Assistant Professor of Latin Classics
Assistant Professor of Latin Classics
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Job Description
Department: Classics
Rank: Assistant Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month
Application Deadline
Nov. 1 2024 open until filled
Required Application Materials
cover letter;
curriculum vitae;
teaching statement that describes prior teaching experience mentorship experience and courses you feel qualified to teach;
writing sample of no more than 30 pages;
statement addressing contributions to diversity equity and inclusion in teaching research and mentorship;
contact information of three references who can offer insight about your qualifications for the position.
Position Announcement
The Department of Classics at the University of Oregon seeks a Latinist to fill a tenuretrack position 1.0 FTE) at the rank of Assistant Professor effective September 2025. The academic year follows the quarter system and the teaching load is five courses per year 221. The position requires teaching Latin at all levels as well as lower and upper division classicsintranslation courses.
Department or Program Summary
The Department of Classics offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in Greek and/or Latin Classical Civilization and Classical Archaeology; and a Master of Arts degree with concentrations in Greek/Latin and Classical Archaeology. The department offers many large classicsintranslation courses popular with the wider campus community in addition to Latin and Greek at introductory intermediate and advanced levels. We enjoy close interdepartmental collaboration with many other departments including Anthropology History of Art and Architecture History Philosophy Comparative Literature Religious Studies and Medieval Studies.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in hand by the start date that emphasizes research and teaching interests in the Latin literature of any period in the republic and empire. Demonstrable success in teaching at the college level and a promising trajectory in publishing original peerreviewed scholarship are necessary minimum requirements. As the position will call for occasional teaching of Greek an advanced competency level of this language is also necessary.
The candidates teaching and research focus will ideally engage in one or more of the following areas: race and ethnicity gender and sexuality classical reception or performance studies. Such an emphasis will reinforce the department and institutions commitment to diversity equity and inclusion and will specifically enrich courses in translation that the new hire can be expected to teach such as Classical Mythology Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity and Roman Life and Culture. It is also desired that the new colleague will continue the interdepartmental relationships by forging alliances with scholars and mentoring graduate students pursuing similar research concerns from other departments.
Minimum Requirements
PhD in hand by the start date that emphasizes research and teaching interests in the Latin literature of any period in the republic and empire.
Success in teaching at the college level
A promising trajectory in publishing original peerreviewed scholarship
Advanced competency in Latin and Greek
Preferred Qualifications
Teaching and research focus that engages in one or more of the following areas: race and ethnicity gender and sexuality classical reception or performance studies.
Ability to forge alliances with scholars and mentor graduate students pursuing similar research concerns from other departments.
About the University
The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities and holds the distinction of a very high research activity ranking in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO enrolls more than 20000 undergraduate and 3600 graduate students representing all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. The University of Oregon is guided by a diversity framework that involves a commitment to diversity equity and inclusion or all students faculty staff alumni and community members. In recent years the university has increased the diversity of its student body as well as campuswide efforts to build a welcoming inclusive community for our student body. The UOs 295acre campus features stateofthe art facilities in an arboretumlike setting within the traditional homelands of the Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene a vibrant city of 157000 with a wide range of cultural and culinary offerings a pleasant climate and a community engaged in environmental and social concerns. The campus is within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast the Cascade Mountains and Portland.
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