- Employer
- Duke University English Department
- Location details
- Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Salary
- beginning assistant professor range
- Posted
- Closes
- Position type
- Professor, Assistant
- Organization type
- 4-year college or university
- Languages
- English
- Field
- Literature, British
- Employment category
- Full-time
- Tenure Status
- Tenure or tenure track
- Location
- North Carolina
- Academic Hiring Standards
- Hiring standards
Duke University’s Department of English seeks a dynamic scholar with expertise in 18th Century Literature for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a colleague who specializes in any genre (or combination of genres) and will also add to the department’s interdisciplinary strengths. Applicants should have received their PhD by the time of application and should have some publications.
Candidates submitting materials by November 1, 2024 will receive full consideration. Candidates should submit through Academic Jobs Online: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample (an article or a chapter), teaching materials (syllabi and/or letter of evaluation), and three letters of reference. Application address is: https://english.duke.edu/18thcentury. The position start date is July 1, 2025.
The search committee welcomes letters of nomination for potential candidates. We ask that all nominations be sent to english@duke.edu, using “18th century” as the subject line.
Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina, is committed to encouraging and sustaining a work and learning community that is free from prohibited discrimination and harassment. The institution prohibits discrimination and harassment in the administration of both its employment and educational policies. Duke makes good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. Duke is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
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