- Location details
- Austin, Texas
- Posted
- Closes
- Position type
- Professor, Assistant
- Organization type
- 4-year college or university
- Languages
- Classical languages
- Employment category
- Full-time
- Tenure Status
- Tenure or tenure track
- Location
- Texas
- Academic Hiring Standards
- Hiring standards
The Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in the fall of academic year 2025-26. We seek a colleague with research expertise that complements the department's current strengths, particularly in the areas of global antiquities, comparative approaches to classics, or classical reception. In addition to actively researching and publishing, responsibilities include providing administrative and committee service to the department, directing undergraduate honors theses and eventually PhD dissertations, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in classics, and may include contributing to the world literature sequence offered as part of UT Austin's Plan II Honors Program.
Qualifications
Applicants must hold a PhD at the beginning of the appointment. Preferred qualifications include demonstrated evidence of significant promise in research, teaching, and service.
Application Instructions
To apply submit materials to Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/150732.
The deadline to apply is October 15, 2024.
Application Materials
Applicants must upload a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae. Following initial review the hiring committee will select a subset of applicants for further review who will be asked to provide three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and a teaching portfolio. Guidelines for the writing sample and teaching portfolio will be provided later in the process.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Position funding is subject to budget availability.
Inquiries may be sent to Dr. Sean Gurd at sean.gurd@austin.utexas.edu.
Further information about the department is available on our website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Appointment is subject to budgetary approval and a background check on the appointee is a state requirement.
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