Junior faculty / Tenure-track or similar: Assistant Professor, College of
Letters, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA

Wesleyan University’s College of Letters invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor of Letters beginning July 1, 2017.  The
College of Letters is an interdisciplinary major in predominantly European
literature, history, and philosophy.  Team teaching of material from all
three disciplines over the period from antiquity to the present is
required.  Broad literary and historical interests are thus essential. 
Expertise in a foreign language of European origin is required.  The
teaching load is 2/2. Additional duties include advising and mentoring
students, carrying on a program of research, and participating in faculty
governance at the departmental and university level.  Wesleyan is a highly
selective liberal arts college that values both scholarship and teaching
very highly, has a strong, diverse undergraduate student body, and offers a
generous sabbatical program and competitive salaries and benefits.

We seek a scholar specializing in aesthetics in the continental tradition
of philosophy and who can also teach the history of philosophy from the
17th-19th centuries.  The candidate should show interest in bridging the
conceptual and the concrete through familiarity with actual objects of
aesthetic experience.  Candidates must be committed to contributing to the
design and teaching of an interdisciplinary curriculum in the humanities. 
A Ph.D. in Philosophy or relevant field that is complete or very near
completion is expected by the time of appointment.

Applications received by November 18, 2016 are assured full consideration. 
Wesleyan University, located in Middletown, Connecticut, does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender,
gender identity or _expression_, national origin, marital status, ancestry,
present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical
disability, political belief, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic
information or non-position-related criminal record.  We welcome
applications from women and historically underrepresented minority groups.
Inquiries regarding Title IX, Section 504, or any other non-discrimination
policies should be directed to: Antonio Farias, VP for Equity & Inclusion,
Title IX and ADA/504 Officer, 860-685-4771, afarias@wesleyan.edu.

A complete application includes a cover letter, curriculum vitae, the email
addresses of three referees from whom we will obtain confidential letters
of recommendation, a thesis abstract, evidence of teaching effectiveness,
and a chapter-length writing sample. As part of the teaching statement (or
cover letter), we invite you to describe your cultural competencies and
experiences engaging a diverse student body. Applications should be
submitted online at http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5624

Contact: Tushar Irani (tirani@wesleyan.edu)