Position ID:
Position Title:
Assistant Professor of 18th Century Literature
Position Type:
Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
Position Location:
Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States of America
Subject Area:
Appl Deadline:
2024/11/02 11:59PM
* (posted 2024/09/04, listed until 2025/05/04)
Position Description:
Duke
University’s Department of English seeks a dynamic scholar with expertise in
18th Century Literature for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant
Professor. We seek a colleague who specializes in any genre (or combination of
genres) and will also add to the department’s interdisciplinary strengths.
Applicants should have received their PhD by the time of application and should
have some publications.
Candidates
submitting materials by November 1, 2024 will receive full
consideration. Candidates should submit through Academic Jobs Online: a cover
letter, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample (an article or a chapter), teaching
materials (syllabi and/or letter of evaluation), and three letters of reference. Application address is: https://english.duke.edu/18thcentury.
The position start date is July 1, 2025.
The search
committee welcomes letters of nomination for potential candidates. We ask that
all nominations be sent to english@duke.edu, using “18th century” as
the subject line.
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