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The Department of History of the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professorship in American Indian History. Starting date is August 2009. A Ph.D. and a strong commitment to research and teaching are required. The successful candidate will offer undergraduate and graduate courses in American Indian and US history and advise Ph.D. and M.A. students in the American West and other fields. As home to seven federally recognized tribes, Utah has long been recognized as a center of American Indian Scholarship; the American West Center and the Center for American Indian Languages foster research on campus while the American Indian Resource Center supports campus life for Indians.
Send a letter of application, c.v., at least three letters of recommendation, samples of written work, teaching evaluations, and other supporting documentation to: James R. Lehning, Chair, University of Utah, Department of History, 215 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0311. All application materials must be received by Friday, November 7, to receive full consideration.
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, encourages nominations and applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
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Event Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 : 10:00 AM MDT
About the Department
History provides valuable preparation for careers in university and college teaching and research, primary and secondary education, law, government, public service, journalism, libraries and museums, international business, and medicine.
Students of history explore periods and regions ranging from ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome to the modern Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Areas of emphasis include politics, diplomacy, warfare, and intellectual life, as well as gender and women’s history, medicine and science, colonialism and intercultural contact, religious expression and practices, and environmental history. Our curriculum reflects long-standing disciplinary tradition in its organization by region, nation-state, and time period, but it also embodies a newer orientation toward transnational, comparative, and thematic courses.
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