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[DANIEL COLLINS]

Full or Associate Professor of Russian/Slavic Literature and  Cultural Studies and Department Chair

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and  Literatures at The Ohio State University invites applications and  nominations for the position of tenured Full or Associate Professor  of Russian/Slavic Literature and Cultural Studies and Department  Chair, to begin September 1, 2009.  The field of specialization is  open.

Candidates should demonstrate a distinguished record of scholarship  and an international reputation, excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a strong commitment to interdisciplinarity.  Successful candidates should have  considerable administrative experience, the ability to work across  disciplines, and the vision to lead a thriving multidisciplinary  department at a Research I university.

With a faculty of twelve and over thirty graduate students and lecturers, the department is one of the largest and most successful  in the field, with an extensive curriculum in Slavic and East  European languages, literatures, linguistics, and cultures and a  robust B.A. program in Russian and M.A. and Ph.D. programs in  Slavic Literature/Cultural Studies and Slavic Linguistics (including a new specialization in Slavic Second Language Acquisition).   The  university is home to an excellent Title VI Center for Slavic and  East European Studies, which offers an interdisciplinary M.A. and  coordinates the more than 60 faculty members engaged in research in  Slavic and East European Area studies on campus.  In addition, the  university has a top-20 research library, which holds over a  million volumes relating to the Slavic and East European field, as  well as the largest repository of medieval Slavic manuscripts in  the world.

Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names  of three references to the following address.  Applications will be reviewed beginning November 15, 2008.

Daniel Collins, Associate Professor
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1340

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