University of Pittsburgh, History
Assistant Professor, China/Japan/Korea/East Asia
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Pennsylvania, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
~~China/Japan/Korea/East Asia. The Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh seeks applicants for two positions (one tenure-track, one tenure-track/tenured), beginning fall 2015, pending budgetary approval. Ph.D. should be completed by August 1, 2015. We invite applications from candidates working on any period of Chinese/Japanese/Korean/East Asian history from the eleventh century onward. The successful candidates will have the research languages and skills to train graduate students, in addition to teaching comparative modern East Asia surveys, specialized undergraduate courses, and graduate seminars. Candidates seeking appointment with tenure must demonstrate the ability to train graduate students in Japanese history. We encourage applicants to demonstrate how their research and teaching will contribute to one or more of our thematic fields: Atlantic History, Power and Inequality, Texts and Contexts, and World History (see our website, http://www.history.pitt.edu/graduate/index.php). The appointees will join a department committed to excellence in teaching as well as a research university with great strengths in international, transnational, and interdisciplinary area studies. Send a letter of application, summary of the dissertation, CV, transcript of graduate courses, and three letters of recommendation to Professor Evelyn Rawski, Chair, East Asia Search Committee, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2014. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer. Women and members of under-represented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Contact: |
Professor Evelyn Rawski, Chair East Asia Search Committee Department of History University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 |
Website: | http://www.history.pitt.edu/graduate/index.php |
Primary Category: | East Asian History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Japanese History / Studies Chinese History / Studies Korean History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 07/02/2014 |
Closing Date | 11/01/2014 |