University of Notre Dame

Assistant Professor, Historian of Slavery

Assistant Professor, Historian of Slavery

University of Notre Dame: College of Arts & Letters: African and African American Studies

Location

Notre Dame, IN

Open Date

Aug 22, 2021

Deadline

Nov 1, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Department of Africana Studies announces a search for a historian of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, beginning Fall 2022. Applicants from interdisciplinary degree programs and complementary disciplines are welcome. The position will be at the assistant professor level with the tenure home in Africana Studies and a joint appointment in Notre Dame’s new Initiative on Race and Resilience. We are especially interested in scholars who use a comparative and transnational approach to engage issues of movement of enslaved Africans and their descendants, which may include a focus on the intersection of race and gender, resistance movements, religion and ritual, political and communal organization, cultural formation, and/or the complex relationship between slavery and freedom in North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America. In addition to being well-grounded in historical methodology, we expect candidates to have a deep investment in interdisciplinary discussions and collaboration. The Committee is open to consideration of beginning as well as more advanced assistant professors.

Department of Africana Studies

Established in 2005, the Department of Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary department devoted to the study of the histories, politics, and cultures of peoples of African descent across the African diaspora. The department includes faculty with joint appointments in History, American Studies, English, Political Science, Theology, and Education, and offers a major, minor, and supplementary major.

The Initiative on Race

Global in scope and comparative and interdisciplinary in approach, the College’s new Initiative on Race and Resilience (https://raceandresilience.nd.edu) fosters anti-racist scholarship and artistic production by supporting scholars, writers, artists, and community organizers whose work examines various configurations of race and racism, recovers narratives of resistance, and celebrates the contributions of communities of color. The successful candidate will be an active participant in the building of the Initiative’s relationship with other units in the College of Arts and Letters.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a Ph.D. and multiple refereed publications in competitive academic journals and presses.

Application Instructions

While the committee will review applications until the position is filled, we strongly encourage candidates to submit their applications by October 15, 2021. Candidates must attach a CV and cover letter. Questions may be directed to Dr. Dianne Pinderhughes, Department of Political Science, 2169 Jenkins Nanovic Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, or Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu.

To apply, visit: https://apptrkr.com/2545221