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Arizona State University (USA: AZ) - [non-TT; Lecturer]

 * non-tenure track, full time lectureship in History, to begin 1 Jul. 2014 [I think this must be a typo as the closing date is late june - pres. Jul 2015 is what they mean? AFII (talk) 08:24, June 19, 2014 (UTC)]
 * Appointee is expected " to teach undergraduate and graduate on-ground and online courses in American and World History.  This is a full-time, benefits-eligible appointment.  This is a fixed-term, fiscal year (twelve month) appointment with no tenure implications. Subsequent annual renewal is possible contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the university."
 * " To apply, candidates must submit a cover letter that highlights relevant teaching and administrative experience, curriculum vitae or resume, and contact information for three professional references (including the nature of their relationship to applicant).  Application materials should be sent as a single pdf to [mailto:shprsjobs@asu.edu shprsjobs@asu.edu] with “History Lecturer Job #10781” in the subject line"
 * Review begins: 25 Jun. 2014 and continues until position filled.

California State University, East Bay (USA: CA) - History of Globalization

 * Full time tenure track position in the History of Globalization, to begin September 2015
 * (OAA Position No. 15-16 HIST-GLOBALIZATION-TT)
 * The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate coursework in the history of globalization and in his or her own regional specialty in Latin America or East Asian history; lower-division World Civilizations coursework; coursework in the skills core sequence for history majors; other coursework as assigned. In addition to teaching, all faculty are expected to sustain a record of scholarly work, advise majors, assist the department with administrative and/or committee work, and assume campus-wide committee responsibilities. Please note that teaching assignments at California State University, East Bay include courses at the Hayward, Concord, and Online campuses.
 * Assistant Professor. Salary is dependent upon educational preparation and experience. Subject to budgetary authorization.
 * Earned Ph.D. at time of appointment is required. Record of scholarship and teaching pertaining to modern globalization, broadly defined, with specializations in East Asian or Latin American History is required. Commitment to teaching and mentoring students from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds is required. Candidates with experience in, or a demonstrated commitment to, the methodology and practice of Digital History, Public History, or the Teaching of History as a field, are preferred. Candidates should demonstrate experience in teaching, mentoring, research, or community service that has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.
 * Please submit a letter of application, which addresses the qualifications noted in the position announcement; a complete and current vita at https://my.csueastbay.edu/psp/pspdb1/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Additionally, applicants should send the following by mail to Faculty Search Chair, Department of History, Meiklejohn Hall #4036, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542-3045: 1) Letter of application; 2) Complete and current vita; 3) Graduate transcripts; 4) Copies of publications or representative scholarly work; 5) Three letters of recommendation.
 * For full consideration: 15 Oct. 2014.

===California State University-Los Angeles (USA: CA) - World/Global History (incl. emphasis on Indian Ocean World and/or Southeast Asia)===
 * Position: World/Global History, including emphasis on the Indian Ocean World and/or Southeast Asia; Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship.
 * Starting Date: Fall, 2015
 * Minimum Qualifications: ABD or Ph.D. in History. A Ph.D. from an accredited institution of higher education is required for retention beyond the initial appointment period
 * Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates who will have Ph.D. in hand prior to Fall 2015.
 * Required Documentation: Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, official transcripts, three letters of recommendation and the University's Application for Academic Employment form. www.calstatela.edu/univ/hrm/docs/forms/Empl_applic_academic.pdf.
 * Application: File review will begin December 1, 2014. Address applications and required documentation (preferably in pdf format) and/or requests for information to:  Dr. Scott Wells, Chair, Department of History, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032

Lees-McCrae College (USA: NC) - [Non-TT;Lecturer]

 * Lecturer in World History
 * Deadline: 30 Jun. 2014
 * See full listing in Open Field or Mixed Hire for application details.

Manchester University (USA: IN) - World / Asian

 * Full-time, tenure-track teaching position with additional responsibilities related to the academic program, beginning in August of 2015
 * Teaching, generally twenty-four semester hours per academic year
 * Ph.D. in History preferred. Advanced ABDs will be considered.
 * Knowledge and experience sufficient to enable the candidate to effectively teach courses as assigned in World History, with special concentration in either East Asian or South Asian History.
 * Submit transcripts, three letters of recommendation, a CV, teaching philosophy, and evidence of effective teaching to: http://www.manchester.edu/ohr/apply/faculty/
 * Review begins 29 Sept. 2014 and continues until position filled.
 * Cross posted to Asian History 2014-15

University of Cologne (DEU) - 19th/20th C international history and/or Historical Peace & Conflict Studies

 * Professorship/Chair (W2/W3) in International History and/or Historical Peace & Conflict Studies
 * The applicant is furthermore expected to teach beyond this field in general degree courses of the History Department with a focus on the 19th and 20th century
 * The successful candidate for a W3-Professorship is expected to closely cooperate with the Institute for International Peace and Security Law located at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne. According to § 36 HG NRW the applicant must have completed studies with a university degree and a PhD as well as demonstrate additional scientific achievements such as a second book, experience as an assistant professor, and pedagogical skills.
 * Applicants should submit their documentation (CV, a record of publications and teaching experience, teaching evaluations (if available), and official transcripts to the office of the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cologne, Albert-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany...Please do not send the original transcripts, since the documents will not be returned
 * Deadline: 25 Aug. 2014

Yale-NUS College (SGP) - [Open Rank]

 * Open Rank hire in either Islamic world (period open) or Atlantic world (pref. southern hemisphere, period open) or European Intellectual History (post-1500, pref. post-1700).
 * Yale-NUS College, a collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University
 * Successful applicants should, regardless of their field of specialization, be enthusiastic about contributing to an interdisciplinary Common Curriculum in the liberal arts, including Historical Immersion. For more information on the Historical Immersion component of the Common Curriculum, please see http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/common-curriculum/historical-immersion/. Successful candidates will also be expected to teach Year 1 – 4 History courses that intersect with their respective areas of specialization. For more information on the History major, please see http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/major/history/ Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. An ongoing research program that incorporates undergraduates would be highly desirable. For information about the curriculum, please see http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/common-curriculum.
 * Salary, benefits, and leave policies will be competitive at an international level. Yale-NUS College is committed to supporting faculty research through various grants, research and travel allowances.
 * Apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4138
 * Review of applications will begin 15 Oct. 2014, and continue until the positions are filled.
 * Also posted at European History 2014-15

Zayed University (ARE) - [Open rank]

 * Tenured or tenure track position in World History "with a focus on the history of globalization or trans-regional history in the early modern period"
 * "Candidates should have a Ph.D. in History at the time of appointment and the capacity to teach and research in an interdisciplinary environment. Evidence of teaching and research excellence and experience is important, including the potential to supervise thesis projects. The teaching load may also include one or more courses in the Universitys General Education Program"
 * "Please visit our web site www.zu.ac.ae and click on Employment to be directed to the recruitment website. In addition to completing the online application form, attach a cover letter, a current CV, and the names and contact details of three professional references"
 * Deadline: applications will be read on a rolling basis [ad posted 13 July 2014]

University of Victoria (Can.) - Assistant or Associate

 * [Tenure track] CRC Tier II Chair in Modern Global and Comparative History, earliest start date Jan 2016
 * "Candidates must possess expertise in the field of Global History and the ability to teach courses in Global History at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as demonstrated research expertise in one or more of the following fields: Asian, Latin American or African history or the history of other areas of the Global South. The ability to use comparative approaches would be an advantage. Preferred approaches and thematic areas include the following: Colonialism, Imperialism and Decolonization; International Migration and Immigration; Indigeneity; Gender and Sexualities; Social Justice and Social Protest; Health and Society; the Environment; Digital Humanities."
 * "The CRC program requires Tier II nominees to be within 10 years of receiving their PhD when they apply to the program; to be excellent emerging researchers who have demonstrated particular research creativity; to have demonstrated the potential to achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years; to be proposing an original, innovative research program of high quality, and as chair holder, to have the potential to attract excellent students and future researchers."
 * "The successful applicant will be nominated by the University for a Canada Research Chair; that nomination is then subject to review by the CRC Secretariat. Upon approval of the Chair by the CRC Secretariat, the successful applicant will be offered an appointment in the university, at the rank of assistant or associate professor"
 * While holding the CRC, the candidate will teach a half teaching load (two one term courses per year). After holding the CRC Chair, the candidate will become a regular tenured member of the History Department.
 * Applicants must submit a covering letter, a CV, letters from three referees, and a 1200- 1500 word statement of future research plans to Dr. Lynne Marks, Chair of the History Department, University of Victoria, either by email to [mailto:LSMARKS@uvic.ca LSMARKS@uvic.ca], or by regular mail to Lynne Marks, Department of History, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 2Y2...The successful candidate will apply to the CRC competition in April of 2015."
 * deadline: 8 Oct. 2014

Amherst College (USA: MA)- Black Atlantic

 * Tenure-line joint appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of the Black Atlantic.
 * We seek a historian of colonial Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on the history of comparative slavery in the Americas. Research and teaching interests might include the following fields: comparative slave systems and the transatlantic slave trade; the impact of imperial expansion on indigenous populations and on pre-colonial Africa; histories of resistance and slave revolts; the slave family, gender, and sexuality; the rise of plantation agriculture and its effects on world trade systems; and abolition and transitions to free labor.


 * Candidates should submit electronically to https://apply.interfolio.com/25259  a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and syllabi for two proposed courses.
 * Review begins/for full consideration: 14 Nov. 2014 and continues until position is filled.
 * Also posted at Ethnic Studies 2014-2015 and Latin American History 2014-15

Missouri State University (USA: MO)

 * Tenure track assistant professor of the history of the Ancient Near East and/or Mediterranean World,
 * Priority given to applications recieved before: 15 Sept. 2014 although search continues until position filled.
 * See original posting (link above) on European History 2014-15 page

University of Maryland-College Park (USA: MD) - Late Antique Mediterranean, 200-800 CE

 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor
 * The University of Maryland, College Park invites applications from scholars of the late antique Mediterranean, 200-800 CE. Preference will be given to those with a demonstrated ability to offer classes on the classical world as well as the late antique period. The successful candidate should show exceptional scholarly promise and evidence of excellence in teaching.
 * Candidates must have Ph.D. in hand by July 31, 2015.
 * Applications, including a letter of application with a brief statement of current and future research and teaching interests, CV, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample should be submitted online to ejobs.umd.edu.
 * For best consideration, please ensure that all application materials are uploaded by October 6, 2014.
 * Also posted at European History 2014-15