The Ph.D. Program in History

at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Job Opportunities

Emory University – Two Tenure-Track openings (modern Britain and Atlantic World History)

The Department of History invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Britain and the World, 1700 to the Present. The Department seeks a historian of modern Britain in global context with the ability to offer courses and mentor students in early modern and modern British and imperial history, as well as in the candidate’s thematic areas of interest and research. Potential areas of thematic focus that engage research strengths within the Department and University include but are not limited to race, empire, and decolonization; slavery and forced labor; ethnicity, migration, and diaspora; globalization and capitalism; environmental history; international history; digital humanities; and health, medicine, and society. The teaching load is four courses per year. The successful candidate must demonstrate excellence or the promise of excellence in both research and teaching. Completion of the Ph.D. by fall 2016 is required. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2015. Please submit only the following: letter of application, CV, and dissertation chapter-outline to: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25066&siteid=5449&areq=54152br.
Candidates may be asked to provide additional material and references at a later date, so please do not send references until requested. Please address questions to Kelly Richmond Yates, Academic Department Administrator, at historysearch@emory.edu.

The Department of History invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Atlantic World History. The Department seeks a historian with the ability to offer courses and mentor students in the field, and whose research and teaching speak in direct ways to the common histories of the continents, islands, nations, and people that share the Atlantic basin. A focus on some aspect of slavery, black Atlantic, or African diaspora history prior to the twentieth century is desirable. Themes central to the field that complement existing strengths within the Department and University include but are not limited to transatlantic production, markets, and labor systems; globalization and capitalism; colonialism; migration; gender; law; empire; environmental history; religion; digital humanities; and health, medicine, and society. The teaching load is four courses per year. The successful candidate must demonstrate excellence or the promise of excellence in both research and teaching. Completion of the Ph.D. by fall 2016 is required. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2015. Please submit only a letter of application and a CV to: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25066&siteid=5449&areq=54153br 
Candidates may be asked to provide additional material and references at a later date, so please do not send references until requested. Please address questions to Kelly Richmond Yates, Academic Department Administrator, at historysearch@emory.edu. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Disability/Veteran Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.