BROWN UNIVERSITY - Providence, RI
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature. Three-year contract beginning July 2002, tenure track. Applicants must have the Ph.D. (or expect it very soon) and must possess international comparatist qualifications i.e., expertise in cross-cultural analysis as well as professional linguistic competence for advanced scholarship and teaching in several major literatures. Teaching experience, a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and a record or compelling promise of research and publication are required. Preference for, but not limited to, the areas of Classics, modern European, modern Latin American. Teaching load: two courses (totaling 6 hours) per semester. Salary will be competitive. Send application letter, CV, writing sample (20-25 pages), graduate transcripts, and three or more recent letters of recommendation to: Charles Auger, Office Manager, Brown University, Department of Comparative Literature, 20 Manning Walk, Box E, Providence, RI 02912. Postmark deadline is November 16 for application letter, CV, and writing sample. Rest of materials need to arrive by December 1. Applications will be acknowledged by a letter. Interviews at the MLA convention in New Orleans. Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Professor/Assistant Professor of Classics (History of the Roman Empire). The Department of Classics at Brown University has been authorized to make an open-ranked appointment either of a tenured Associate Professor or Professor or of a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We seek a colleague principally concerned with Roman imperial history, who is expected to teach courses on all levels, both in the ancient languages and in translation. Candidates who additionally can document an expertise in epigraphy and Latin prose literature will receive special consideration. Candidates for a tenured appointment must have a distinguished record of research accomplishments and an excellent record of teaching and service; they should submit a letter of application, CV and a list of references.
Candidates for a tenure-track appointment must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment and show strong promise of excellence in research and teaching. They should submit a letter of application, CV, a representative sample of scholarly writing, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent independently by the deadline. Applications, postmarked no later than Nov. 10, 2001, should be sent to Romanist Search Committee, Dept. of Classics, Brown University, Providence RI 02912-1856. Inquiries: Kurt_Raaflaub@Brown.edu. Brown University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities.