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DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

Tenure-stream Appointment
Lecturer/Assistant Professor
Roman History

The Department of Classics at Dalhousie University invites applications for a tenure stream appointment at the Lecturer/Assistant Professor level effective July 1, 2010, in Roman History with a secondary interest in Latin Studies. All candidates will possess philological competence in Greek and Latin normally expected in international Classical Scholarship, and will follow a text-based approach to teaching and research. At the undergraduate level a demonstrated ability to teach large introductory classes in Ancient History, as well as intermediate level classes in Greek and Roman History, is essential. The successful applicant will be able to contribute to the Graduate Programme of the Department: the preferred research area is Roman Republican and Imperial History; an interest in historiography and cross-disciplinary approaches to cultural history would be advantageous. In Latin studies, competence and readiness to teach Latin language and literature at the undergraduate level are expected. Applicants should have completed the PhD or have the PhD in-hand and show competence in teaching, research and publication appropriate to their experience. The salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applicants should send, in hard copy, a letter of application, complete curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests and philosophies, evidence of teaching competence, and arrange to have three confidential original letters of professional recommendation forwarded by referees under separate cover to:

Dr. Wayne Hankey, Chair
Department of Classics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4P9
claswww AT dal.ca

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons and women.

The closing date for applications is October 15, 2009.

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Professor of Ancient Western Mediterranean Art and Archaeology

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University (ISAW), seeks to make a faculty appointment in the area of the art and archaeology of the ancient western Mediterranean, with particular focus on non-Roman cultures, particularly Etruscan or Punic, effective in fall, 2010. ISAW is a newly created, specially funded, cross-disciplinary institute for research and graduate education in the history, archaeology, and culture of the entire Old World, including Asia and Africa, from late prehistoric times to the eighth century AD. (See www.nyu.edu/isaw for details.) The rank of this tenured or tenure-track appointment is open, but we prefer to appoint at the recently tenured or advanced junior level. We seek individuals of scholarly distinction whose work will benefit from freedom from departmental structures and who will be stimulated by working closely with colleagues in other disciplines, approaches, periods, or geographical areas and who are committed to helping develop the intellectual life of such a community. Applicants with a history of interdisciplinary exchange are particularly welcome. The Institute’s graduate program emphasizes individual supervision and research seminars. The faculty is involved in choosing a group of visiting researchers each year.

Applications (letter, curriculum vitae, and list of referees) or nominations should be sent to:
Professor Roger S. Bagnall, Director
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th St.
New York, NY 10028

Applications by fax and email are not accepted. Review of candidates will begin on September 15, 2009. Founded in 1831, New York University is the largest private university in the country, with 13 schools, 3 institutes, and nearly 40,000 students. New York University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

For additional information, please contact Ms. Kathryn Lawson by email at kel306 AT nyu.edu or by phone at 212-992-7860

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• POSITIONS FOR CLASSICISTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS

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Director Of The Archive Of Performances Of Greek And Roman Drama And University Lecturer

Reception of Greek and Latin Literature

Faculty Of Classics In Association With St Hilda’s College

(Non-Tutorial Fellow)

Grade 10a: Salary £42,351 – £56,917 p.a.

Applications are invited for the above permanent post, tenable from 1 January 2010.

The person appointed, as well as being responsible for organising and managing the activities and staff of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, will also organise and undertake teaching and research in the field of the Reception of Greek and/or Latin Literature.

The further particulars are located on the faculty website under:http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/index.asp.

Applicants are asked to send eight copies of their application, including a covering letter, a curriculum vitae, a personal details form (available from the website), a statement of research interests and publications, as well as teaching and administrative experience, to Mrs Anne Smith, Classics Faculty Administrator, Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU, for receipt no later than 12.00 noon on 3 July 2009.

Applications should not be by email. Applicants should ask referees to write directly to Mrs Smith without further prompting.

Candidates are also asked to identify in their covering letter two pieces of research, each of maximum 8000 words, which they would provide in support of their application if shortlisted. These two pieces of research should be ready for despatch, ideally in electronic form, on or soon after 7 July 2009.

Interviews are scheduled for 20 July 2009.

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Faculty of Classics and Wolfson College, University of Oxford

The Oxford Roman Economy Project

Assistant Director

ACADEMIC-RELATED RESEARCH STAFF GRADE 07S 1-4: Salary £28,839.00 – £31,513.00

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates of postdoctoral status for a fixed-term post in Roman Economic History or Archaeology for three years with effect from 1 October 2009. This is separately funded from, but complementary to, the AHRC-funded project (The Economy of the Roman Empire: Integration, Growth and Decline c100 BC to AD 350, Principal Investigators Professor Alan Bowman and Professor Andrew Wilson, http://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk).Applicants should have completed a doctorate in a relevant area of Roman Economic History or Archaeology by 1 October 2009 (‘relevant areas’ to be understood as including Italy and the provinces and any or all categories of literary, documentary and archaeological evidence). The salary will be in the range £28,839 – £31,513 per annum, according to experience. The successful candidate will be appointed to a Supernumerary Fellowship at Wolfson College.

Applications should be sent to Erica Clarke, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU (recruitment AT classics.ox.ac.uk) to reach her no later than 12 noon on Friday 3 July 2009. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a covering letter explaining the applicant’s suitability for the post, the personal details form, and the names of three referees who must be asked to send their references directly to Erica Clarke by the closing date. The personal details form and the further particulars are available for download from http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/jobs/index.asp. It is expected that interviews will be held on 13 July.

The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer.