Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in History of Modern Africa (Colonial and Post-Colonial). Apply below.
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When is Application Deadline?
15th October 2022
Tell Me About Award:
The Department of History and the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) at Rice University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the field of Modern African History from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The successful candidate’s research areas will focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. We particularly welcome applications from scholars whose research engages indigenous languages/cultures or crosses imperial and/or national borders.
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In addition to maintaining an active research agenda, the successful candidate will teach four courses in a normal academic year, including an annual offering of either the core course for the CAAAS undergraduate minor or the core course for the Center’s graduate certificate program. Scholars specializing in gender/sexuality, imperialism and anticolonialism, post-colonial states, the environment, medicine, politics, or science and technology will be strong candidates for this position. Affiliation with one or more of Rice’s several interdepartmental programs is encouraged, though not required. Such programs include the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality; the program on Poverty, Social Justice and Human Capabilities; Environmental Studies; Medical Humanities; Politics, Law and Social Thought; the Baker Institute for Public Policy; and/or Science and Technology Studies. The successful candidate will be based and evaluated for promotion and tenure in the Department of History.
What Type of Award is this?
Job (listed as internship)
Who can apply?
Candidates must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree conferred by July 1, 2023, in African History or African Studies with a strong emphasis in History. We particularly encourage applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups who bring diverse cultural experiences and who are especially qualified to mentor and advise members of our diverse student population.
Which Countries are Eligible?
International
Where will Award be Taken?
Texas, USA
How Many Positions will be Given?
1
What is the Benefit of Award?
In addition to maintaining an active research agenda, the successful candidate will teach four courses in a normal academic year, including an annual offering of either the core course for the CAAAS undergraduate minor or the core course for the Center’s graduate certificate program. Scholars specializing in gender/sexuality, imperialism and anticolonialism, post-colonial states, the environment, medicine, politics, or science and technology will be strong candidates for this position. Affiliation with one or more of Rice’s several interdepartmental programs is encouraged, though not required. Such programs include the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality; the program on Poverty, Social Justice and Human Capabilities; Environmental Studies; Medical Humanities; Politics, Law and Social Thought; the Baker Institute for Public Policy; and/or Science and Technology Studies. The successful candidate will be based and evaluated for promotion and tenure in the Department of History.
How Long is the Program?
Fulltime
How to Apply for Program?
Only electronic applications will be accepted, via Interfolio. We will start reviewing application materials on October 15, 2022. For fullest consideration all materials should be submitted by November 15, 2022.
Please attach a letter of application summarizing your interest and qualifications, C.V., an article-length writing sample, and statements on teaching and research philosophies, each uploaded separately to their respective tabs. Please list three references with contact information, from whom we might solicit letters as the search progresses. The start date of the position is July 1, 2023.
