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UNITED STATES TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Position description

The History Department at the University of California, Irvine, seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in 20th-century United States history whose research focuses on political economy, intellectual history, and/or legal history. We are especially interested in applicants who complement our departmental strengths in gender, transnational, race/ethnicity, and world history. We will give priority to applicants who can contribute both to our graduate program and to all levels of our undergraduate curriculum.

Candidates should submit a letter of application that describes research and teaching interests; a statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion will advance UC Irvine's commitment to inclusive excellence; a current CV; a writing sample not to exceed 50 pages; and 3 letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted electronically at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02425. To ensure full consideration, applications need to be submitted by October 1, 2014. Direct questions about the electronic submission procedure to Marcus Kanda (mhkanda@uci.edu) and any other questions about the search to Search Committee chair, David Igler (digler@uci.edu).
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.
To learn more about the Department, visit our website at http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter - Letter of application describing research & teaching interests.

  • Contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion. - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion will advance UC Irvine's commitment to inclusive excellence

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Writing Sample - Writing sample not to exceed 50 pages.

Reference requirements
  • 3 letters of reference required