Clarkson University, Humanities and Social Sciences

Assistant Professor, History/War Studies

Clarkson University is the nationally ranked research institution of choice for more than 3,400
enterprising, high-ability undergraduate and graduate students who launch remarkably successful
careers.

Clarkson University’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor position in social or cultural, modern U.S., trans-Atlantic or
European history, specializing in War Studies. The successful candidate will display excellence in
teaching, particularly 20th century transformative conflicts; exhibit strong promise as a researcher;
and offer a secondary field of concentration. Candidates with strengths complementing the
Department’s emerging focus areas, such as public history/memory, race and ethnicity, and media,
are especially encouraged to apply.

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is a multi-disciplinary department of twentytwo
faculty members, with disciplinary degree programs in History and Political Science, and three
interdisciplinary degree programs in Humanities, Liberal Studies, and Social Sciences. The
department has multi-disciplinary strengths in energy and the environment, war studies, gender
and sexuality studies, social documentation, and science and medicine. The ordinary teaching load
is three courses (usually two preparations) per semester, including each fall two sections of The
Clarkson Seminar, a first-year, writing-intensive course focused on a theme of the applicant’s
choosing. There is ample opportunity for course development in electives. PhD required by
September 1st, 2015.

Review of applications will begin mid-October and will continue until the position is filled. To
submit your application, go to www.clarkson.edu/hr and click “Career Opportunities” on the left
hand navigation bar. An equal opportunity /affirmative action employer, Clarkson University
actively seeks and encourages applications from minorities, women and people with disabilities.