectures, seminars and dissertation supervision, support students, and engage in marking and assessment. 

You will join an innovative and collegial History Department with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary study and with strong links to American Studies as a discipline. Sussex is ranked 20^th in the 2025 Complete University Guide for History, and was ranked 4^th for Impact in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Please contact the Head of Department, Dr Iain McDaniel, for informal inquiries about the position.
To apply and for more information, please see:
https://jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/a43d53b7-f9f2-46ee-ba82-9c1347a02d02