Job offer: Assistant Professor in the History of Science at the University of Notre Dame

The Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) at the University of Notre Dame seeks to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the history of science, beginning Fall 2010. PLS is a Great Books department with 150 undergraduate majors, founded in 1950, with its own tenure-line faculty trained in various disciplines and committed to an integrated program of undergraduate studies. They are looking for candidates eager to pursue their teaching and research in the context of an interdisciplinary department offering a curriculum based on primary texts.

Area of study is open, with a preference for the history of the physical or life sciences in any period from the seventeenth-century to the present. Undergraduate teaching responsibilities will include leading Great Books seminars, teaching courses in the Program's natural science sequence (“Fundamental Concepts of Natural Science,” “Scientific Inquiry: Theories and Practices,” and “Science, Society, and the Human Person”), and directing senior theses. The successful candidate will also teach in Notre Dame’s graduate program in the History and Philosophy of Science.

More information:

Source: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/history_medicine_portal/jobs

Ph.D. required. Promise of strong publication program and superior teaching expected. Ability to contribute to Notre Dame’s Catholic mission will be considered an asset. Salary and research support more than competitive.Teaching load 2/2, plus senior thesis supervision.

Notre Dame is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage women, minorities, and Catholics to apply.

Candidates are urged to address in their cover letters the department description on the institution's website (see http://pls.nd.edu) and to describe particular competence to teach one or more of the courses in our natural science sequence.

Please send letter, dossier, and brief writing sample by 30 September 2009 to

Stephen M. Fallon, Chair
Program of Liberal Studies
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556.

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