Histarch members may be interested in the position in Transatlantic Migration and Material Culture described below.


The School of World Studies in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University seeks applicants in four fields from which to fill three tenure-eligible positions to begin in the fall 2007 pending availability of funding.  These are full time (9 mo.) positions at the assistant or associate rank depending on qualifications.  

 

  a.. China/Pacific Asia Studies 
  b.. Middle Eastern Studies 
  c.. Transatlantic Migration and Material Culture 
  d.. Europe and Film
 

We seek candidates to support a rapidly growing undergraduate program in International Studies. Applicants for the first three positions should have demonstrated interest in employing comparative methods.  Priority will be given to candidates for all positions with such research and teaching interests as women in development, population and international migration, and human rights and social justice. Other research and teaching areas of interest include: identify formation and space; globalization; the religious sphere in international relations; media and film; and transnational communities.

 

The successful candidates will contribute to our strategic initiatives which include learning-centeredness, international partnerships, developing graduate programs, and collaborative research projects for external funding. We expect successful applicants to participate in curriculum development across the disciplines of the School of World Studies. (worldstudies.vcu.edu).

 

The Transatlantic Migration and Material Culture position will also support our four-field anthropology program. The successful candidate will conduct research and student-centered research projects/field schools at VCU's Rice Center where archaeological deposits encompass European colonial, enslaved African-American, civil war, and Native American occupations. 

 

The Europe and Film position will also support growth in our film studies, language and area studies programs.  Teaching and research interests in the contemporary European context of film/media, such as EU immigration, Holocaust Studies and ability to teach courses in German of particular interest.

 

 

Required of all candidates: PhD in a relevant field at time of appointment; potential for excellence in research and teaching; substantial field experience and working knowledge of language(s) in relation to field of research; excellent communication skills; potential for external funding; research agenda that includes or could be modified to include undergraduate and graduate students; and the potential to develop research and pedagogy with colleagues in the School of World Studies and across the university.  
Preferred of all candidates: willingness to develop collaborative projects with local groups and institutions; interest in developing experiential learning programs; and the ability to teach a topics course in a language offered in the School of World Studies. 
Applicants should send letter of application, CV, and 3 letters of reference to Ms. Wanda Hewlett, VCU World Studies, VCU Box 842021, Richmond, VA 23284-2021.  Review begins immediately and continues until positions are filled.  Interviews with selected applicants will be conducted at the AAA meetings in San Jose, November 15-19.

 

Virginia Commonwealth University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.