Medieval History

Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College seek a historian of Medieval Europe or Europe and the Mediterranean (ca. 300-1400) for a shared entry-level, tenure-track appointment as Five College Assistant Professor of History to begin 2010-2011. The area of specialization is open, but Mount Holyoke’s History Department already has a specialist in late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The occupant of this position will be a member of the faculties of Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College with primary teaching responsibilities shared between Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College. These responsibilities will include teaching two courses per semester in medieval history and (periodically) in departmental courses and advising students interested in undertaking independent work in the subject. 

Qualifications

All requirements for the Ph.D. must be completed by time of appointment. The successful candidate for this position will have some teaching experience and will have a commitment to combining undergraduate teaching with an ongoing program of research and publication.

Application Instructions

Candidates should submit a letter of application describing teaching and research interests, a curriculum vitae, sample syllabi for undergraduate courses, and a sample of written work (that, ideally, is no longer than 30 pages in length (an article or chapter, e.g.). Candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the Search Committee. All application materials should be sent to the Chair, Search Committee in Medieval History, Department of History, Amherst College, Amherst  MA  01002-5000. Deadline for applications is Friday, November 20, 2009.

Amherst College is an undergraduate liberal arts college for men and women, with 1,600 students and 200 faculty members. Mount Holyoke College is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2,100 students and 210 faculty.  Located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Amherst and Mount Holyoke participate with Hampshire and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts in the Five-College Consortium.

Amherst College has taken a leadership role among highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities in successfully diversifying the racial, socio-economic, and geographical profile of its student body. The College now aims to enrich the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff to ensure that full participation and inclusion become desired norms across the culture of the institution. Amherst aspires to become a learning community in which everyone, not just those individuals whom we identify with minority cultures or perspectives, is informed about and responsive to all aspects of diversity. Mount Holyoke College is also committed to fostering multicultural diversity and awareness in its faculty, staff, and student body and is an AA/EOE.