Faculty Searches

The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
announces four senior (tenured) faculty positions

Appointments will be made September 1, 2008 in
Humanities and Bio-Medicine
Visual Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean

Appointments will be made September 1, 2009 in
Media Convergence Studies
Middle Eastern Studies/Islamic World/Literature

2007-2008 Searches

Humanities and the Bio-Medical Sciences

Northwestern University seeks to hire a tenured scholar in the humanities whose work engages the life and/or bio-medical sciences. We invite applications from scholars in the field of science studies, broadly conceived, which includes historians of science/medicine, literary scholars, scholars of art and visual media, and philosophers, as well as sociologists and anthropologists of science/medicine.  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the rise of scientific medicine, evolutionary theory, genomics, neuroscience, and popular health practices.   We also encourage applicants whose interests engage the study of "race," gender, or sexuality, as well as those who examine the life sciences and health practices outside the Euro-American tradition.  Women and minority scholars are encouraged to apply.

The tenured hire will be at the rank of either associate or full professor depending on the successful applicant's qualifications, and will be appointed jointly to the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and an appropriate home department. Applications should include a letter of application, CV, short career overview, and an article-length sample of published work.  These materials should be sent directly to the name and address below in both paper and (where possible) electronic form. Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent directly as paper copies to the same location. The application deadline is November 15, 2007. Procedural questions and electronic application documents should be directed to: hum@northwestern.edu 
AA/EOE

Ken Alder
Chair, Humanities and Bio-Medicine Search
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Northwestern University
2010 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2225

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Visual Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean

Northwestern University seeks to hire a tenured interdisciplinary scholar of the visual arts and related cultural practices of the Ancient Mediterranean World broadly conceived (ca. 1000 BCE to 400 CE), ideally including but not limited to the Greco-Roman world. Within these parameters, possible fields of concentration include Assyria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and/or the Roman Provinces in Egypt or Asia Minor.  Recognition of the interactive nature of the ancient world is essential; engagement with the Ancient Near East /Southwest Asia and cultural exchange between Mediterranean cultures and parts of southwest, south and/or east Asia (e.g. Silk Road encounters) is also desirable. We invite applications from specialists in visual culture whose formation has been in Art History, Archaeology, or Classics.

The tenured hire will be at the rank of either associate or full professor depending on the successful applicant's qualifications, and will be appointed jointly to the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and an appropriate home department. Applications should include a letter of application, CV, short career overview, and an article-length sample of published work.  These materials should be sent directly to the name and address below in both paper and (where possible) electronic form. Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent directly as paper copies to the same location. The application deadline is November 15, 2007.  Procedural questions and electronic application documents should be directed to: hum@northwestern.edu.

Hollis Clayson
Chair, Ancient Mediterranean Search
Director, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Northwestern University
2010 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2225

Northwestern is an AA/EOE employer; applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

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2008-2009 Searches

Appointments will be made September 1, 2009 in Media Convergence Studies and Middle Eastern Studies/Islamic World/Literature.

The two searches will be initiated in late summer of 2008. Please check back in August, 2008: the detailed position descriptions will be posted here at that time. For general information in the meantime, you may write hum@northwestern.edu.

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