AMHERST COLLEGE – AMHERST, MA (Two Positions)
POSITION ONE:
Amherst College invites applications for a one-year visiting position, beginning July 1 , 2011, with the possibility of renewal annually for up to two additional years. The successful candidate must have completed the requirements for the doctorate before commencement of teaching in September 2011 and must be able to teach with distinction both Latin and Greek at all levels, with particular emphasis on Latin language and literature. The ability to teach survey courses onLatin literature in translation and to direct writing and research at all undergraduate levels will be
a distinct advantage. The teaching load is two courses per semester.
Amherst College, a private coeducational liberal arts college of some 1,700 students and 200 faculty located in the Connecticut Valley of Western Massachusetts, participates with Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts in the Five-College Consortium.
Send a letter of application, including your vita, to Frederick T. Griffiths, Classics Search. Thesedocuments must be submitted electronically to classics@amherst.edu. Three letters of recommendation may be sent electronically or to Frederick T. Griffiths, Classics Search, Department of Classics, AC# 2257, Amherst College, Amherst MA 01002-5000. Applications received by February 28, 2011, will receive full consideration. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The College is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff.
POSITION TWO:
The 2011-2012 Amherst College Copeland Colloquium seeks four or five Fellows from varied disciplines to explore the theme of "The Future of the Humanities and the Problem of Instrumental Reason." We are seeking applications from both senior and junior scholars from the various disciplines of the humanities and humanistic social sciences. We welcome literary scholars, historians, sociologists, philosophers, legal scholars, and others whose work illuminates, directly or indirectly, the situation of the humanities under conditions where an emphasis on efficiency and effectiveness, practicality and usefulness, and activity and applicability seem to have rendered extraneous many of the basic commitments of the humanities disciplines. We are especially interested in projects that advance new visions of the humanities, exemplify re-imagined roles for humanistic scholarship, and as such imply responses to the question of the humanities' future. We want to use various kinds of humanities scholarship to explore such questions as: What, exactly, do we mean by the humanities? What is the role and mission of the humanities in our era? What set or sets of historical forces permitted it come into being and to maintain itself at various moments and under different conditions? In what terms has the question of the "the future of the humanities" been posed in the past? How has the question of the future of the humanities changed today, under the pressure of instrumentality and for reasons as different as the emergence of the digital humanities, the mapping of the human genome, and the ongoing economic crisis? Fellowships range from $30,000-$50,000, depending on rank and include a $2,500 allowance for professional travel and research support and additional support for moving expenses. Fellows are expected to be in residence from September to June. Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in workshops and conferences organized to explore the theme of the Colloquium. Interested individuals should send a CV, statement of purpose describing their research interests and how they speak to the theme of the Colloquium, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Austin Sarat, Department of Law, Jurisprudence, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 01002, by March 15, 2011.
Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The College is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff.