Assistant Professor, Tufts University
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Classics: Mellon Bridge Assistant Professorship
*Greco-Roman and Islamic Traditions*
The School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University seeks a scholar who
studies the contact between the Greco-Roman and Islamic traditions
during any period through the Renaissance for a tenure-track Mellon
Bridge Assistant Professorship, to begin September 2015. This
newly-created position is being supported by a grant from the Mellon
Foundation to promote scholarship and teaching that bridges different
departments and programs in the humanities. Mellon Bridge professors
will be grounded in one department but will also teach in other academic
departments or programs, according to their areas of expertise.
This position will have a primary appointment in the Department of
Classics, and a secondary appointment in one or more of the following
programs and departments: Arabic; Archaeology; Art History; History;
International Relations; Middle Eastern Studies; Philosophy; Religion;
Romance Languages; and a potentially new interdisciplinary master's
program, Digital Technologies for Pre-Modern Studies, which is currently
in the planning stage. The School will extend secondary appointments and
cross-list courses in other departments and programs as appropriate. The
successful candidate will receive an appointment as a fellow at the
Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) for the duration of the
pre-tenure probationary period.
The intellectual emphasis of the Department of Classics is the
transmission of knowledge across cultures and time. The Department
currently teaches courses in Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Sanskrit
and in the archaeology and history of Egypt, the Greco-Roman world,
Ancient Northern Europe, and the Mediterranean, as well as in the
comparison of Greek, Roman, and Chinese history. In addition, department
members and affiliated faculty maintain teaching and research interests
in the medieval and early modern world. The Department of Classics also
houses the Perseus Digital Library, one of the largest and most actively
used open-access humanities databases in the world---currently
containing approximately 165 million searchable words in Greek, Latin,
Arabic, French, German, Italian, and English, and receiving more than
eight million visits last year alone, with a returning-visitor rate of
66%. Perseus's collections range from Homer through the Renaissance to
nineteenth-century American literature and contemporary scholarship, and
also include photographs and descriptions of art objects, buildings, and
archaeological sites. The Perseus Perseids Platform, supported by a
generous grant from the Mellon Foundation, is currently expanding Tufts'
digital infrastructure by facilitating the publication, revision, and
conservation of previously unavailable texts, other media, and original
research by faculty and students.
Applicants should demonstrate knowledge of Arabic as well as either
Greek or Latin. Evidence of a strong record of scholarship is required.
Doctorate and minimum of two years' full- or part-time teaching
experience is required. We especially welcome candidates who can support
student research at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Candidates who are interested in augmenting the strengths of Tufts'
Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu and its Perseids
Platform in Greek, Latin, Classical Arabic, or other languages are
especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be
expected to teach undergraduate courses related to his or her specific
research area using works in translation, as well as to have the
capacity to teach undergraduate and graduate courses on works in the
original Latin and/or Greek.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, /curriculum vitae/,
writing sample (less than 20 pages), research and teaching statements
(each no longer than a single-spaced page), and should arrange to have
three confidential reference letters submitted directly by the authors,
to: https://apply.interfolio.com/27062
<https://apply.interfolio.com/27062>. Questions about the position may
be directed to Search Committee Chair, Vickie Sullivan, at
vickie.sullivan@tufts.edu <mailto:vickie.sullivan@tufts.edu>. Review of
applications will begin November 21, 2014, and will continue until the
position is filled.
Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We
are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of
underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
