University of Rochester, History
Assistant Professor, US History, Women/Gender
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | New York, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
The University of Rochester History Department seeks a scholar of women/gender in US history, post-Civil War to the present. The appointment will be at the level of tenure-track assistant professor, and will begin on July 1, 2017. Applicants must be ready to defend their dissertations by May 2017 or have Ph.D. in hand. The Rochester History Department offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees. Our strengths include history of the early modern world, transnational history and American history. We are bringing together a dynamic group of younger scholars – most recently we have hired historians of Latin American slavery, inter-confessional relations in early modern Iberia, and industrial farming in Eastern Europe.
The university has a wealth of resources in American and gender studies, including faculty in the departments of History, English, Political Science, Art and Art History, Anthropology and Religion and Classics. We host the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American History, the Susan B. Anthony Institute, and the journal Reviews in American History. The Rush Rhees Library has extensive collections in American history. For more information about our department, please visit: https://www.rochester.edu/College/HIS/
The University of Rochester has a strong commitment to principles of diversity and, in that spirit, actively encourages applications from groups underrepresented in higher education.
EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled
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Applicants should submit to www.rochester.edu/faculty-recruiting a cover letter, three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, and a writing sample of article or chapter length. Applications should be addressed to the chairman of the search committee, Professor Matthew Lenoe. Questions may be directed to Professor Lenoe (mlenoe@gmail.com). Application deadline is November 7, 2016. |
Website: | https://www.rochester.edu/College/HIS/index.php |
Primary Category: | American History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Posting Date: | 09/09/2016 |
Closing Date | 11/01/2016 |