Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor of Modern German History

Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor of Modern German History

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of History

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University seeks to fill a tenure-line position in modern German history with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Additional research interests in European and comparative history are desirable.  The search committee welcomes applications both from candidates who are tenured, or tenurable, at the rank of associate professor as well as those who are eligible for a tenure-track assistant professorship. The appointment, which begins August 2011, is to the core faculty of the BMW Center for German and European Studies in SFS, with a joint appointment in the Department of History. The BMW Center fosters interdisciplinary scholarship in history, political science, economics, and cultural studies and is home for a distinguished master’s degree program. The Department of History offers two innovative master’s degrees as well as the Ph.D.

Teaching load is two courses per semester, including both undergraduate and graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) levels.  Further information about SFS may be found at sfs.georgetown.edu.  For information on the BMW Center and the Department of History, please see cges.georgetown.edu and history.georgetown.edu. 

Candidates for appointment at the rank of tenured associate should hold a Ph.D. in History and should have a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching; we ask these applicants to provide a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of at least three scholarly references. Candidates for appointment at the rank of assistant professor should hold a Ph.D. in History, have full-time teaching experience, and have begun a scholarly publication record; we ask these applicants to provide a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, publication samples, and three scholarly reference letters.

Applications for this position must be made via Georgetown’s online application management system at https://georgetownsfs.ats.profilestm.com/.  For applicants at the rank of assistant professor, reference letters and publication samples should be mailed to:  Modern German History Search Committee, c/o Dr. James Reardon-Anderson, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1014. Faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted.  Review of applications will begin on November 1 and will continue until the position is filled. Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.