The Slavic and Eurasian Studies Department at Duke University invites applications for an open rank (Associate or Assistant Professor, tenure track) Russian Literature and Culture position beginning on August 1, 2025. We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and productive scholar and teacher with a strong focus on research in the Humanities. Area of specialization may be in 19th, 20th or 21st century literature and culture. While the area of specialization is open, candidates whose research involves comparative, multilingual, and transmedial perspectives, or who have expertise in race and ethnicity studies, class dynamics, disability studies, empire and political geography, post/decolonial studies, gender and sexuality studies, or medical and environmental humanities, are particularly welcome. Past experience and present interest in working collaboratively with other humanities departments is a plus. We welcome diverse interests that share a commitment to comparative and/or theoretically informed approaches that expand the canon of Slavic teaching and research. PhD degree in Slavic, Comparative Literature, or another relevant field and native or near-native fluency in Russian and English are required; proficiency in other relevant languages is desirable.

Review of applications will begin on November 12, and continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, transcripts, contact information for three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. Initial interviews will be held in December 2024 and January 2025 via Zoom. We seek faculty members who will create a climate that embraces excellence and diversity, with a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring that will enhance the work of the department and attract and retain a diverse student body.

To ensure full consideration, please submit all application materials addressed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Professor Jehanne Gheith by November 11, 2024 at gheith@duke.edu Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The Arts & Sciences Dean's office recommends that our departments include the following university statement on our commitment to diversity and inclusion: Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.