UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - CHICAGO, IL
The Department of Classics in the University of Chicago invites applications for a one-year visiting appointment (instructor or assistant professor) beginning September 2001. The person appointed will be expected to teach Latin at the advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate level; a freshman core course; and ideally a Latin or Classics seminar on a Roman topic. Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience.
Candidates should send a letter of application and up-to-date c.v., a graduate transcript, three letters of reference, evidence of teaching experience, and a title and description of the proposed seminar to: Prof. Brian Krostenko, Chair-Search Committee, Department of Classics, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 (tel. 773-702-8514; fax 773-702-9861). Questions may be sent to the same address or, by e-mail, to bkrosten@midway.uchicago.edu. The deadline for applications is 15 May 2001. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, SOCIETY OF FELLOWS - CHICAGO, IL
The University of Chicago Society of Fellows is now accepting applications for several four-year postdoctoral teaching appointments as Harper and Schmidt Fellows who hold the rank of Collegiate Assistant Professors in the Humanities Collegiate Division. The Fellows are members of the College Faculty whose primary responsibility is to teach in the general education program. In most years, Fellows teach two seminars (usually of identical preparation) for each of three quarters. Each Fellow also has the opportunity to design an independent course and each is eligible for one quarter of research sabbatical in their third year of residence. The Fellowships are open to scholars in all disciplines and areas of specialization who will have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. degree no later than May 31, 2000. The annual salary for 2001-2002 will be $37,000.
Applicants should submit:
1) a cover letter containing name, address and phone number of applicant, email address, title of dissertation and the discipline in which the Ph.D. will be awarded; 2) a curriculum vitae; 3) three letters of recommendation; 4) a writing sample, preferably some portion of the doctoral dissertation, not to exceed 50 pages in length; 5) a two-page statement describing your methods and goals in teaching a text in a general education course. Examples might be Plato's Apology or Symposium, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Shakespeare's Tempest, Wolff's A Room of One's Own, and Wright's Native Son; and 6) a self-addressed, stamped post card that will be mailed back to indicate that all materials for the application have been received.
Application deadline is December 15, 2000. For more information, please visit our web site at http://college.uchicago.edu/harperschmidt/. Application materials should be sent to The University of Chicago Society of Fellows Search, 1116 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. An Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer.