Archaeology Jobs 2010-2011

Welcome to the Archaeology job wiki for 2010-2011. Please add any information as you find it, simply edit the page and add your info under the job in question. You don't need an account to edit, just press the "Edit" button at the top of the page. This works best when more people use the wiki, so pass along the link to other people who would be interested.

Also, if you could change the updated date when you make changes, it will make life easier for everybody.

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On the Job Market: 37

Just Lurking: 1

Date Last Modified: 23 September 2010

TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor or Open Rank:

American University in Cairo

Position: The Egyptology Program is seeking applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Egyptology with a starting date in September 2011.

Preferences: Candidates should have a research interest in Egyptian history and have competence in all stages of the ancient Egyptian language. A completed Ph.D. and teaching experience are required.

Due: Priority will be given to applications received by October 15th, 2010. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by video-conference in early November 2010.

Baylor University

Position: Assistant or Associate Profess of Anthropological Archaeology starting August 2011

Preferences: Topical and geographic area open but would prefer technical expertise in lithic technology, ceramics, or archaeobotany. Note: ad does not state tenure track or otherwise

Due: Review of applications begins September 15th, and all application materials must be submitted by October 15th.

University of California at Berkeley

Position: Environmental Archaeologist, Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

Preferences: "research and teaching that explores the relationships between humans and their environments, and may include topics ranging from social landscape studies to the analysis of organic or inorganic environmental traces left behind by human habitation and activity"

---From a grad student in the dept.: We have 3 retirees coming up in the next 3 months. Not sure if they're trying to replace the area/s of expertise of one of them, or if they're fishing for something different. The retiring folks have regional specializations in the US SW (& lithics & XRF analysis), paleolithic Europe (gender & feminist & landscape approaches), and the Near East/Anatolia area (household approaches & media studies). The dept. is already short in terms of having a faunal remains specialist, a chemical signatures specialist (sediments & artifacts), and a GIS specialist. The dept. tends to like to broaden itself regionally and specialization-wise, so my *advice* (take it with a big grain of salt-- I'm not on this hiring committee!) would be to *not* sell yourself as someone with a micromorphology, ceramics, paleoethnobotany, or historic artifacts specialization, nor as someone working in Western South America, Japan, California, US SE, Central America, or anywhere in the Pacific.

Due date: Review will begin November 9, 2010. Deadline for submitting applications is January 1, 2011.

California State University, Northridge

Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Tenure Track Position

Preferences (from ad): background in geography or landscape approaches; ability to teach in Geography dept also

http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/anthropology/pdf/faculty-position-opening.pdf

Colgate University Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Tenure Track Position

Preferences (from ad): transnationalism, ethnography, indigenous archaeology

Cranfield University (UK)

Posiion: Lecturer, Cranfield Forensics Institute

Preferences: Seeking applicants from a wide range of forensic science disciplines. Preference will be given to those with complementary experience and expertise in the forensic field(s) of archaeology, anthropology, ballistics, explosives, materials analysis, oesteomics, art or antiquities. Applicants must hold a PhD and ideally have some teaching experience at postgraduate level.

Deadline: August 31, 2010

Dartmouth College

Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, tenure-track

Preferences: development of complex societies, preferably in North or South America; must have an active program of research and scholarly publications

Due: Oct 15, 2010

University of Indiana

Preferences: China/East Asia; Preference will be given to candidates whose work focuses on the Neolithic or early Bronze Age; a demonstrated interest in migration, complexity, ancient political economies or the origin of cities will be of particular interest, though specific research specialization is open.

Due: November 1, 2010

Kennesaw State University

Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Tenure Track Position

Preferences: Prehistory of Asia, Africa, or Europe

Due: Oct. 31, 2010


 * pending budget approval!

McMaster University

Position: Assistant Professor, Archaeology, Tenure Track Position.

http://oraweb.aucc.ca/pls/ua/ua_re3?ADVERTISEMENT_NUMBER_IN=11892 Due: Oct. 1, 2010

Preferences: "We are seeking an archaeologist who is actively engaged in theoretically informed topical research that includes the study of ceramic technology or related materials analysis."

Speculation: this opening is likely related to the recent departure of Kostalena Michelaki.

University of Oklahoma

Position: Assistant Professor Position in Southeastern Archaeology, Tenure-Track

Preferences: Southeastern, prehistory, four-fields.

Due: Oct. 1, 2010

University of Pittsburgh

Position: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

Preferences: early complex societies in East Asia

Due: Oct 1. 2010

Portland State University

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor, Archaeology, Tenure Track Position

Preferences: Quantitative methods and expertise in geoarchaeology, GIS, or analysis of material remains; proven funding; teaching experience; community engagement. Area specialization in western North America (excluding the Southwest) required.

Due: Oct. 31, 2010

San Diego State University

Position: The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in archaeology at the level of assistant professor to begin Fall of 2011.

Preferences:Candidates should have an areal specialization in California and the Great Basin, the Greater Southwest, or Northwestern Mesoamerica. Current work should encompass human-environmental issues (including sustainability), subsistence economies, or agriculture.

Due: The search committee will begin screening applications on November 1, 2010.

http://anthropology.sdsu.edu/news.html

University of Utah ( Link? Can't find it in usual places? )Found it, thank god 'net skills aren't part of the job search.

Link to U of Utah's version of the ad: http://www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/biocult_ad_posted.pdf

Position: Assistant or Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Preferences: The successful candidate will have an active research program that uses evidence to evaluate theoretically-motivated hypotheses. Area of specialization is open, but an interest in health-related issues, broadly construed, is a plus.

Due: November 15, 2010


 * This appears to be a medical/cultural position. Should we remove it from this page?
 * Their actual ad (not AAA) doesn't read that way, although it's incredibly vague. It's hard to tell whether they'd consider an archaeologist or not. (They have another, specifically sociocultural search going on too.)

University of Western Ontario

Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies

Preferences: Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated research interest in Roman Archaeology. Competitive applicants will demonstrate a solid background in Greek and Latin philology.

Due: November 1, 2010

University of Wisconsin La Crosse

Position: Assistant Profgessor, Department of Sociology/Archaeology

Preferences: North America, Midwest


 * This position was posted last year, anybody know the skinny?
 * It was a failed search. They couldn't find anyone they wanted to hire.
 * They've also changed the specifics of what they're looking for a little bit.

Advanced Professor:

Southern Methodist University

Position: Senior Tenured Faculty, Bioarchaeology

Preferences: fairly broad; must be willing to serve as Department Chair in the near future.

Queens University Belfast (N. Ireland)

Position: A professorial-level appointment in Archaeology in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology.

Due: 4 October 2010

NON-TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS:
Research

Oxford University - Seeking part-time Research Associate in Greek Archaeology to work with the 'Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm' research project from 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2011. Deadline is August 25, 2010.

Southern Illinois University - One year post-doc - Center for Archaeological Investigations Visiting Scholar. SIU knows who they want to offer this position to for 2010-2011, but as of the SAAs, they didn't have approved funding

- did they end up offering this to someone? I notice that the call has come out for this one again, starting August 2011

Stanford Archaeology Center - The Stanford Archaeology Center announces a postdoctoral position in any area of global heritage with some preference for applicants working on archaeological ethics, rights and internationalism. The application receipt deadline is September 1, 2010. Interviews will be held in October 2010 and the position will begin in early January, 2011.

University of Pittsburgh One Year Visiting Scholar Due Feb 22?

Teaching

University College Cork (Ireland)- Nine-month contract for a Post Doctoral Teaching Assistant /Researcher in Early Prehistoric Archaeology to start 1st October 2010. The postholder is expected to teach three undergraduate courses on early European prehistory (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Neolithic). While the primary responsibility of the post lies in teaching, the appointee will have an opportunity to participate in a research team working on a ERC-funded project on the role of climate, life-style, health, migration and selection in shaping European population history. Applications due August 20, 2010.

Other

Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona - Assistant Curator of Archaeology (with some research and teaching)

Preferred qualifications (from ad): experience in US SW archaeology, human osteology, NAGPRA and CRM experience

https://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1278202898955, job number 45562

University College London (UK)- Part-time senior research associate at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. We are seeking an individual with an academic background in museum and/or cultural heritage studies to lead the development of consultancy and professional training activities in the international museums and cultural heritage sector. The appointment is initially funded for 12 months. Applications due August 27, 2010.

General Discussion, Rumors, and Speculation:
It would be great if people could add some general information about qualifications/preferences from the job ads along with the jobs as they come in (and even better if insiders could add any rumors concerning what these departments REALLY want but didn't say in the job ad!).

Never trust the "insiders". If they are good members of the committee, they will keep their mouth shut. So "insiders" are either not really involved, or they have their own ax to grind. My partner was assured by an "insider" that she had the job. She didn't, and all the insider wanted was to have sex with her. I got a job after an insider told me I didn't have a chance (turns out he was the only one who thought that). Basically, job ads are the product of a committee, so each person has his/her own view of what they are looking for. The moral of the story, apply to jobs, put your best foot forward, and hope that is what they collectively want.

I agree with the sentiments of distrust, but I'd still like to hear the rumors and speculation; I think most people know to take those with a big grain of salt. Without some rumormongering, the wiki's only usefulness over the official job posting sites is hearing when other people get their rejection letters or interviews scheduled.


 * Dumbarton Oaks -- Nov. 1 deadline?