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American Historical Association

Assistant Professor of Early Modern European History

American Historical Association, Middlebury, Vermont, us, 05753


The History Department invites applicants for a three-year visiting assistant professorship in early modern European history with a focus on science, medicine, or technology, to begin fall 2025. The successful candidate will be expected to:

Teach five courses per year including a survey course on early modern European history and a variety of introductory and seminar courses in this field and in the history of science, medicine, or technology.

Supervise independent senior thesis projects.

Contribute regularly to the college-wide curriculum, including the winter term curriculum (which would count as one of the five required courses to be taught over each academic year).

Candidates are expected to have a PhD by June 30, 2025, and should provide evidence of commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research, where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty to foster innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. With your application materials, provide a separate, one-page statement on inclusion that addresses how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service demonstrate a commitment to and/or evidence of engaging with issues of diversity and inclusion.

Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to the Chair of the History Department, Rebecca Bennette; a curriculum vitae; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; a statement of teaching and research plans; and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability/promise. The application deadline is October 15, 2024.

Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found

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