Department of English and Comparative Literature
The Department of English and Comparative Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for a full-time,Assistant Professor, tenure track in Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies.
Candidates will be expected to teach specialty courses in Shakespeare and other renaissance authors. We encourage strong theoretical orientation in literary, artistic, social and cultural perspectives, including the developing global and multicultural perspectives of the period.
The teaching load is five courses per year, one or two of which would be sections of the introductory course to the English major. The Colleges have a generous junior leave and sabbatical policy.
We seek broad competencies that will allow our candidates to work with faculty from other departments in our general curriculum and to cross list courses with our interdisciplinary programs (see catalogue; these include, for example, Women’s Studies, European Studies, and Environmental Studies). PhD should be in hand or to be completed by July 2008.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Application Deadline: November 16th, 2008
Applications should include a cover letter, C.V., graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation. Send applications to:
Renaissance Position
c/o Department of English and Comparative Literature
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, N.Y. 14456
EOE
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Founded as Hobart College for men and William Smith College for women, Hobart and William Smith Colleges today are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution with a single administration, faculty and curriculum but separate dean’s offices, student governments, athletic programs and traditions. The Colleges are located in a small diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. With an enrollment of 1,928, the Colleges offer 62 different majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program. Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service area also at the core of the Colleges’ mission.
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