SL339775-Fall 2025-FREN*3260*01 Travels in Cultural Landscapes

Sessional Lecturer Work Assignment
Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2
Academic Unit: 
School of Languages and Literatures
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Fall 2025
Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections: 
1
Level of Work Assignment(s): 
1
Right of First Refusal (RoFR)
A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?
A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course: 
No
Course Details
Course Number: 
FREN*3260*01
Course Name: 
Travels in Cultural Landscapes
Course Format: 
Blended
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Other Course Description or Assignment Information: 
This course will investigate how the concepts of mobility and travel have shaped and influenced French and Francophone literary and cultural production. We will study thematically related films, examine historically significant artworks and artefacts, and read texts from a variety of genres, which could include travel writing, journals and correspondence, epic poetry, documentary non-fiction, and road novels, among others. We will explore topics such as gender, immigration, ecology and the environment, borders, landscapes, and shifting ideas of nationhood, belonging, and place in their relation to mobility and the circulation of people and ideas. *** The University of Guelph promotes a healthy campus. To guide you with questions you may have around vaccinations (including COVID-19), masking policies (which are currently paused), and other healthier choices to promote health on campus, please refer to the tips on the Healthy Campus webpage. Please also refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, which is currently paused but may be un-paused should conditions warrant.
Projected Class Enrolment: 
50
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Office Hours
Preparation
Student Consultation
Lecturing
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
Invigilating Exams
Grading
Other Duties (specified below)
Other Duties Described: 
Preparation and submission of Incomplete Coursework Form (ICF) for any student(s) who have not completed the final exam. In such cases a deferred exam (in hard copy as well as electronic format) should be provided to SOLAL’s Academic Program Assistant
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Degree: 
PhD in progress related to field
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
PhD in progress in French Studies *** Excellent knowledge of the French language and culture
Preferred Qualifications
Degree: 
PhD in progress in course content
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level.
Research Experience: 
Quality and or Recent Research activity in areas relevant to the course demonstrating knowledge of current developments in course content.
Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
PhD in course area (French Literature and culture) *** Excellent knowledge of the French language *** Familiarity with CourseLink technology for course management
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Lectures = Tuesday synchronous online 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM / Thursday in person 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date): 
September 2, 2025 to December 19, 2025
Wages (per semester, per full-load): 
minimum $8,838.51 (effective 2025/26)
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Posting Email Contact: 
postappl@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Applications must be submitted ON-LINE ONLY, using this hiring system. If you have any questions, please contact: Dr. John Walsh, Director, School of Languages and Literatures – waljo@uoguelph.ca OR Administrative Assistant Angelina Candotti at candotti@uoguelph.ca

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.
SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must perform their work in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.