University of Minnesota, History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Term Lecturer - History of Technology

Direct link to posting: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/348546

This lecturer position is to teach the course HSCI 1714/3714 Stone Tools to Steam Engines: Technology and History to 1750. This course uses historical case studies to demonstrate that technology is not autonomous, but a human activity, and that people and societies made choices about the technologies they developed and used. It asks how technological differences between nations influenced their different courses of development, and why some societies seemed to advance while others did not. We ask how technological choices can bring about consequences greater than people expected, and how we might use this knowledge in making our own technological choices. In particular, we explore the historical background, development, and character of the most widespread technological systems the world has known, from prehistoric stone tool societies, through Egypt and the pyramids, ancient Greece and Rome, the explosion of Islam, and the dynamic and often violent technologies of medieval Europe. This course fulfills two LE requirements for undergraduate students.

This course is scheduled for MWF 1:25-2:15pm for Fall 2022. Instructor must be available during this window.

The instructor for this course must have a Ph.D. in the appropriate area of expertise (i.e. history, history of science and technology).

The instructor for this course must have teaching experience at the University level. 

The instructor will be required to develop and maintain the course materials and course website, deliver lectures, and manage the TAs for the course.

Job Duties:
Develop and maintain course materials and website: 45%

Deliver Lectures: 45%

Manage course teaching assistants: 10%

Qualifications

The instructor for this course must have a Ph.D. in the appropriate area of expertise (i.e. history, history of science and technology).

The instructor for this course must have teaching experience at the University level.

About the Department

The Program in History of Science and Technology is a graduate program in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. We offer undergraduate courses that generally fulfill liberal education requirements in the University of Minnesota curriculum.

How To Apply

Applications must be submitted online.  To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions.  You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.

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This position will remain open until filled.