University of Kansas: Yiddish Studies, Assistant Professor, tenure-track

[Greenberg, Marc L]

Dear colleagues,
This job notice is posted to the SEELANGS list on behalf of my colleague in the Religious Studies Dept. and under the pretext that, following Paul Wexler, Yiddish is a Slavic language. Please forward the notice to qualified candidates and ask that they respond to Prof. Boyarin rather than to the immediately undersigned.
Sincerely,
Marc L. Greenberg
 
Yiddish Studies, Assistant Professor, tenure-track, pending funding.  Required: Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Yiddish or Jewish Studies, Comparative Literature, or any pertinent discipline in humanities or social sciences by August 18, 2007; potential for scholarship; knowledge of current methods and approaches to field of specialization; ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Yiddish language and culture, including Jewish Secular Culture.  Preferred: experience teaching; publications; evidence of interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship.  Send application letter, CV, statements of teaching and research interests, summary of teaching evaluations (if available), and three letters of recommendation to:  Prof. Jonathan Boyarin, Yiddish Search Committee, Religious Studies Department, 1300 Oread Avenue, 102 Smith Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas  66045.  Email: jboyarin at ku.edu <mailto:jboyarin at ku.edu> .  Priority deadline December 14, 2006; applications accepted until position is filled.  See position description www.clas.ku.edu <https://owa.ku.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.clas.ku.edu/>  and click "Employment."  EO/AA Employer.

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