Positions Related to Literature and Social Justice, Fall 2009

1. Tenure-track assistant professor in 17th -century British literature

We seek candidates whose scholarship and teaching in early modern and seventeenth-century British literature will augment our department’s focus on literature and social justice. Successful candidates will be productive scholars who have records of excellent teaching and who are eager to join a faculty that values projects with strong theoretical and historical commitments.

Many faculty in the department are affiliated with interdisciplinary programs such as Women's Studies, Globalization and Social Change, Africana Studies and with Lehigh's Humanities Center. 2/2 load of graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) and undergraduate literature and composition courses. Ph.D. in hand by date of appointment.

Send via email a letter of application, vita, and dissertation abstract only (as Word or PDF attachments) to in17th@lehigh.edu by October 19, 2009. Include in your letter a statement of both research and teaching interests, explaining how these interests would contribute to the department's focus on literature and social justice (consult the department's web site www.lehigh.edu/~indrown for details about this focus).

Please do not send additional materials at this point. Only electronic submissions will be considered. Questions about the position should be directed to Prof. Scott Gordon, Chair, 17th Century Search Committee, at spg4@lehigh.edu. MLA interviews.

The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Lehigh University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Lehigh University provides comprehensive benefits including partner benefits. More information about policies and benefits for Faculty at Lehigh can be found at http://www.lehigh.edu/~insloan.

2. Tenure-track assistant professor in Victorian Literature and Culture

We seek candidates whose scholarship and teaching in Victorian Literature and Culture will augment our department’s focus on literature and social justice. Successful candidates will be productive scholars in nineteenth-century British literature who have records of excellent teaching and who are eager to join a faculty that values projects with strong theoretical and historical commitments.

Many faculty in the department are affiliated with interdisciplinary programs such as Women's Studies, Globalization and Social Change, Africana Studies and with Lehigh's Humanities Center. 2/2 load of graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) and undergraduate literature and composition courses. Ph.D. in hand by date of appointment.

Send via email a letter of application, vita, and dissertation abstract only (as Word or PDF attachments) to inviclit@lehigh.edu by October 19, 2009. Include in your letter a statement of both research and teaching interests, explaining how these interests would contribute to the department's focus on literature and social justice (consult the department's web site www.lehigh.edu/~indrown for details about this focus).

Please do not send additional materials at this point. Only electronic submissions will be considered. Questions about the position should be directed to Prof. Elizabeth Dolan, Chair, Victorian Literature and Culture Search Committee, at bdolan@lehigh.edu. MLA interviews.

The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Lehigh University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Lehigh University provides comprehensive benefits including partner benefits. More information about policies and benefits for Faculty at Lehigh can be found at http://www.lehigh.edu/~insloan.