The Classics Department at Skidmore College invites applications for an approved, full-time, one-year position in classical studies and ancient Mediterranean history at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2024.
We seek an historian of the Greco-Roman world (specialization open), who can elucidate broad networks of movement, exchange, and intercultural encounter. Applicants must be committed to teaching and mentoring enthusiastic undergraduates. We are particularly interested in candidates from underrepresented backgrounds, who can contribute to the diversity of our academic community. The teaching load is five courses, distributed over two terms. A completed Ph.D. is required before the start of the fall 2024 semester. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Candidates must be able to teach courses in the following areas:
- surveys of Greek and/or Roman history, cross-listed with Skidmore’s History department;
- an upper-level seminar on the topic of their choice, accessible to both Classics and History majors; and
- Greek and/or Latin at all levels.
In addition, the search committee will prioritize candidates who
- have the doctoral degree at the time of application;
- have prior teaching experience and an active research agenda;
- have developed, or are able to develop, courses on cultures outside the established centers of Greece and Rome, which offer broad intercultural perspectives on the ancient Mediterranean; and
- can help us maintain ties with departments and programs such as History, Gender Studies, Religious Studies, Black Studies and others.
The application deadline is April 21, 2024. For full consideration, please submit the following materials to the Skidmore applications portal (https://www.skidmore.edu/hr/careers/ >>> Employment Opportunities):
- a letter of interest;
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
- a statement of teaching philosophy and experience; and
- email addresses of two recommenders.
The teaching statement should provide specific examples of how the candidate’s courses and pedagogy foster active learning, inclusive discussion, and global awareness. Referees will be contacted once all materials have been received.
Skidmore is a highly selective liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York with curricular strengths across the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. Our approximately 2,500 undergraduate students come from almost 50 states and over 40 countries. Skidmore College is an Equal Opportuity Employer. The Classics Department is a collegial program invested in pedagogical innovation and ongoing curricular development.
Please submit the following materials to the Skidmore applications portal (https://www.skidmore.edu/hr/careers/ >>> Employment Opportunities):
- a letter of interest;
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
- a statement of teaching philosophy and experience; and
- email addresses of two recommenders.
The teaching statement should provide specific examples of how the candidate’s courses and pedagogy foster active learning, inclusive discussion, and global awareness. Referees will be contacted once all materials have been received.
As a matter of policy, Skidmore College will work actively to increase the diversity of our community. We will address imbalances in both student and employee populations and meet our diversity-related objectives by recruiting the best candidates from as broad a pool as possible. And, as always, we will continue to be guided by our fundamental educational values—leading our students to develop robust cognitive abilities, enhanced critical and intercultural skills and an appreciation of their individual and social responsibilities as citizens of the United States and the world. Meeting these objectives is crucial to our achieving new levels of excellence as one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges.
For more information, please visit https://www.skidmore.edu/hr/eeo_diversity/statement.php.