Open Rank Position in Latin Poetry and Critical Theory
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Job Info

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Department:

Classics - 311300

Posting Open Date:

09/25/2024

Application Deadline:

11/15/2024

Open Until Filled:

No

Position Type:

Permanent Faculty

Working Title:

Open Rank Position in Latin Poetry and Critical Theory

Appointment Type:

Tenured/Tenure Track

Vacancy ID:

FAC0005254

Full-time/Part-time:

Full-Time Permanent

Hours per week:

40

FTE:

1

Position Location:

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range:

Dependent on Experience or Dependent on Qualifications.

Proposed Start Date:

07/01/2025

Be a Tar Heel!:

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

The mission of the Department of Classics is to promote and advance the study of the ancient Mediterranean in its broadest sense, focusing on the cultures, languages, literature, art, and archaeology of diverse regions implicated in the expansion of Greek and Roman cultures, from the Bronze Age Aegean to the Middle Ages and beyond.

The scope of our department's research is dynamically self-forming, encompassing literary, historical, and archaeological fields of study. Classics is by nature interdisciplinary as well as methodologically, geographically, materially, and culturally diverse, and our missions of research and teaching therefore encompass a wide range of periods, objects, and methods of study. In classical languages and literatures, the department has a strong philological orientation across a broad range of genres, periods, and topics in literary and cultural history.

Current faculty strengths include epic and lyric poetry in the Greek tradition from the archaic to the late antique period; Greek drama of the fifth century BCE and related questions of aesthetics and performance; Greek historiography; Greek literature and literary cultures of the Roman Imperial period; Latin poetry including lyric, elegy and comedy, as well as Augustan epic, didactic and satire; Latin historiography and cultural history, including religion and law; and Greek and Roman mythological discourses and ancient representations of gender and ethnicity.

All faculty contribute to an expansive program in Greek and Latin that emphasizes core texts of the Greco-Roman literary tradition while also encompassing texts and topics beyond the canon. Philological methodologies are the foundation of both our undergraduate and graduate teaching, and individual faculty bring a range of critical and interpretive frameworks to bear in line with their research interests. Our current faculty strengths in archaeology are Aegean prehistory and protohistory; classical Athens and mainland Greece; Hellenistic and Roman Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean; and Roman Italy.

In our classes we emphasize the study of primary archaeological material, historical and contextual perspectives, as well as diverse methodologies, applications, and interpretive frameworks in the study of material culture. Approaches include archaeological excavation, intensive archaeological survey, and artifact and assemblage analyses; GIS applications and digital visualization projects; as well as art historical, historical, and anthropological methods that communicate within and between fields of classics, archaeology, ancient history, and material culture studies.

Position Summary:

We're seeking to hire a full-time faculty member in Latin Poetry and Critical Theory for a tenure-track or tenured appointment (open rank), who will contribute to an intellectually diverse and growing department and to an engaged academic life across the university. This position will complement existing faculty strengths and maintain our strong reputation in Latin poetry and critical theory, as well as supporting the department's core curricula in ancient languages and Mediterranean cultures.

The area of specialization within the field of Latin poetry is open, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose approach is informed by theoretical models that creatively build on, and expand, the boundaries of traditional scholarship to reshape our understanding of the Classical world. Potential areas of interest could include gender and sexuality, post-colonialism, materiality, reception studies, and ecocriticism.

The successful candidate will have an active research agenda and be prepared to teach at all levels of Latin language and literature. They will also be expected to direct theses and dissertations, and develop innovative new courses to engage students both within and outside the department. The teaching load is normally two courses per semester and includes elementary to advanced language and literature courses, courses on literature in translation, classical civilization courses, and graduate seminars.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Ph.D. in Classics or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

Preference will be given to those with a Ph.D. in Classics or a related discipline in hand at the time of application.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements:

N/A

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:

Not Applicable.

Special Instructions:

In addition to the required documents that are listed under "Applicant Documents", please be sure to upload only a teaching statement in lieu of teaching evaluations for item #3, "Teaching Philosophy / evaluations.

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